Trump's Latest Attack on Workers:

*Cut min wage & overtime protections for home healthcare workers

*Allow submin wage for workers with cognitive disabilities

*Remove protections for seasonal immigrant farm workers

*Exempt many workplaces from OSHA safety rules

https://therealnews.com/trump-labor-department-attacks-on-workers

"The U.S. Department of Labor is aiming to rewrite or repeal more than 60 'obsolete' workplace regulations, ranging from minimum wage requirements for home health care workers and people with disabilities to standards governing exposure to harmful substances."

"Critics say the proposals would put workers at greater risk of harm, with women and members of minority groups bearing a disproportionate impact."

Details below:
https://apnews.com/article/labor-department-deregulation-worker-safety-wages-223309692fecb3721ef377154e7689ed

OSHA Seeks To Disclaim Authority Over Sports And Entertainment Workers https://www.byteseu.com/1201688/ #BrettKavanaugh #Concussions #Entertainment #GeneralDutyClause #GuardianCaps #NFL #NFLPA #OSHAct #OSHA #SeaWorld #Tilikum

This #AirTraffic Controller Just Averted a Midair #Collision. Now He’s Speaking Out. #FAA #airports #airlines #collisions #disaster #stress #mentalhealth #OSHA #transportation #crashes #Firing FAA employees in January 2025 compromised safety for every passenger within America and those flying into the country. It was reckless, #discriminatory #punitive #stupid and #venal https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/this-air-traffic-controller-just-averted-a-midair-collision-now-he-s-speaking-out/ar-AA1ERo30

'The AFL-CIO & 3 top former OSHA officials fear the possibility of Elon Muskaccessing unredacted whistleblower files that OSHA maintains. There's currently dozens of open OSHA cases across Tesla, SpaceX, & The Boring Company.

Companies tied to Elon Musk have dozens of workplace health & safety cases open at OSHA. Union leaders & former OSHA officials are concerned.

#Musk #Corruption #DOGE #OSHA #Public Safety #WorkerSafety #WorkersRights #Union #Tesla #SpaceX #USPol https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-doge-osha-whistleblower-files/

It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.

"The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered the digital and physical destruction of 18 publications on workplace safety practices, according to an internal February 7 email obtained by Popular Information. The email says the publications have been removed from the OSHA website and tells staff that any physical copies should be "disposed of or recycled."

The purge appears to be part of the Trump administration's effort to terminate any activities associated with "diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility," or DEIA. The email advises OSHA staff that "[i]f you have wallet cards that include language, or can be interpreted, on DEIA or gender ideology, please dispose of them as well."

Popular Information has obtained archived versions of most of the deleted publications. Almost all of them are not associated with DEIA topics but appear to have been targeted because they include a DEIA-related keyword used in a completely different context."

https://popular.info/p/in-botched-dei-purge-osha-trashes

Even for Trump/Musk/DOGE this is astonishingly stupid.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1891480777759580459.html

Republicans don’t care if workers are killed on the job because of unsafe conditions.

Republican Pressure to Disband OSHA Rises Amid Sweeping Trump Orders
https://www.inc.com/kit-eaton/republican-pressure-to-disband-osha-rises-amid-sweeping-trump-orders/91143762

Republican Congressman Andy Biggs has introduced a bill to abolish OSHA.

Workers are already struggling with workplaces that aren’t Covid safe. We’ve failed to upgrade air quality or install any other meaningful mitigations for an ongoing pandemic

This bill would be devastating for worker’s rights

https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr86/BILLS-119hr86ih.pdf

"Republicans just introduced a bill that would eliminate safety regulations and standards for workers.

This will get workers killed, and encourage corporations to gamble with their workers’ safety to increase profits.

There’s a reason corporations donate so much to politicians."
-M D'Arrigo

They want to “nullify” #OSHA.

Gift article #Amazon Disregarded Internal Warnings on #Injuries, #Senate Investigation Claims. A staff report by the Senate labor committee, led by #BernieSanders, uncovered evidence of internal concern about high injury rates at the #ecommerce giant. #profit not #safety ##employment #legalresearch #OSHA https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/business/economy/amazon-warehouse-injuries.html?unlocked_article_code=1.h04.4o0F.0Wz9AlQpIZRI

I forgot to tell you guys!! I discovered something *amazing* during the legal research last month. There's an #OSHA law called HAZWOPER that required Apple to inform us about our NPL #Superfund office, formally train us, monitor exposure, & develop health/safety plans!!

I'm appalled that after so many conversations with state & US #EPA & OSHA, they all claimed no law like this exists. It exists!!!!! All the things I told Apple to do were actually expressly required by law. Eat that, Apple.

I have always despised the use of "NSFW" as a symbol for adult content. The "safety" of adult material for your specific craptastic capitalist workspace is of very little interest to me.

However, yesterday I found an attractive young lady on TikTok who uses the NSFW tag in a manner that I, Bacchus, fully endorse:

https://www.erosblog.com/2024/09/03/what-i-call-nsfw/

#NSFW #WorkplaceSafety #OSHA #EGirl #TikTok

P.S. "An attractive young lady on TikTok" sounds like a promising first line for a scurrilous limerick!