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Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: How Workers Die

January 19, 2026 Aina Atienza
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Is Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer Not Long for this (Political) World?

January 19, 2026 Jordan Barab
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The Changing Landscape of Minimum Wage Across America in 2025 – and What It Means for Workers and Their Families

January 16, 2026 Kathleen Rest
In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Those We Lost in 2025

January 15, 2026 Jordan Barab
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Trump Administration Retreats on NIOSH Destruction

January 14, 2026 Jordan Barab
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In Memoriam: Those We Lost in 2025
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Kill OSHA: Then Shoot, Stab, Suffocate and Drown the Agency
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Is Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer Not Long for this (Political) World?
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In Memoriam: Those We Lost in 2025
In Memoriam
In Memoriam: Those We Lost in 2025
Budget MSHA NIOSH OSHA

Biden’s FY 2024 Workplace Safety and Health Budget

March 10, 2023 Jordan Barab

“Don’t tell me what you value. Show me your budget — and I’ll tell you what you value.” — Joe…

Trench Collapse

Prison Time for Killing Worker in Trench Collapses

March 7, 2023 Jordan Barab

It is no secret to anyone who has followed my rants for the past couple of decades that killing workers…

Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: More Death on the Job

March 6, 2023 Jordan Barab

Last week, workers were electrocuted, killed in explosions, a coal mine, shootings, falls, fires and traffic incidents. On average, over…

Railroads

East Palestine: The Forgotten Rail Workers

March 6, 2023 Jordan Barab

The trains must go through! As you might imagine, there was quite a mess to clean up in order to…

Deconstructing the Administrative State Railroads

East Palestine Part 1: The Causes

March 1, 2023 Jordan Barab

Please excuse the length of this post. But once I went down the rabbit hole, I couldn’t get out. To…

Deconstructing the Administrative State Railroads

East Palestine Part 2: Politics and the Road Ahead

March 1, 2023 Jordan Barab

Continued from Part 1: The Causes The Politics: Continued Warfare or a New Age of Bipartisanship? The politics of the…

Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll

February 27, 2023 Jordan Barab

Last week, workers were killed in falls, machinery, chemical plant explosion, shootings, plane crashes, electrocutions and vehicular incidents. On average,…

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Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health

February 24, 2023 Jordan Barab

Amazon Cited Again….And Again…And Again There should no longer be any doubt in anyone’s mind — even in Jeff Bezos’s…

Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job

February 20, 2023 Jordan Barab

In this report, workers died tree-trimming incidents, grain bin, falls, drowning, electrocution, shootings and vehicular incidents. On average, over 100…

Lac Megantic Railroads

Rail Disaster: For a Worst-Case Scenario, Look North

February 18, 2023 Jordan Barab

The East Palestine rail disaster is bad. But it’s not even close to a worst-case scenario. We have seen worse,…

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