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Trump’s Worker Safety & Health Budget Again Undermines Worker Safety & Health

February 15, 2018 Jordan Barab

Earlier this week, President Trump submitted his Fiscal Year 2019 budget proposal. This is his second budget proposal and although…

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Report Calls For Studying Vulnerable Workers, Gig Economy, and Maintaining OSHA’s New Recordkeeping System.

January 12, 2018 Jordan Barab

Workplace safety and health surveillance and recordkeeping sound boring, but good data about who’s getting hurt, sick or killed —…

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CDC Censors List of Words: What Does This Mean For NIOSH?

December 16, 2017 Jordan Barab

We have just received word that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the government agency whose mission it…

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OSHA Rejects GAO Poultry Recommendations: Sees No Problem With Workers’ Restroom Access

December 12, 2017 Jordan Barab

In a surprising and disappointing apparent rollback of OSHA’s enforcement policy related to poultry inspections, Acting Assistant Secretary Loren Sweatt…

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It’s in the Water: Protecting Hurricane Recovery Workers

September 12, 2017 Jordan Barab

With both Harvey and Irma behind us (barely), the time for cleanup, recovery and rebuilding is here. And workers across…

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Good Budget News (For a Change)

September 7, 2017 Jordan Barab

Today the full Senate Appropriations Committee reported out the FY 2018 Labor-HHS Funding Bill. The bill maintains OSHA, MSHA and…

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September 5, 2017 Jordan Barab

I try to write about a lot of things, but can’t get to everything. Happily, there are a lot of…

Harvey: What Will OSHA Do?

August 30, 2017 Jordan Barab

The rain finally seems to be stopping in Texas, but the struggles there are just beginning as the huge job…

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House Budget Devastates OSHA and MSHA Enforcement

July 18, 2017 Jordan Barab

The House of Representatives has released the details on worker safety and health funding in the FY 2018 Labor-HHS appropriations…

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House Releases Labor Budget Bill — And It’s Even Worse than Trump’s

July 13, 2017 Jordan Barab

You thought Trump’s budget proposal was bad for OSHA? Well, our Republican friends in the House of Representatives have issued…

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