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Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: How Workers Die

January 19, 2026 Aina Atienza
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Is Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer Not Long for this (Political) World?

January 19, 2026 Jordan Barab
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The Changing Landscape of Minimum Wage Across America in 2025 – and What It Means for Workers and Their Families

January 16, 2026 Kathleen Rest
In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Those We Lost in 2025

January 15, 2026 Jordan Barab
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Trump Administration Retreats on NIOSH Destruction

January 14, 2026 Jordan Barab
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The Changing Landscape of Minimum Wage Across America in 2025 – and What It Means for Workers and Their Families
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In Memoriam: Those We Lost in 2025
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Kill OSHA: Then Shoot, Stab, Suffocate and Drown the Agency
Deconstructing the Administrative State OSHA
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Supreme Court’s Disastrous OSHA Decision: What Others Are Saying
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OSHA Pulls Protections As Healthcare Worker Deaths Rise
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Weekly Toll: How Workers Die
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Weekly Toll: How Workers Die
Is Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer Not Long for this (Political) World?
Uncategorized
Is Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer Not Long for this (Political) World?
The Changing Landscape of Minimum Wage Across America in 2025 – and What It Means for Workers and Their Families
Labor
The Changing Landscape of Minimum Wage Across America in 2025 – and What It Means for Workers and Their Families
In Memoriam: Those We Lost in 2025
In Memoriam
In Memoriam: Those We Lost in 2025
Fatalities OSHA Trump

Trump to Visit Company Where Worker Was Killed After Company Removed Guard

August 30, 2017 Jordan Barab

Donald Trump is on his way to Springfield, Missouri today to deliver a major speech about tax cuts reform at…

Alex Acosta Fatalities Jordan Barab OSHA

A Face For Radio

August 29, 2017 Jordan Barab

I was on WTOP Radio at noon today to talk about OSHA’s removal of the list of workplace fatalities from…

Fatalities Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: OSHA Won’t Tell You Who Died In The Workplace. We Will

August 28, 2017 Jordan Barab

Last week in the workplace: Of note, three fatalities related to forklifts. Also, while OSHA removes workplace fatalities from its…

Fatalities OSHA Press Releases Recordkeeping

OSHA Cuts Back Fatality Reporting at Urging of Chamber of Commerce

August 28, 2017 Jordan Barab

Who’s running OSHA now? Alexandra Berzon of the Wall St. Journal reports that OSHA cut back its reporting of workplace…

Fatalities OSHA

OSHA Covers Up Workplace Fatalities

August 25, 2017 Jordan Barab

Two weeks ago, OSHA gained new political leadership in Deputy Assistant Secretary Loren Sweatt. And now we’re seeing the first…

Alex Acosta OSHA

Ronald Reagan’s Workplace Safety Legacy

August 25, 2017 Jordan Barab

Yesterday, Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta announced that Ronald Reagan would be named to the Labor Hall of Honor. To…

AFL-CIO Alex Acosta Department of Labor OSHA

Acosta Names Ronald Reagan to Labor Hall of Honor

August 24, 2017 Jordan Barab

While it may go without saying, there’s probably no President in American history more reviled by worker advocates than Ronald…

Alex Acosta Department of Labor MSHA

As Mining Deaths Rise, MSHA Gets Acting Head — With No Mine Safety Experience

August 23, 2017 Jordan Barab

MSHA has joined OSHA with a new Deputy Assistant Secretary as the agency’s highest official until an Assistant Secretary is…

Mine Safety

Interior Department Cancels Surface Mining Health Study

August 23, 2017 Jordan Barab

The Trump administration has halted a study of the health effects of mountaintop removal strip mining for people living near…

Budget Construction OSHA Trench Collapse

Kansas City Star Calls on Trump, Congress to Give OSHA Tools It Needs

August 22, 2017 Jordan Barab

Following up on its article (and my blog post) on the tragic trench death of DJ Meyer last December, the…

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