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OSHA Weakens Heat Emphasis Program While Virginia Commits to a Standard

April 16, 2026 Jordan Barab
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Republicans Work to Gut Toxic Chemicals Law: Bad for People, Worse for Workers

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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Trump to Workers: Drop Dead. And Do It Faster

April 8, 2026 Jordan Barab
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OSHA Weakens Heat Emphasis Program While Virginia Commits to a Standard
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OSHA Weakens Heat Emphasis Program While Virginia Commits to a Standard
Republicans Work to Gut Toxic Chemicals Law:  Bad for People, Worse for Workers
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Death on the Job: 2017 Fatality Numbers Released

December 18, 2018 Jordan Barab

The Bureau of Labor Statistics today released its 2017 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries — and it contained good news…

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Weekly Toll: Workers Who Punched in, but Never Punched Out Last Week

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Mine Workers Sue MSHA Over Lifting Enforcement Action

December 13, 2018 Jordan Barab

Things have been somewhat quiet lately in the world of mine safety and health. We wrote earlier about the troubling…

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House Workforce Committee Goes Out With a Whimper, Not a Bang

December 13, 2018 Jordan Barab

The last hearing of the soon-to-be late, great Republican-controlled House Education and Workforce Committee of the 115th Congress was supposed…

OSHA Recordkeeping

Court Says OSHA Can Be Sued For Recordkeeping Delay

December 12, 2018 Jordan Barab

District Court rejects OSHA's motion to dismiss Public Citizen recordkeeping lawsuit claiming the agency violated the law.

AFL-CIO Congress Labor Unions

What’s in a Name? House Labor Committee Reborn

December 12, 2018 Jordan Barab

In one of the first moves of the soon-to-be Democratic Majority in the House of Representatives, Virginia Congressman Bobby Scott…

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Farm Bill Drops OSHA Language that Would Have Endangered Chem Plant Workers

December 12, 2018 Jordan Barab

Workers in chemical facilities and those living nearby can sleep easier after the US Congress declined to include language in…

OSHA Recordkeeping

Final OSHA Recordkeeping Rollback Goes to OMB Review

December 11, 2018 Jordan Barab

OSHA has submitted its rollback of its electronic recordkeeping rule to White House review ahead of schedule. What's going on?

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Weekly Toll: Human Statistics Who Won’t Be Coming Home

December 10, 2018 Jordan Barab

A list of a few of the workers in this country who died on the job last week.

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It’s Beginning to Look at Lot Like HanukkahChristmasKwanza: Buy Books

December 7, 2018 Jordan Barab

Whatever you celebrate — or if you’re just into Winter Solstice gift-giving, you can give the gift of books to…

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