Some Bad News (about NY Dairy Workers), But Also Good News: Read All About It in Short Stuff
Milking the Workers? Farm worker advocates have published a survey of mostly undocumented Hispanic workers that describes discrimination and workplace…
Wolf to Pigs: Don’t worry. I’ve got your backs.
I swear, sometimes I don’t know if I’m reading facts or farce. Bloomberg BNA reports that the Labor Department —…
BREAKING: OSHA Announces Delay of Recordkeeping Rule
Probably hoping no one would notice, OSHA today subtly buried an “Update” deep in its website, announcing that it intends…
Democrats Introduce Bill to Overturn Republican Repeal of Recordkeeping Rule
Democratic leaders in the US Senate and House of Representatives have introduced legislation that would reverse the Republican’s recent repeal…
FY 2017 OSHA Budget Slashes Funding in Standards, Statistics
The FY 2017 Omnibus Budget bill that was released by Congress today provides a flat overall budget for the Occupational…
Swamp Monster in the White House: See no evil, fix no evil.
Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank makes no secret about disliking Donald Trump. Instead of “draining the swamp” as he promised…
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Trump Signs Repeal of Volks Rule: Workers Lose
President Trump yesterday signed the resolution repealing the Volks rule , thereby permanently removing OSHA’s ability to cite patterns of…
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…
Hurting Workers, Hurting Good Employers: More articles on attempts to repeal OSHA’s Volks Rule
You should definitely read every one of the articles below about why repealing the Volks rule is bad for workers,…
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Bush and Obama BLS Commissioners Oppose Repeal of OSHA Recordkeeping Rule
Two former commissioners of the Bureau of Labor Statistics sent a letter yesterday to Senate HELP Committee Chair Lamar Alexander…