Texas, the only state without universal workers’ comp, leads the nation in workplace injuries and deaths. It’s Latino workers on unregulated construction sites who fare the worst.
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Posted inEconomic Policy
The Government Is Still Operating Under Trump’s Budget
Trump-era austerity for the regulatory state has been in place since Biden’s inauguration. That must end next month.
Posted inPolitics
Making China’s Case: Manchin, Sinema, and the Six Supremes
By demonstrating America can’t ensure the right to vote or to survive a pandemic, they’re bolstering the argument that authoritarian regimes work better than ours.
Posted inPolitics
There Is a Bully Pulpit
And thanks to the Supreme Court, Biden will need to use it.
Posted inTAP
The Republicans’ Death Panel Finally Emerges!
Today on TAP: The Supreme Court’s Republican Six rule that the government lacks the power to fight a pandemic.
Posted inWorking in America
Can OSHA Keep Workers Safe? The Court Hears the Case Tomorrow.
Had OSHA’s standard not been stayed by the most conservative circuit court, the number of COVID cases and deaths would have been reduced.
Posted inWorking in America
America Lacks Workplace Protections Against Excessive Heat
The Biden administration could issue an emergency order amid soaring temperatures this summer. It has yet to do so.
Posted inWorking in America
The Warehouse Archipelago
As many as four million workers labor in clusters of warehouses scattered across the United States. Many are mislabeled a ‘temps’; all are poorly paid, and on-the-job injuries are high.
Posted inWorking in America
Can We Protect America’s Workers?
The Protecting America’s Workers Act has been introduced and neglected year after year. But do OSHA’s problems run deeper?
Posted inWorking in America
How OSHA Fails to Protect Migrant Food Processing Workers
North Carolina is an extreme case—but far from the only one.