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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
Congress Silica

Congressional Hearing: Protecting an Industry that is Killing Workers

January 14, 2026 Jordan Barab
Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job

January 12, 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
Labor
The Changing Landscape of Minimum Wage Across America in 2025 – and What It Means for Workers and Their Families
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In Memoriam: Those We Lost in 2025
Trump Administration Retreats on NIOSH Destruction
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Trump Administration Retreats on NIOSH Destruction
Congressional Hearing: Protecting an Industry that is Killing Workers
Congress Silica
Congressional Hearing: Protecting an Industry that is Killing Workers
Kill OSHA: Then Shoot, Stab, Suffocate and Drown the Agency
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OSHA Pulls Protections As Healthcare Worker Deaths Rise
The Changing Landscape of Minimum Wage Across America in 2025 – and What It Means for Workers and Their Families
Labor
The Changing Landscape of Minimum Wage Across America in 2025 – and What It Means for Workers and Their Families
In Memoriam: Those We Lost in 2025
In Memoriam
In Memoriam: Those We Lost in 2025
Trump Administration Retreats on NIOSH Destruction
Uncategorized
Trump Administration Retreats on NIOSH Destruction
Congressional Hearing: Protecting an Industry that is Killing Workers
Congress Silica
Congressional Hearing: Protecting an Industry that is Killing Workers
COVID-19 OSHA

Health Care Workers Still Protected By OSHA Emergency Covid Standard — Experts Say

December 23, 2021 Jordan Barab

As of Tuesday, December 22, it has been 6 months since OSHA issued its Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) protecting the…

COVID-19 Dispatches (Short Stuff) Do It Yourself Labor Unions Meatpacking & Poultry Workers Short Stuff

Short Stuff: Dispatches From the Front Lines of Safety and Labor

December 21, 2021 Jordan Barab

Most Influential In our Hearts: Despite the global campaign championing Rory O’Neill for the most influential individual in health and…

Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Missing From the Table This Holiday Season

December 20, 2021 Jordan Barab

On average, almost 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work.…

COVID-19 OSHA

It’s Alive! OSHA’s COVID-19 Standard Lives to See Another Day

December 20, 2021 Jordan Barab

Cheer up. It’s not all bad news out there. OSHA, and the workers it helps to protect, won the lottery–…

Bureau of Labor Statistics COVID-19 Fatalities

Workers Who Died of COVID Remain Invisible to Feds

December 16, 2021 Jordan Barab

Good news! According to Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2020 (also known as the year of COVID) was a great year…

Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Tornadoes, Falls, Machines, Vehicles, Shootings — Dying in American Workplaces

December 13, 2021 Jordan Barab

On average, 14 workers are killed every day in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work. That’s…

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OSHA-MSHA Regulatory Agendas Released

December 10, 2021 Jordan Barab

For regulatory nerds, no days are more exciting than when the White House Office of Regulatory and Interagency Affairs (OIRA)…

AFL-CIO Congressional Review Act COVID-19

Senate To Vote On Repealing OSHA Vax-or-Test Standard

December 8, 2021 Jordan Barab

Republicans in the U.S. Senate have set a Congressional Review Act vote this afternoon on repealing the Vax-or-Test Emergency Temporary…

International Labor

Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Who’s The Most Influential Of Them All?

December 7, 2021 Jordan Barab

Most influential? Good question. I’m not sure anyone is asking in this country, but Safety and Health Practitioner is holding…

Weekly Toll

The Weekly Toll: Leaving Family Behind

December 6, 2021 Jordan Barab

This week: Mining incident, falls, machinery, shootings, forklifts, vehicle incidents. On average, 14 workers are killed every day in the…

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