Court Again Rejects Unions’ Request to Keep DOGE out of DOL
Federal Judge John D. Bates has once again rejected labor unions’ request for a Temporary Restraining Order that would have…
Democrats Demand Answers on DOL Book Burning
Democrats are fighting back. Earlier this week, Confined Space reported that numerous OSHA health and safety documents had been banned…
Unions Refile Lawsuit to Keep DOGE Out of DOL
A group of AFL-CIO unions, an economic think tank and partner organizations filed an amended lawsuit to protect the confidential…
Trump Picks OSHA/MSHA Heads
Lot’s happening (and some things not happening). Chavez DeRemer Snowed Out Not happening for now is the confirmation hearing for…
Book Burning Begins at OSHA
Trump’s purge of documents containing “offensive” words from government websites is the new book-burning. But this book burning doesn’t just…
Weekly Toll: Killed at Work
How workers died last week. Suffocated in a collapsed trench, hit by a car while on strike, airplane crash, shot…
Court Rejects Union Bid to Halt DOGE Access to DOL Information
Judge John D. Bates late Friday night rejected a union request for a Temporary Restraining Order that would have stopped…
Feeding Them Into a Wood Chipper
Poor timing Elon.
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…