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Biden’s bad dog: a threat to workplace safety

Virginia Foxx — a ferociously anti-union Republican Congresswoman — is investigating workplace safety at the White House.
Worker safety

Oregon OSHA takes action on heat and smoke

Oregon's proposed rules protecting workers exposed to extreme heat and wildfire smoke could be the strongest in the country. 
Worker safety

Death on the Job: The toll of neglect

For 30 years the national AFL-CIO has been reporting on workplace safety and fatalities on the job. Progress has stalled.
Worker safety

A regulator with a life-and-death mission: Keeping workers safe

For over 15 years, Michael Wood has been at the helm of Oregon OSHA. The Labor Press caught up with him by Zoom April 8.
Worker safety

Oregon OSHA says employers must protect workers from COVID-19

Not a moment too soon, Oregon OSHA's COVID-19 rule arrives as outbreaks are under way at 76 Oregon workplaces.
Worker safety

Heat kills

A warming planet is increasing the risk of dying from heat, but OSHA has ignored calls to protect workers.
Worker safety

AFL-CIO’s OSHA suit dismissed

COVID-19 has killed more workers in a shorter time than any other health emergency in OSHA's 50-year existence, but the agency has refused to require employers to take any specific action to protect workers.
Worker safety

AFL-CIO sues OSHA

COVID-19 has caused more deaths among workers in a shorter time than any other health emergency in OSHA's 50-year existence, yet the agency hasn’t required employers to take any action to protect people on the job.
National

Trump labor bureau appointments: Still vacant

At the Labor Department, half the top jobs remain unfilled.
Worker safety

The Trump administration’s record on worker safety

Progress on safety has halted, and safety programs have been targeted for elimination.
Worker safety

Questions for Jordan Barab

Jordan Barab, a longtime union safety expert, was number two at OSHA under Obama. He’s not happy about the way things have gone under Trump.
National

FedEx executive will be Trump’s new OSHA chief

Scott Mugno got the thumbs up from a Senate Committee in a party-line vote Dec. 13.
Worker safety

UNSAFE AT WORK

At the ODOT bridge contractor where a 40-foot fall sent two workers to the hospital, at least four former employees say they were let go after complaining of dangerous work conditions.
Worker safety

Six questions for labor’s top workplace safety expert

Peg Seminario, the AFL-CIO’s director of occupational safety and health, is a nationally recognized expert on worker safety.
Analysis

LOOKING BACK ON THE OBAMA YEARS

Obama ignored labor on trade and healthcare, and pro-worker reforms came mostly too late.
Worker safety

Work shouldn’t hurt, says OSEA

Oregon Special Education personnel all too frequently are injured by their students.
Worker safety

DEADLY DUST: OSHA’s new silica rule will save lives

The silica rule covering 2 million construction workers is the most significant OSHA move in decades.
Worker safety

Over 10,000 severe worker injuries reported in first year of new OSHA requirement

Most of the hazards that led to severe injuries could easily have been prevented.
Worker safety

The Demolition of Workers’ Compensation

All around the country, state legislatures are whittling away at workers’ comp systems
Worker safety

Federal OSHA’s Silica Neverland

Six years after Obama took office, workers are still waiting for protection from deadly dust.
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