OSHA Penalties: How Low Can You Go?
Penalties for violating OSHA standards and imperiling workers health and lives are already embarrassingly low. But apparently not low enough…
The Gift – and a Regifting Proposal
The gift was BIG news; big in so many ways. I’m talking about the BIG gift that the government of…
Dispatches From The Front Lines of Workplace Safety & Health
What’s going on in the world of workplace safety and health? Read on. It’s not all bad news.
Trump’s War Against “War on Coal” is a War on Coal Miners
Remember the days when Donald Trump pledged to end the war on coal? True to form, during Trump I he…
DOGE Attack on NIOSH Weakens Workers’ Bird Flu Protections
As is often the case with this country’s public health threats, workers are on the front lines. The National Institute…
The Purge: DOGE Kills NIOSH — And Workers
Trump’s war on workers is reaching full bloom. And not just a war on workers’ rights to organize or to…
Scientists Study a New Risk Factor – Take a Guess
A new risk factor? Wait, what exactly is a “risk factor? Good question. You don’t need to be an epidemiologist…
Chavez-DeRemer Moves Forward. Sonderling Flails
Secretary of Labor nominee Lori Chavez-DeRemer was approved this morning by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee by…
Chavez-De Remer: All Things to All People
I watched the confirmation hearing of Lori Chavez-DeRemer for Secretary of Labor so you wouldn’t have to. You can listen…
Labor Secretary Confirmation Hearing Today
Tune in at 10:00 to see the confirmation hearing of former Representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer for Secretary of Labor. You can…