AFL-CIO Calls on White House to Recall OSHA Recordkeeping Rule Update
The AFL-CIO has asked the White House Office of Management and Budget to recall the administration’s rule rolling back workplace…
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Weakening Beryllium Protections: How Business Influence Affects Regulatory Process
A new Reuters investigative piece describes how industry influence has gotten OSHA to weaken worker protections from exposure to beryllium.
Black Lung Investigation on PBS/Frontline Tonight
We wrote last month about an PBS/Frontline story by Howard Berkes about the return of black lung, how the mixture…
Weekly Toll: The Last Shift
Line worker killed by falling tree in Middletown MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (WTNH) – An Eversource subcontractor was killed in Middletown on…
White House Finalizes OSHA Recordkeeping Rollback: But It’s a Mystery
OIRA has rushed to approve OSHA's rollback of its recordkeeping regulation despite the fact that the agency review the regulation…
Methylene Chloride: Parents, Groups Sue over EPA’s “Breach of Trust”
Families and public interest groups are suing EPA over the agency's failure to completely ban Methylene Chloride
Job Postings
Do good. Get paid. The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) is seeking an Associate Director to…
He’s Back! Mugno Renominated
Scott Mugno is back on deck, renominated to head the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Will he make it to…
New Labor Committee Members
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced lots of new members of the newly christened House Education and Labor Committee this morning…
Weekly Toll: Workplace Deaths Continue into New Year
Supermarket Employee Killed in Fall from Ladder Pasco, WA — A supermarket employee, Duoc Tran, fell to his death at…