FY 2025 President’s Budget Proposal: Yawn
President Biden has released his Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Proposal. On one hand, his proposal for OSHA and MSHA are…
House Rules Committee Approves Anti OSHA and MSHA Amendments
I wrote yesterday about proposed amendments to the House Labor-Health and Human Services Appropriations bill that would eliminate all funding…
CDC to Healthcare Workers: Drop Dead
The preventable deaths of thousands of front-line healthcare workers from COVID-19 was one of the many great tragedies of the…
Shutting Down Government — and Worker Protections
As we careen into yet another pointless and preventable government shutdown, I’m republishing a post I wrote before the last…
OSHA Proposes New Walkaround Regulation
OSHA has finally issued its official proposal to update how workers can choose their walk-around representatives. Choosing someone to walk…
Cease-Fire in War Between OSHA and Dollar Tree
OSHA has reached an agreement with one of the country’s leading health and safety violators. For the second time in…
Good News: OSHA Can Still Issue Safety Standards
A couple of months ago, I wrote a piece about how industry associations are getting tired of suing OSHA to…
Defending Your Castle From OSHA Barbarians
A man’s (sic) home is his castle, so they say. Where he or she is able to make the rules…
What the Debt Ceiling Agreement Means for Workplace Safety
So, assuming radical Republicans don’t sabotage the agreement that their fearless leader, Speaker Kevin McCarthy, reached with President Biden, we…
Kill OSHA: Then Shoot, Stab, Suffocate and Drown the Agency
I just finished a post about how a hidden provision of the Republican debt limit extortion bill would kill OSHA…