safety
The president’s tough talk won’t fix Chicago
February 22, 2017Trump is fixated on the “carnage” going on in Chicago, saying he’ll “send in the feds.” Jobs and opportunity, not force, are the recipe for fixing the city’s problems.
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House Democrats reintroduce bill to strengthen OSHA
February 16, 2017It went nowhere in the prior, Republican-run Congress, but House Democrats who are reintroducing their bill to strengthen the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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Trump gushes over pipelines
January 26, 2017Trump was an investor in Energy Transfer Partners, owner of the Dakota pipeline.
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OSHA puts out workplace violence rules just before the Trump takeover
January 13, 2017“An enforceable workplace violence standard will save lives.”
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Union: D.C. Metro transit system has long record of putting safety last
January 10, 2017ATU Local 689, which represents Metro’s workers, commissioned two independent reports on Metro safety and released 23 recommendations for its improvement.
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