More on Southern Auto Parts Carnage
Bloomberg Business Week’s Peter Waldman published a devastating article last month about the injuries and fatalities in Southern auto parts…
In $5.4 Million Decision, OSHA Orders Wells Fargo to Reinstate, Compensate Employee
In the largest-ever individual award by the OSHA Whistleblower Protection Program, OSHA announced today that it had ordered Wells Fargo…
Safe and Sound: Of Carrots and Sticks
Workers concerned about safety and health in the workplace are heading for some rough days ahead with the current administration…
Large OSHA Enforcement Cases: Still Silence from OSHA — But Not From Confined Space
It has now been 41 days since OSHA has issued an enforcement-related press release. In 2016, OSHA issued 486 enforcement-related…
OSHA Stops Preventive Inspections in Southern Auto Parts Industry
In the wake of yesterday’s devastating article in Bloomberg Business Week about the carnage in foreign-owned auto parts facilities in…
Cars stained with the blood of American workers
If you read nothing else this week, read this: Inside Alabama’s Auto Jobs Boom: Cheap Wages, Little Training, Crushed Limbs.…
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Acosta Hearing: We watched so you wouldn’t have to
Alexander Acosta, the President’s nominee for Secretary of Labor testified today before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee.…
OSHA Recordkeeping Rule Dead: Senate Votes. Workers Lose
The Senate just voted to repeal OSHA’s Volks rule making it impossible for OSHA to enforce its recordkeeping standard. Workers…
OSHA’s Volks Rule: No Additional Burden
By Peter Fox, Counselor to the Solicitor, US Department of Labor, 2016-2017. Before voting as early as this week on…
OSHA Enforcement Cases: They Won’t Tell You; We will
OSHA has stopped issuing press releases for large enforcement cases. In fact, the last enforcement press release was issued January…