Acosta: Just Following Orders
“I was just following orders” has never seemed like a particularly convincing argument throughout history, but that seems to be…
OSHA Resumes Preventive Auto Parts Inspections
OSHA today officially renewed its Regional Emphasis Program (REP) targeting auto parts establishments in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. Following the…
Work-Related Suicides: When work is so bad that you kill yourself
What can we say about working conditions when work becomes so bad that people kill themselves? Leeds University Research Sarah…
Large OSHA Enforcement Cases: Still Silence from OSHA — But Not From Confined Space
It has now been 41 days since OSHA has issued an enforcement-related press release. In 2016, OSHA issued 486 enforcement-related…
Labor Department Delays MSHA Rule Requiring Mines to be Safe Before Miners Start Work
The war against the war against mining continues as the Trump Labor Department attempts to save the mining industry from…
Auto Parts Industry Enforcement Update
Last week, following the devastating Bloomberg Business Week article detailing the human carnage in Southern auto parts facilities, I reported…
Trench Deaths: No Excuse
An average of 13 workers die every day on the job. Every day news articles are written, investigations are conducted,…
OSHA Stops Preventive Inspections in Southern Auto Parts Industry
In the wake of yesterday’s devastating article in Bloomberg Business Week about the carnage in foreign-owned auto parts facilities in…
Cars stained with the blood of American workers
If you read nothing else this week, read this: Inside Alabama’s Auto Jobs Boom: Cheap Wages, Little Training, Crushed Limbs.…
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Acosta Hearing: We watched so you wouldn’t have to
Alexander Acosta, the President’s nominee for Secretary of Labor testified today before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee.…