California Makes Major Move to Protect Refinery Workers (and communities in their shadow)
It’s not all bad news out there. While Washington sucks workers down into an abyss of corporate anarchy, the State…
Truckers: Modern-Day Indentured Servants
Despite the political setback last November, some of us still believe that the arc of justice for working people bends…
Weekly Toll: The Tragedies Never End
Construction Worker Dies After Falling From Brooklyn Building: NYPD New York, NY — A construction worker fell from a building…
Nurse Stabbed: Victim of Deteriorating Mental Health Care System and No OSHA Workplace Violence Standard
“I’ve had a 33-year career and would say I’ve been assaulted at least 50 times if not more. I’ve been…
City Worker Killed. Too bad. So Sad. Move on.
Just another tragic story in America? Plainville DPW worker killed in accident PLAINVILLE , MA — A public works employee…
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Exporting Cancer, Killing World Cup Stadium Builders and More Destructive Budget Cuts: Short Stuff for Your Reading Pleasure
Exporting Cancer and Miscarriages: An upsetting but must-read article by Cam Simpson at Bloomberg Business Week looks at American semi-conductor…
Father and Son Suffocate in Confined Space. Why?
All preventable workplace fatalities make me mad, but none make me madder than trench collapses and confined space fatalities. There…
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EPA “Reconsiders” Whether to Protect Communities Surrounding Chemical Plants
But as the ….government has promoted the sector’s rapid growth, it has struggled with its impact on the environment. The…
OSHA Enforcement Update: Press Release Forecast – Still Slim to None.
Since late April, OSHA has issued only three additional enforcement press releases (listed below, Gulf Cable, the Saipan casino case,…
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Why Workers Wait So Long For OSHA Standards (And How Trump Is Making It Worse)
Attached here is an article I wrote for Law 360 about OSHA’s painfully slow process for issuing standards that protect…