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OSHA Enforcement Cases: They Won’t Tell You; We will

March 21, 2017 Jordan Barab

OSHA has stopped issuing press releases for large enforcement cases. In fact, the last enforcement press release was issued January…

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Hurting Workers, Hurting Good Employers: More articles on attempts to repeal OSHA’s Volks Rule

March 20, 2017 Jordan Barab

You should definitely read every one of the articles below about why repealing the Volks rule is bad for workers,…

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Chemical Safety Board: RIP or WTF?

March 20, 2017 Jordan Barab

The Chemical Safety Board (CSB), the troubled little agency with the giant mission of preventing chemical plant disasters, has been…

Bureau of Labor Statistics Congress Congressional Review Act Recordkeeping Regulations and Standards Volks Rule

Bush and Obama BLS Commissioners Oppose Repeal of OSHA Recordkeeping Rule

March 20, 2017 Jordan Barab

Two former commissioners of the Bureau of Labor Statistics sent a letter yesterday to Senate HELP Committee Chair Lamar Alexander…

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Killing of EMT reminds us of the dangers of public employees and the “helping” professions

March 18, 2017 Jordan Barab

Tragic story about the killing of Yadira Arroyo, a 44 year-old emergency medical technician with the New York Fire Department…

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More Articles on Devastating Labor Department and Workplace Safety Cuts

March 18, 2017 Jordan Barab

“There’s this assumption in Washington, Jonathan, that if you get less money, it’s a cut.” — Sean Spicer From some…

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Houston Chronicle: Trump Budget will cause “Death and Destruction”

March 17, 2017 Jordan Barab

Well, actually, the Chronicle’s headline warning of “death and destruction” was from a quote by chemical safety consultant Paul Orum…

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Opposition Builds to Repeal of OSHA Recordkeeping Rule

March 17, 2017 Jordan Barab

Opposition to repeal of an OSHA rule that would allow enforcement of accurate injury and illness records is building in…

AFL-CIO David Michaels Regulations and Standards Workplace Violence

Bludgeoning our Caregivers: Workplace Violence in Healthcare

March 17, 2017 Jordan Barab

No one should go to work expecting to get hurt. And certainly no one should go to work expecting to…

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Budget Day: Workers Under Attack

March 16, 2017 Jordan Barab

So how do working people fare in Donald Trump’s first budget proposal? The short answer, “not well.” This is what…

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