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2 months ago | 
time.com | Jamie Ducharme |David Michaels
By Jamie DucharmeFebruary 6, 2025 1:28 PM ESTAs the Trump Administration moves aggressively to shrink the federal government and cut its spending, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) may be next on the chopping block. Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs, a Republican, recently reintroduced legislation to abolish OSHA, which is part of the U.S. Department of Labor.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
pilotonline.com | David Michaels
Column: Every state should be ready to protect workers under Trump
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
thederrick.com | David Michaels
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
thebrunswicknews.com | David Michaels
In the late 1970s, when Jimmy Carter was president, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was less than a decade old and still developing basic workplace safety rules. As unimaginable as it is now, workers did not have the right to know the names and toxic properties of the chemicals to which they were exposed, or to be trained on protective measures. OSHA had proposed a "right to know" standard, but it was halted by the incoming administration of President Ronald Reagan.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
miamiherald.com | David Michaels
In the late 1970s, when Jimmy Carter was president, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was less than a decade old and still developing basic workplace safety rules. As unimaginable as it is now, workers did not have the right to know the names and toxic properties of the chemicals to which they were exposed, or to be trained on protective measures. OSHA had proposed a "right to know" standard, but it was halted by the incoming administration of President Ronald Reagan.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
phillytrib.com | David Michaels
David Michaels is a professor at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University. He served as assistant secretary of labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration from 2009 to 2017. Bloomberg Opinion
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
adn.com | David Michaels
In the late 1970s, when Jimmy Carter was president, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, was less than a decade old and still developing basic workplace safety rules. As unimaginable as it is now, workers did not have the right to know the names and toxic properties of the chemicals to which they were exposed, or to be trained on protective measures. OSHA had proposed a “right to know” standard, but it was halted by the incoming administration of President Ronald Reagan.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | David Michaels
In the late 1970s, when Jimmy Carter was president, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was less than a decade old and still developing basic workplace safety rules. As unimaginable as it is now, workers did not have the right to know the names and toxic properties of the chemicals to which they were exposed, or to be trained on protective measures. OSHA had proposed a “right to know” standard, but it was halted by the incoming administration of President Ronald Reagan.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
news.bloombergtax.com | David Michaels
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
bloomberg.com | David Michaels
Employees exposed to toxins, extreme heat and other hazards shouldn’t expect relief from the incoming administration. In the late 1970s, when Jimmy Carter was president, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was less than a decade old and still developing basic workplace safety rules. As unimaginable as it is now, workers did not have the right to know the names and toxic properties of the chemicals to which they were exposed, or to be trained on protective measures.
