2.5 Weeks into Trump 2.0
I‘m pretty confident that those of you who read Confined Space are following, with fury and/or terror, the stream of…
Abolish OSHA? Again?
Labor activists are alarmed, workers are afraid and the internet is abuzz after Congressman Andy Biggs (R-AZ) has (yet again)…
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Deconstructing the Administrative State
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Year in Review
2024 Confined Space Year in Review
As 2024 thankfully disappears into the sunset, now we can all look forward, with great confidence to….2029? The one definite…
Trump 2.0: Something Wicked This Way Comes
It’s time to turn off the endless World Series clips, crawl out from under the bed, collect the newspapers moldering…
Project 2025 and the Lives of Workers
The Washington Post ran an amazing article written by Michael Lewis yesterday, about Chris Mark, the “Principal Roof Control Specialist”…
OSHA Issues Proposed Heat Standard
OSHA announced today the issuance of a draft Heat Protection standard that will protect 36 million workers from the deadly…
Bad Week for Worker Safety: Chevron Deference and Budgets
Not a good week. And I’m not even talking about last night’s debate. What’s been happening that you really don’t…
Will Getting Rid of Chevron Deference Cure Congressional Dysfunction?
I may not be a constitutional scholar (although I did get a perfect score on my 8th grade Constitution test),…
How the Supreme Court Kills Workers: The Demise of Chevron Deference
Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear one of the most important cases of this term, the outcome of which could…
Good News: OSHA Can Still Issue Safety Standards
A couple of months ago, I wrote a piece about how industry associations are getting tired of suing OSHA to…