Kansas City Star Calls on Trump, Congress to Give OSHA Tools It Needs
Following up on its article (and my blog post) on the tragic trench death of DJ Meyer last December, the…
WTF?! Friday Fall Protection Edition
There’s an old saying, I’m pretty sure from Confucius: “Take heed. It is always a bad idea to do an…
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EPA Suffers From Shortage of Common Sense: Attorneys General from 11 states — New York, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,…
House Budget Devastates OSHA and MSHA Enforcement
The House of Representatives has released the details on worker safety and health funding in the FY 2018 Labor-HHS appropriations…
House Releases Labor Budget Bill — And It’s Even Worse than Trump’s
You thought Trump’s budget proposal was bad for OSHA? Well, our Republican friends in the House of Representatives have issued…
BREAKING: Chemical Safety Board Survives
Good news! The House Appropriations Committee released its FY 2018 Interior and Environment Appropriations budget bill today and it fully…
Killing the Harwood Program Means Killing Workers
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services will vote Thursday on OSHA’s FY 2018 budget. Most of…
Save The Chemical Safety Board: Call Your Representatives NOW
The House Appropriations Committee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies will hold a mark-up on Wednesday, July 12 on the…
Time To Act: Save Worker Training Grants, Health & Safety Research
If you haven’t yet done so, it’s time to do so. And if you have done so, do it again:…
Acosta Testifies in the Senate: Red Lights, Retaliation and VPP
Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta testified yesterday before the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related…