Worker Dies of Heat Stroke 6 days After Abbott Signs Bill Repealing Heat Protections
Less than a week after Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill that will repeal measures in Austin and Dallas…
Greg Abbott’s Texas: Where Workers Go To Die
The competition to be the nation’s worst Governor can’t be easy these days, especially when you’re going up against Florida…
Criminal Prosecution
Dipatches (Short Stuff)
Heat
Job Postings
Regulatory Process
Short Stuff
State Plan States
Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety & Health
Bring OSHA into the 21st Century The Occupational Safety and Health Act just had its 52nd birthday. OSHA was born…
Dispatches from the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health
Long Absences from Long Covid We don’t really know how many workers died of COVID-19 acquired on the job. But…
Elise Stefanik and the Republican War on Workers
New York Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik is a piece of work. This comes as no surprise to anyone who follows…
“I’m always worried the heat will kill me”
“I’m always worried the heat will kill me.” Those were the words of Fernando Castillo, a UPS driver after he…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
Last week: Workers electrocuted, died of heat exposure and crushed by bulldozer, under machinery, and beneath a collapsed bridge. Falls…
Heat: Summertime, and the Workers are Dying…
Last month, the Supreme Court dealt a serious blow to the efforts of the United States to address climate change.…
Budget
Fires and Firefighting
Heat
Immigrants
International
Public Employees
Short Stuff
State Plan States
Workplace Violence
Dispatches from the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health
Violence Against Transit Workers Transit workers and labor unions across America are sounding the alarm over the trend of violence,…
Baby It’s Cold Outside: Time to Submit Comments on Heat
Don't let the cold fool you. Comments on OSHA's Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on heat are due January 26.…