An advocate says the new law protecting temp workers was in part due to a 2016 investigation by Reveal.
Workers’ Rights
In the ceaseless push for profits, corporate accountability and safety often take a back seat.
Posted inAccountability, Inequality, Returning Home to Battle, The Trump Era, Workers’ Rights
Trump civil rights nominee called allowing women in combat ‘laughable’
An Iraq War veteran nominated by Trump to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says he has since changed his mind about women in combat.
Posted inThe Trump Era, Workers’ Rights
They died on the job, but OSHA’s website hid their names
OSHA says it scrubbed a list of workers killed on the job to protect their families. But two workers’ families told Reveal the names should remain.
Posted inThe Trump Era, Worked Over, Workers’ Rights
Labor Department blames data breach for injury reporting site’s shutdown
The Labor Department disabled the site for submitting records on employee injuries and deaths so tech experts can evaluate any security problems.
Posted inGovernment Workers, The Trump Era, Workers’ Rights
Navy, Coast Guard continue awarding contracts to VT Halter despite safety lapses
“I have no doubt that a Navy policy to stop giving contracts to shipbuilding firms that flaunt the law and injure workers would save many lives and limbs,” said David Michaels, former head of Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Posted inGovernment Workers, The Trump Era, Workers’ Rights
Trump’s pick for wage chief sued for stiffing house cleaners
Currently head of the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce, Cheryl Stanton was named last year in a lawsuit alleging she failed to pay her house cleaners.
Posted inBorder Patrol, National Security, The Trump Era, Workers’ Rights
Trump proposes dumping protections for shipyard, construction workers
President Donald Trump’s Labor Department has proposed scrapping key protections intended to protect shipyard and construction workers from exposure to beryllium, a toxic mineral that can cause deadly lung disease.
Posted inInequality, Workers’ Rights
Timeline of Uber troubles traces CEO’s downfall
Amid the cascade of Uber scandals, it’s hard to keep track of them all. Little ones get lost – like the time, last year, when a federal judge berated Uber for using unlicensed private investigators to fraudulently dig up dirt on a conservationist who had sued the company. To help keep track of the mess, here’s a timeline of Uber’s more recent troubles.
Posted inWorked Over, Workers’ Rights
Senators want probe of Labor Department secrecy and policy delays
Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Patty Murray and other lawmakers have called on the Labor Department’s inspector general to investigate why the agency stopped posting press releases about major workplace safety violations after President Donald Trump took office.
Posted inTechsploitation, Workers’ Rights
Objecting to sexual harassment got me fired, says ex-Uber employee
A former Uber employee claimed he was fired last year after sticking up for female colleagues facing sexual harassment, according to a formal complaint that has not previously been made public.