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Acosta Hearing: We watched so you wouldn’t have to
Alexander Acosta, the President’s nominee for Secretary of Labor testified today before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee.…
OSHA Recordkeeping Rule Dead: Senate Votes. Workers Lose
The Senate just voted to repeal OSHA’s Volks rule making it impossible for OSHA to enforce its recordkeeping standard. Workers…
OSHA’s Volks Rule: No Additional Burden
By Peter Fox, Counselor to the Solicitor, US Department of Labor, 2016-2017. Before voting as early as this week on…
OSHA Enforcement Cases: They Won’t Tell You; We will
OSHA has stopped issuing press releases for large enforcement cases. In fact, the last enforcement press release was issued January…
Hurting Workers, Hurting Good Employers: More articles on attempts to repeal OSHA’s Volks Rule
You should definitely read every one of the articles below about why repealing the Volks rule is bad for workers,…
Chemical Safety Board: RIP or WTF?
The Chemical Safety Board (CSB), the troubled little agency with the giant mission of preventing chemical plant disasters, has been…
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Bush and Obama BLS Commissioners Oppose Repeal of OSHA Recordkeeping Rule
Two former commissioners of the Bureau of Labor Statistics sent a letter yesterday to Senate HELP Committee Chair Lamar Alexander…
Killing of EMT reminds us of the dangers of public employees and the “helping” professions
Tragic story about the killing of Yadira Arroyo, a 44 year-old emergency medical technician with the New York Fire Department…
More Articles on Devastating Labor Department and Workplace Safety Cuts
“There’s this assumption in Washington, Jonathan, that if you get less money, it’s a cut.” — Sean Spicer From some…
Houston Chronicle: Trump Budget will cause “Death and Destruction”
Well, actually, the Chronicle’s headline warning of “death and destruction” was from a quote by chemical safety consultant Paul Orum…