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The sad decline in Cal/OSHA’s worker protection

April 21, 2026 Garrett Brown
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OSHA Weakens Heat Emphasis Program While Virginia Commits to a Standard

April 16, 2026 Jordan Barab
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April 16, 2026 Rena Steinzor
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No Rest for the Workers: The Weekly Toll

April 14, 2026 Aina Atienza
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No Moon Voyage Without a Timecard

April 8, 2026 Kathleen Rest
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The sad decline in Cal/OSHA’s worker protection
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The sad decline in Cal/OSHA’s worker protection
OSHA Weakens Heat Emphasis Program While Virginia Commits to a Standard
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Republicans Work to Gut Toxic Chemicals Law:  Bad for People, Worse for Workers
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Death in the Workplace: The Weekly Toll

March 24, 2026 Aina Atienza

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Republicans Try to Impose Death Sentence on Silica Countertop Workers

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A very new, yet very old and always deadly health specter is haunting American workers: acute silicosis. It’s not your…

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Fatal Workplaces: The Weekly Toll

March 17, 2026 Aina Atienza

How workers died last week: Trench collapse, pushed down the stairs, electrocution, heavy equipment, logging and tree care, railroad worker,…

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Small but Mighty: How One Organization Has Championed Worker Health for Nearly Four Decades

March 13, 2026 Kathleen Rest

Dateline: September 28-October 2, 1986, Las Vegas Nevada: The American Public Health Association was holding its annual meeting. A small…

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New DOL Enforcement Memo Details Where Not to Enforce

March 11, 2026 Jordan Barab

Department of Labor Solicitor Jonathan Berry issued a new “enforcement” memo at the end of February to share his “enforcement…

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Clocking in for The Final Shift: The Weekly Toll

March 10, 2026 Aina Atienza

How workers died last week: Coal mine death, electrocutions, CO2 fire suppression system discharge, steamroller, trench collapse, vehicular collisions, shootings,…

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50 Years Ago Today: The Scotia Mine Disaster

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At approximately 11:45 a.m., March 9, 1976, a massive explosion caused by coal dust and methane gas blasted through Scotia…

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The DeMise of DeRemer?

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With the chaos enveloping this country and the world, those old, traditional stories of government corruption, personal malfeasance, coverups and…

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Workers Dying in the US: The Weekly Toll

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How workers died last week: Trench collapse, fall, struck by train, construction incidents, grass fire, malfunctioning industrial equipment, shootings, stabbing,…

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March 2, 2026 Jordan Barab

OSHA Inspections Down 20% in 2025; Keeling Promises More Hiring A group of Democratic Senators has send a letter to…

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