Short Stuff
Home Sweet Home: Congress is home for two weeks. Hopefully all of you are planning on talking to your Senators…
EPA Cuts: Making America Crap Again
The New York Times points out how much everyone will love the Trump administration’s drastic 31 percent cuts to the…
“I had to watch this poor kid’s head get crushed”
Common procedure for a workplace fatality: Blame the worker. Then blame the guy who warned that the workplace was dangerous.…
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The fact that most OSHA chemical standards are old, outdated and don’t protect workers very well is something that government,…
Alabama Congressman Blind to Constituents’ Workplace Hazards
“President Donald Trump repealed an Obama-era health and safety regulation this week that could leave Alabama workers more at risk…
“‘Horrible’ pictures of suffering moved Trump to action on Syria” How about horrible pictures here at home?
Patrick Walters, killed in a trench collapse, 2002 (NYT) Ed Reinke/Associated Press
The Week Is Over: Time to Go Home
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Of Dogs and Postal Workers
Dogs and postal workers are kind of like oil and water. They don’t usually mix. That’s the general impression, almost…