Weekly Toll: Death In the American Workplace
Another depressing installment of the Weekly Toll. Note that there are 39 fatalities listed here, going back, more or less,…
Short Stuff
Home Sweet Home: Congress is home for two weeks. Hopefully all of you are planning on talking to your Senators…
Alabama Congressman Blind to Constituents’ Workplace Hazards
“President Donald Trump repealed an Obama-era health and safety regulation this week that could leave Alabama workers more at risk…
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…
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.…
URGENT: Senate Poised to Take Away Worker Safety Protections
On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate is expected to vote on S.J Res 27/H.J. Res 83 repealing the so-called “Volks Rule.”…