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Climate Change

Seriously, Mr. President — We Cannot Afford to Dismantle FEMA

February 6, 2026 Kathleen Rest
Health Care Workers Workplace Violence

NY Nurses Strike for Safety

February 5, 2026 Jordan Barab
Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll

February 3, 2026 Aina Atienza
Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Dead on the Job

January 27, 2026 Aina Atienza
Bureau of Labor Statistics Recordkeeping

Reported Workplace Injuries and Illnesses decline in Last Biden Year

January 26, 2026 Jordan Barab
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Weekly Toll
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Kill OSHA: Then Shoot, Stab, Suffocate and Drown the Agency
Deconstructing the Administrative State OSHA
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Supreme Court’s Disastrous OSHA Decision: What Others Are Saying
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Kavanaugh: Threat to Workers and to OSHA
OSHA Pulls Protections As Healthcare Worker Deaths Rise
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OSHA Pulls Protections As Healthcare Worker Deaths Rise
Seriously, Mr. President — We Cannot Afford to Dismantle FEMA
Climate Change
Seriously, Mr. President — We Cannot Afford to Dismantle FEMA
NY Nurses Strike for Safety
Health Care Workers Workplace Violence
NY Nurses Strike for Safety
Weekly Toll
Public Employees Weekly Toll
Weekly Toll
Weekly Toll: Dead on the Job
Public Employees Weekly Toll
Weekly Toll: Dead on the Job
Alex Acosta Office of Management and Budget Regulations and Standards Regulatory Process

Acosta Reassures Business Community: “The Labor Department will roll back regulations.”

May 23, 2017 Jordan Barab

Responding to withering criticism from his friends in the business community for allowing the Obama administration’s “fiduciary rule” to go…

Immigrants Workers Compensation

ICE Goes After Undocumented Worker Seeking Workers Compensation

May 22, 2017 Jordan Barab

Every worker has a right to a safe workplace — whether they’re documented or not. And workers in many states…

Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Nothing Good Here

May 22, 2017 Jordan Barab

JCP&L employee dies after Freehold electrocution FREEHOLD, NJ – A Jersey Central Power & Light employee died after touching live…

Construction Do It Yourself OSHA Trench Collapse

Workplace Safety: Do It Yourself Edition

May 22, 2017 Jordan Barab

Do you sit in a comfortable office all day, outraged by what you read in Confined Space, and wondering what…

Immigrants Workers Compensation

Ohio Comp Bill Encourages Employers to Hire Undocumented Workers

May 19, 2017 Jordan Barab

I’m not sure that was their intention, but what could make hiring undocumented workers more attractive than passing a law…

Alex Acosta Budget Department of Labor House of Representatives MSHA NIOSH OSHA Senate

2018 Trump Budget Preview: OSHA gets cut, NIOSH gets Disemboweled

May 19, 2017 Jordan Barab

“Don’t tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value.” ― Joe Biden…

AFL-CIO Department of Labor Labor Unions

Chamber of Commerce: Killing Unions More Important Than Saving Lives

May 18, 2017 Jordan Barab

The Chamber of Commerce is nothing if it’s not consistent. Consistently opposed to each and every new protection issued or…

Deconstructing the Administrative State Recordkeeping Regulations and Standards

BREAKING: OSHA Announces Delay of Recordkeeping Rule

May 17, 2017 Jordan Barab

Probably hoping no one would notice, OSHA today subtly buried an “Update” deep in its website, announcing that it intends…

Alex Acosta Chemical Standards Construction Office of Management and Budget OSHA Regulations and Standards Silica

Industry Petitions OSHA to Reopen Silica Standard

May 17, 2017 Jordan Barab

Representatives of the construction industry, as well as general industry have petitioned Labor Secretary Alex Acosta to reopen the silica…

Recordkeeping Volks Rule

Democrats Introduce Bill to Overturn Republican Repeal of Recordkeeping Rule

May 16, 2017 Jordan Barab

Democratic leaders in the US Senate and House of Representatives have introduced legislation that would reverse the Republican’s recent repeal…

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