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How Workers Died Last Week: The Weekly Toll

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Washington Post’s Road to Anti-Union Perdition

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Give Workers the Gift of Kindness When Shopping for the Holidays

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An Open Letter to ICE Agents
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An Open Letter to ICE Agents
How Workers Died Last Week: The Weekly Toll
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How Workers Died Last Week: The Weekly Toll
Washington Post’s Road to Anti-Union Perdition
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Deconstructing the Administrative State Lac Megantic Railroads Regulations and Standards

Lessons Not Learned at Lac-Mégantic Anniversary

July 17, 2018 Jordan Barab

Steve Bannon may have moved out of the West Wing, but he left his goal of “deconstructing the regulatory state”…

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Weekly Toll: Workers Not Coming Home From Work Last Week

July 16, 2018 Jordan Barab

1 worker killed, 1 hurt after Dumpster falls at NC Campbell’s Soup plant, reports say MAXTON, N.C. (WNCN) – One…

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Musk to Tesla Workers: Give up the union or else!

July 16, 2018 Jordan Barab

“In a June 2017 meeting with Tesla employees, CEO Elon Musk solicited their complaints about safety issues and promised to…

Brett Kavanaugh OSHA Supreme Court

Kavanaugh’s Labor Record: Unanimously Awful

July 12, 2018 Jordan Barab

After President Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, I wrote a post describing his anti-worker dissent in the…

Brett Kavanaugh OSHA

Kavanaugh: Threat to Workers and to OSHA

July 10, 2018 Jordan Barab

While most of the discussion of President Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court focuses on the possibility…

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Weekly Toll: A Partial List of Workers Killed On the Job in the Last Week

July 9, 2018 Jordan Barab

Houston tow truck driver killed after wrecker stolen HOUSTON, TX — Police say a tow truck driver in Houston whose…

Voluntary Protection Programs

Worker Killed at Louisiana VPP Site

July 9, 2018 Jordan Barab

A worker was killed last Wednesday after falling into the water basin of the primary cooling tower at the Phillips…

Lac Megantic Railroads This Day In History

Today in History: Lac-Mégantic and Piper Alpha Disasters

July 6, 2018 Jordan Barab

July 6 has a rather dubious place in the history of workplace and community safety, corporate responsibility and government oversight.…

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Scott Pruitt: RIP

July 5, 2018 Jordan Barab

MARLEY was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed…

Mine Safety MSHA Short Stuff

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July 5, 2018 Jordan Barab

Pork Processing Workers — From Bad to Worse: US meat workers are already three times more likely to suffer serious…

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