OSHA Speaks to Employers, Ignores Workers, About Deaths in Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska
Too many workers are dying in the states of Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, according to OSHA Region VII, and employers…
Groups Petition OSHA to Issue Heat Standard
Peggy Frank, a 63-year-old California postal worker — and also a mother and grandmother — died last week while working…
Musk to Tesla Workers: Give up the union or else!
“In a June 2017 meeting with Tesla employees, CEO Elon Musk solicited their complaints about safety issues and promised to…
Kavanaugh’s Labor Record: Unanimously Awful
After President Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, I wrote a post describing his anti-worker dissent in the…
Kavanaugh: Threat to Workers and to OSHA
While most of the discussion of President Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court focuses on the possibility…
House Farm Bill Threatens Chemical Plant Safety
Last week, the House of Representatives narrowly passed the Farm Bill. And a little noticed sentence in this this gigantic…
Former CSB Chair Moves on to (Much) Greener Pastures
Last month, without any warning or explanation, Vanessa Sutherland announced her resignation as Chair of the Chemical Safety Board. Earlier…
House Subcommittee Votes to Cut OSHA Funding
The House of Representatives Labor/HHS Appropriations Subcommittee has reported out a bill cutting overall OSHA funding from $552.78 million in…
OSHA Enforcement in Decline Data Shows
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OSHA Weakens Voluntary Protection Programs’ Integrity
OSHA issued a new policy document last week for its Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP), weakening measures taken in the last…