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:…
Short Stuff: More Problems for Construction, Poultry Processing, Farms and Whistleblowers. So why doesn’t anyone want to work at DOL?
Do Not Pass go: The New York Times reports that “the owner of two Brooklyn construction companies was charged with…
Trump FY 18 Budget Slashes Research, Kills Harwood Training Program and Chemical Safety Board
The budget is not just a collection of numbers, but an expression of our values and aspirations. — Jacob Lew…
2018 Trump Budget Preview: OSHA gets cut, NIOSH gets Disemboweled
“Don’t tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value.” ― Joe Biden…
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Raw Sewage and A Foot per Worker: The Labor Department filed a lawsuit against G Farms in El Mirage, Arizona…
Has Prison Rehabilitated Don Blankenship?
Don Blankenship got out of jail this week and instead of taking the path of penitence after a year of…
FY 2017 OSHA Budget Slashes Funding in Standards, Statistics
The FY 2017 Omnibus Budget bill that was released by Congress today provides a flat overall budget for the Occupational…
Labor Department Delays MSHA Rule Requiring Mines to be Safe Before Miners Start Work
The war against the war against mining continues as the Trump Labor Department attempts to save the mining industry from…
Kentucky and West Virginia Move to Weaken Protections for Coal Miners
When you think coal mining, your think West Virginia and Kentucky. And when you think coal mine disasters, you think…