2.5 Weeks into Trump 2.0
I‘m pretty confident that those of you who read Confined Space are following, with fury and/or terror, the stream of…
Mass Demonstration, Lawsuit Drives DOGE From Labor Department
Millions of American workers converged on the U.S. Department of Labor yesterday blocking oligarch Elon Musk’s impending hostile and illegal…
Contact Me (Confidentially)
To all OSHA or DOL staff. If you know what’s going on at DOL or OSHA with Trump, Elon, etc,…
Musk Comes to DOL and Corporate America Takes Over OSHA
Something Elon This Way Comes It was only a matter of time. Numerous sources report that Elon Musk and his…
Abolish OSHA? Again?
Labor activists are alarmed, workers are afraid and the internet is abuzz after Congressman Andy Biggs (R-AZ) has (yet again)…
Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
How workers died last week. Decapitated in woodchipper, crushed by concrete slab, air crashes, coal mining, electrocution ,airport tarmac accident,…
Not a Brain Fart: Blaming DEI for Air Disaster is Official
As if things couldn’t get even more depressing here in Washington DC, the mid-air collision between a military helicopter and…
Something Wicked This Way Comes: Trump, Feds and Workplace Safety
It’s impossible not to be overwhelmed by all of the crazy and destructive crap coming out of the Trump White…
Trump’s Attacks on Federal Employees
It’s been hard to keep up and keep track of the barrage of Executive Orders (EOs) issued by President Trump…
Child Labor
Dispatches (Short Stuff)
Fires and Firefighting
Immigrants
Meatpacking & Poultry Workers
Short Stuff
Dispatches From the Front Lines of Occupational Safety and Health
Firefighting Causes Cancer Mindy Isser in Jacobin describes how toxic chemicals and materials released during fires result in firefighters being…