Kentucky and West Virginia Move to Weaken Protections for Coal Miners
When you think coal mining, your think West Virginia and Kentucky. And when you think coal mine disasters, you think…
History Lesson: Accurate OSHA Recordkeeping Key to Worker Safety and Health
The Senate will vote next week on repealing the Volks rule and thereby making it impossible for OSHA to cite…
Worker Safety in Trump Times
New York Times reporter Barry Meier writes about OSHA’s failure to issue any enforcement-related press releases since inauguration and attacks…
Barringer: Violate, rinse, repeat. Repeat again. And again.
Those of you who were quick on the draw may have noticed that for a few minutes this afternoon I…
Volks Vote Postponed
Good news. The Senate vote on repealing the Volks rule has been postponed from tomorrow until next week. Repeal of…
Utah State OSHA Plan: Good for the boss, bad for me?
The Salt Lake City Tribune (partnering with The Utah Investigative Journalism Project) published an article last week entitled “Death on…
URGENT: Senate Poised to Take Away Worker Safety Protections
On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate is expected to vote on S.J Res 27/H.J. Res 83 repealing the so-called “Volks Rule.”…