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Senator Sanders Ignores Significant USPS Compliance Failures, Instead Targets Amazon and Wastes Committee Resources
On July 15, 2024, Senator Sanders, Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, released an interim report on the Committee’s investigation into Amazon’s workplace safety and health practices. The following statement can be attributed to CWS spokesperson Marc Freedman: “This report and investigation are inappropriate uses of committee resources to target a single employer…
Read MoreCWS Urges Senate to Hold Hearing, Confirm OSHRC Nominees Immediately
On June 5, President Biden nominated Mark Eskenazi to serve as a member of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC). CWS urges the Senate to quickly hold a confirmation hearing on his nomination. OSHRC has not had a working quorum since April 2023. Amanda Wood Laihow was nominated to serve on OSHRC in July 2023, and her…
Read MoreCWS Urges Congress to Pass CRA Resolution Nullifying OSHA’s Worker Walkaround Rule
On May 17, the Coalition for Workplace Safety and 58 other employer organizations sent a letter to members of the House of Representatives urging them to pass Representative Mary Miller’s Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s worker walkaround final rule. The following can be attributed to CWS spokesperson Lauren Williams,…
Read MoreCWS Urges Congress to Reject Ill-Conceived Warehouse Worker Protection Act
On May 2, 2024, members of Congress introduced their ill-conceived Warehouse Worker Protection Act, which, despite its industry-specific title, will have wide-reaching and damaging consequences for the economy at large. In response, CWS sent a letter to Congress urging them to reject the bill, and 61 employer organizations sent a separate letter emphasizing the breadth…
Read MoreCWS Slams OSHA for Finalizing Rule Allowing Third Parties to Access Workplaces
On March 29, OSHA issued its final rule governing the worker walkaround representative designation process. The rule allows third parties to accompany OSHA safety and health officers on facility inspections, ignoring the significant concerns raised by CWS and the 74 other organizations that joined our comments. The rule will serve to distract OSHA from its core mission–ensuring…
Read MoreCWS Calls on Congress to Rein in OSHA for Its Politicization and Dangerous Worker Walkaround Rule
On September 26, the Coalition for Workplace Safety (CWS) and 40 other employer organizations sent a letter to the House Education and the Workforce Committee’s Subcommittee on Workforce Protections calling out OSHA for its worker walkaround proposed rulemaking and the politicization of the agency that the rulemaking exemplifies. The rule would empower OSHA inspectors to…
Read MoreCWS Files Extension Request on OSHA’s Worker Walkaround NPRM
On September 21, the Coalition for Workplace Safety and 74 employer organizations filed an extension request with OSHA asking for an additional 60 days to be added to the agency’s Worker Walkaround notice of proposed rulemaking. Our letter explains, “A 60-day extension to the comment period would ensure the regulated community has the opportunity it…
Read MoreOSHA Issues Proposed Rulemaking Allowing Nonemployees into Workplaces
On August 29, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued its new notice of proposed rulemaking on its process for employees to designate a worker walkaround representative. The proposal allows employees to authorize third parties, including labor unions or community organizers, to accompany an OSHA Compliance Safety and Health Officer during a facility inspection when they are “reasonably…
Read MoreOSHA Issues Rulemaking Reinstating Obama-era Injury and Illness Reporting Requirements
On July 17, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued its final rule expanding reporting requirements for injury and illness data for employers in high-hazard industries. The rule takes effect on January 1, 2024. The rule requires certain employers to electronically submit to OSHA information from their OSHA Form 300 (Log of Work-Related Injuries and…
Read MoreCWS Sends Letter to House Opposing HR 2193
On July 26, the Coalition for Workplace Safety sent a letter to the House Education and Labor Committee opposing HR 2193, the Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act, and urging the committee to reject the bill. Our letter explained that “heat exposure does not lend itself to a rushed, arbitrarily imposed process.” This…
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