On AlterNet: osha

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "osha"

100 Years After Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, Workers Face Dangers Born of Greed

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. March 24, 2011.

In "Triangle's Echoes: The Unfinished Struggle for Worker Protection, Safety and Health," filmmaker Harry Hanbury shows the fight for workers' rights is far from over.

Hightower: Is Death the Price of Having a Job? In Some Corporations It Seems Like It

Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown. September 12, 2010.

Death ought not be the price of having a job. But corporate deaths are happening every day, and our "leaders" are accepting it. It's a national disgrace.

Business Gears Up to Battle New Obama Workplace Safety Rule

Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica. February 8, 2010.

A new regulation would force employers to identify when a workplace-related injury is caused by repetitive stress. The Chamber of Commerce says it'll cost employers millions.

OSHA: It's Still Bush's Bureaucracy

Barbara O'Brien, AlterNet: PEEK. April 7, 2009.

The Bush Administration may be over, but federal agencies like OSHA are still staffed and run by Bush hires. And that's a problem.

How Obama Can Fix Another Bush Disaster: The War on Workers

Art Levine, In These Times AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. January 5, 2009.

It is up to Obama to help undo the damage eight years of George Bush did to American workers.

13 Workers Dead: A Look at the 'Shocking' and "Disgraceful' Imperial Sugar Tragedy

Phil Mattera, Dirt Diggers Digest. August 7, 2008.

VP at Imperial Sugar admits that working conditions at the plant where an explosion took the lives of 13 workers earlier this year were terrible.

Whistle-Blower: Agency Tasked with Protecting American Workers Fails to Protect its Own

Carole Bass, AlterNet. July 27, 2008.

OSHA, inspect thyself.

The Utah Mine Disaster: A Teachable Moment About Workplace Safety

Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post. August 23, 2007.

During the Bush administration, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has been more intent on providing protection to employers than workers.

Mine Disasters, Oil Rig Explosions: 100 Years After Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, Risk to Workers Climbs

Adele M. Stan, December 31, 1969.

16 Deaths Per Day - The Crisis Of Unsafe Workplaces

AlterNet: PEEKDecember 31, 1969.

Americans are dying at their workplaces and OSHA is too powerless to stop it.