Short Stuff: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Battle for Safe Workplaces
Bad News For Supporters of Silica-related Disease: As of October 23, OSHA’s Silica rule has finally come into full effect.…
OSHA Delays Full Silica Enforcement For One More Month
You won’t see it in a press release, but yesterday OSHA announced another 30 day delay in full enforcement of…
Houston, We Have A Fox-Chicken Problem…
While the new headlines are all about Hurricanes, health care, North Korea and tax “reform,” chickens around the country are…
House Republican Budget Continues War on Worker Safety
The House of Representatives continued to wage its never-ending war on working people yesterday when the House Rules Committee voted…
Alex Acosta
Beryllium
Deconstructing the Administrative State
Department of Labor
OSHA
Regulations and Standards
Regulatory Process
Silica
Trump
Trump Administration Continues to Attack Worker Protections
The New York Times takes another look at Obama administration worker protections that are being “revisited” in the early months…
Alex Acosta
Chemical Standards
Construction
Office of Management and Budget
OSHA
Regulations and Standards
Silica
Industry Petitions OSHA to Reopen Silica Standard
Representatives of the construction industry, as well as general industry have petitioned Labor Secretary Alex Acosta to reopen the silica standard,…
Budget
Congress
Department of Labor
Short Stuff
Silica
Trump
Workers Memorial Day
Workplace Violence
Short Stuff
Making Recess Fun Again: One more week left of Congressional recess. Anyone talked to their Senator or Representative about not…
Alex Acosta
Beryllium
Chemical Standards
David Michaels
Environmental Protection Agency
OSHA
Silica
Workplace Illness
Legal Does Not Mean Safe: The Fate of Chemical Protections for Workers in the Trump Era
The fact that most OSHA chemical standards are old, outdated and don’t protect workers very well is something that government,…
OSHA Delays Enforcement of Silica Standard
OSHA announced this afternoon that it was delaying enforcement of its silica standard in the construction industry for 90 days.…
Alex Acosta
Budget
Deconstructing the Administrative State
Department of Labor
Enforcement
OSHA
Regulations and Standards
Senate
Silica
Trump
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.…