Workplace safety & health, & labor. OSHA Deputy Assistant Secretary 2009-17. Ran AFSCME's health & safety program 1982-98. Also House Ed & Labor Ctte & Chemical Safety Board
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Jordan Barab
Okay, I'm no lawyer, nor am I a scientist, but is there a scientist or attorney (or judge) in the country that could, with a straight face, argue that it was Congressional intent to lower carbon dioxide emissions by building more coal plants?
I think not.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/c...
Okay, I'm no lawyer, nor am I a scientist, but is there a scientist or attorney (or judge) in the country that could, with a straight face, argue that it was Congressional intent to lower carbon dioxide emissions by building more coal plants?
I think not.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/c...
Trump's apparatchiks proclaim "gold standard science" as they destroy public health and environmental protections without pretending to even look at the science.
Just published: my @bmj.com editorial with @scilight.bsky.social's Jacob Carter & @progressivereform.bsky.social's Wendy Wagner.
Inflation for workers, but not for those who harm them. The class politics of it all couldn't be more obvious
Sincerely yours,
The Pro-Life Party
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OSHA Penalty Increases are tied to inflation. But the White House has canceled the 2026 increases. jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...
OSHA Penalty Increases are tied to inflation. But the White House has canceled the 2026 increases. jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...
How workers died last week: Construction, tree care, grain bin, fall, machinery, fire fighting, rock climbing, vehicular collisions, rollovers, shootings, stabbings. On average, 100 workers die every week from traumatic injuries on the job in the United States.
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OSHA Penalty Increases are tied to inflation. But the White House has canceled the 2026 increases. jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...
David Michaels
Jordan Barab
Hagen Blix
The Trump administration has refused to implement legally mandated OSHA penalty increases.
The agency is facing pressure to improve medical care in its facilities after reporting the deaths of 18 detainees in the first five months of this year.
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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.
PBS >> D-Day is told through the voices of people who participated in the planning and execution of the invasion, and in the battle for the Normandy beaches. www.pbs.org/wgbh/america...
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Not since 1688 had an invading army crossed the English Channel, but now it was happening — Operation Overlord, D-Day, the all-out attack on Hitler's fortress Europe. D-Day was the turning point. It w...