In These Times
05-31-2017, 02:18 AM
This article was first posted (https://www.fairwarning.org/2017/05/labor/) by FairWarning.
In the four months since President Trump took office, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued four news releases (http://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/enforcement) announcing penalties for job safety violations.
By the end of May last year, it had issued 199.
The recent reticence has spurred six U.S. senators, all Democrats, to ask what’s up at OSHA. In a letter (http://www.warren.senate.gov/files/documents/2017_05_17_DOL_Delays.pdf) to OSHA’s parent agency, the Department of Labor, the six lawmakers are demanding a review of the agency’s “decision to cease public notification of major findings.”
More... (http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/20173/osha_under_trump_is_tight-lippeddemocratic_senators_demand_to_know_why/)
In the four months since President Trump took office, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued four news releases (http://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/enforcement) announcing penalties for job safety violations.
By the end of May last year, it had issued 199.
The recent reticence has spurred six U.S. senators, all Democrats, to ask what’s up at OSHA. In a letter (http://www.warren.senate.gov/files/documents/2017_05_17_DOL_Delays.pdf) to OSHA’s parent agency, the Department of Labor, the six lawmakers are demanding a review of the agency’s “decision to cease public notification of major findings.”
More... (http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/20173/osha_under_trump_is_tight-lippeddemocratic_senators_demand_to_know_why/)