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
Words Words Words I’m so sick of words I get words all day through First from him, now from you…
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…
19 Year-Old Worker Killed in Baltimore Trench
Nineteen years is a short life, but that’s all that Kyle Hancock of Glen Burnie, Maryland will get. Hancock died,…
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Arkema Chemical Plant Investigation Results in Weak CSB Recommendations
The Chemical Safety Board released its report on the Arkema chemical incident last week. You may recall that during the…