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Former USW Safety Official Tapped to Run OSHA
President Biden has nominated James S. Frederick to run the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Frederick, a workplace safety advocate who worked for the United Steelworkers (USW) for more than two decades, will become the deputy assistant secretary...
Former AFL-CIO Legislative Counsel DuBester Named Chairman of FLRA
Ernest DuBester was designated chairman of the Federal Labor Relations Authority by President Biden, on January 21. He has been a member of the FLRA since the Obama Administration and was unanimously confirmed by the Senate to all three of his terms. DuBester has...
Label Letter | November-December 2020
What to Expect from a Biden-Harris Administration?
In October, the first union to endorse Joe Biden for President, the International Associations of Fire Fighters, released a statement from President Harold Schaitberger, “[I]t’s clear to me it’s going to be the most significant pro-labor, pro-worker administration in...
Prop 22 Passage in California Could Affect Workers Nationwide
After ballot measure Proposition 22 passed in California on November 3, Ross Barkan wrote in The Guardian “one of the darker outcomes of 21st-century work life has been the predatory gig economy. Divorced from healthcare benefits and regular pay, millions of workers...
