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OSHA’s New Poster Leaves Some Things to be Required

February 27, 2026 Jordan Barab
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Workplace Fatalities Drop in Last Biden Year

February 23, 2026 Jordan Barab
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Honoring the Workers Who Show Up in the Storm

February 22, 2026 Kathleen Rest
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Weekly Toll: How Workers Died Last Week

February 17, 2026 Aina Atienza
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Photo of the Week: Tour Bus Driver, Union Station

September 8, 2017 Jordan Barab

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Good Budget News (For a Change)

September 7, 2017 Jordan Barab

Today the full Senate Appropriations Committee reported out the FY 2018 Labor-HHS Funding Bill. The bill maintains OSHA, MSHA and…

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Hurricanes and the Chemical Industry: Houston Chronicle Explores the Hazards We’re Facing

September 7, 2017 Jordan Barab

The New York Times discussed yesterday how prepared the chemical industry is for natural disasters like Hurricane Harvey. Today the…

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House Republican Budget Continues War on Worker Safety

September 7, 2017 Jordan Barab

The House of Representatives continued to wage its never-ending war on working people yesterday when the House Rules Committee voted…

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Times: Arkema Incident “Raised Doubts” About Chemical Industry’s Preparedness.

September 6, 2017 Jordan Barab

I have a feeling we ain’t seen nothing yet about the effects of Hurricane Harvey on the chemical industry in…

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Blankenship Sponsors Nauseating, Error-ridden Commercial

September 6, 2017 Jordan Barab

Some of you may have had the misfortune over the last few nights to see this commercial. Produced and paid…

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Trump Names Coal Executive to Head MSHA

September 6, 2017 Jordan Barab

As deaths in coal mines rise, President Trump last Friday nominated retired coal mining executive David Zatezalo to head the…

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September 5, 2017 Jordan Barab

I try to write about a lot of things, but can’t get to everything. Happily, there are a lot of…

Fatalities Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Workers Continue to Die In American Workplaces

September 5, 2017 Jordan Barab

Retired firefighter, 59, dies of 9/11-related cancer, 16 years after he spent weeks at Ground Zero New York, NY —…

OSHA Trench Collapse

Rick Burns: Labor Day In Memorium

September 4, 2017 Jordan Barab

Today is Labor Day, a day many of us spend celebrating the work of American workers and the labor movement…

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