Workers Seeking Compensation for Injuries Face New Challenge: Fewer Lawyers

Fewer lawyers pursuing workers’ compensation cases has led to diminished financial prospects for people injured on the job.

wsj.com

Trump Administration Is Undoing Plans to Boost Workplace Heat Protections

The Biden administration took steps to shield workers from extreme temperatures. The Trump administration is taking a gentler approach with employers.

nytimes.com

Mourning for Preventable Deaths: The Weekly Toll - Confined Space

On average, 100 workers die every week from traumatic injuries on the job in the United States. Here are how a few died last week.

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Trump Administration Is Undoing Plans to Boost Workplace Heat Protections

The Biden administration took steps to shield workers from extreme temperatures. The Trump administration is taking a gentler approach with employers.

nytimes.com

Doctors were complicit in Epstein’s abuse—survivors must now be our priority

A spectacle around Jeffrey Epstein’s depravity is overshadowing rights and justice for the survivors of the sex offender and his network, which included doctors, writes Jocalyn Clark The theme for I...

bmj.com

Failure to Survive Work: The Weekly Toll - Confined Space

On average, 100 workers die every week from traumatic injuries on the job in the United States. Here are how a few died last week.

jordanbarab.com

Heat Related Death? Who Knows? - Confined Space

Did Abilene Public Works employee Frank Cortez die from excessive heat? We may never know, because Texas public employees aren't covered by OSHA.

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BOOKS | David Michaels

David Michaels is author of "The Triumph of Doubt: Dark Money and the Science of Deception" (2020) and "Doubt Is Their Product: How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your Health" (2008).

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AI Villains and the Trump Administration: Michael Kratsios | Revolving Door Project

Kratsios, a former Peter Thiel associate and managing director at Scale AI, now directs the Trump administration's AI policy.

therevolvingdoorproject.org

250 organizations urge Senate: Put Americans’ health before chemical industry profits - Toxic-Free Future

National alliance urges Congress to reject industry efforts to weaken nation’s chemical safety law and encourages Congress to hear from impacted communities, veterans, workers, and health professional...

toxicfreefuture.org

Republicans Try to Smother OSHA Heat Standard Under General Duty Clause - Confined Space

Republicans try to kill an OSHA heat standard in favor of misguided reliance on the General Duty Clause.

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Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities (Gift Article)

Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.

nytimes.com

Contributor: Crucial task of protecting workers now falls to local enforcement

A lawsuit in San Diego alleges exploitation of supermarket sushi chefs. The federal government has largely abdicated responsibility for labor protections.

latimes.com

Raising Wages by Changing Norms: Work Policy for the Long Game

The Problem Decades of wage stagnation in the U.S. can be traced to powerful economic forces arising from product and labor markets and changes in the economic organization of work. Sluggish wage grow...

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How America Let Its Workers’ Compensation System Fail - The American Prospect

If you’re injured on the job these days, you’re simply out of luck.

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How America Let Its Workers’ Compensation System Fail - The American Prospect

If you’re injured on the job these days, you’re simply out of luck.

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Quartz countertops are driving a public health crisis in the US

If you walk into a Costco, Home Depot, or Lowe’s and order a countertop for your kitchen renovation, the store will likely contract with a local fabrication shop, instructing them to make one...

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House Republicans Attempt to Kill OSHA Heat Standard - Confined Space

Republicans will mark up a bill tomorrow that would prohibit OSHA from issuing an effective workplace heat standard.

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Taylor Farms Posted Its Own Recall. It Went to 27 States, Not 5 — and the List Includes Bags Sold in Grocery Stores.

Taylor Farms has posted a recall notice on its own website. As of this morning it is still not on FDA's recalls page, which means the only

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Smoke from Canadian wildfires shows outdoor workers need air quality protections

The smoke from Canadian fires illuminates the lack of government policies and programs to protect the public, especially outdoor workers.

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California Department of Public Health

Welcome to the California Engineered Stone (ES) Silicosis Dashboard. Engineered stone refers to engineered stone countertops, popularly known as “artificial stone” or “quartz countertops.”​ This dashboard contains surveillance data for ES Silicosis cases reported to the state since surveillance began in 2019. Data are updated weekly.

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Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety - Confined Space

Lots happening in the world of workplace safety and labor. Read here about recent developments

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After Industry Request, OSHA Moves to Roll Back Ladder Safety Regulation - The American Prospect

There’s a simple way to prevent most workplace falls off ladders. Corporations don’t want to do it.

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Wendy Wagner and David Michaels Public Comments to White House Office of Management and Budget on Proposed Rules Governing Federal Grants - Center for Progressive Reform

On July 9, Member Scholar Wendy Wagner joined George Washington University professor and former OSHA Administrator David Michaels in public comments to the White House Office of Management and Budget....

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Missing from the Cookout: The Weekly Toll - Confined Space

On average, 100 workers die every week from traumatic injuries on the job in the United States. Here are how a few died last week.

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