What do we know about the Washington paper plant explosion that is killed 11 workers? jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

Sickened workers called into the May 21 hearing from job sites, hospitals and their homes to describe the physical pain and emotional toll silicosis has inflicted on them and their families. capitalandmain.com/california-m...

What did you learn by working? What lessons did it teach you? What kind of person did it make you: "My Patchwork Career: Lessons from a Life of Work" jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

How workers died last week: The Weekly Toll Trench collapse, falling rock, crushed to death, lawn mower, septic tank suffocation, electrocution, mine incidents, falls, explosion, tree-trimming, construction incidents and vehicular collisions. jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

How workers died last week: The Weekly Toll Trench collapse, falling rock, crushed to death, lawn mower, septic tank suffocation, electrocution, mine incidents, falls, explosion, tree-trimming, construction incidents and vehicular collisions. jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

“When I started, nobody had heard of the problem. Nobody was active,” he said. “We started at zero. Well, look at us now. Everybody in the world knows about climate change. So is that progress? Let’s hope.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/24/s...

The first step in stopping the #silicosis epidemic: After a very moving hearing, the California Occ. Safety & Health Standards Board voted unanimously to direct Cal/OSHA to start rulemaking to prohibit the fabrication & installation of artificial stone slabs with > 1% crystalline silica. 🧵

Every word @alondra.bsky.social said. David Rosner was a brilliant historian, a generous colleague, and an irreplaceable friend. We have lost a public health giant. May his memory be a blessing to his family, friends, and our entire community.

Adjudicated rapist says what?

A "fragile" truce? Sounds more like a non-existent truce. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/23/w...

What's happening in the world of occupational safety and health? Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

What's happening in the world of occupational safety and health? Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

Next up: Trump announces plan to primary every Republican in the Senate.

Incredible how the the style, cadence, and rhythm, which is to say the aesthetic form, of the section of the Declaration of Independence that lists grievances against the King, has seeped into our manner of speaking politically - 250 years later. NYT editorial today:

How workers died last week: Meatpacking, falls, shootings, vehicular incidents, explosion, industrial incidents, electrocution, tree-trimming medical plane crash, bludgeoned to death: The Weekly Toll jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

How workers died last week: Meatpacking, falls, shootings, vehicular incidents, explosion, industrial incidents, electrocution, tree-trimming medical plane crash, bludgeoned to death: The Weekly Toll jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

Here's today's example of how Trump's EPA isn't making us healthy again. E.P.A. to End Some Limits on ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water nytimes.com/2026/05/18/c... Our fact sheet: PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ tied to cancer, birth defects usrtk.org/chemicals/pf...

Tony Mazzocchi Centennial Conference, June 4-5 will commemorate the life and contributions of this legendary leader and look forward to what muct be done to improve workplace safety and health in the future. Be there. jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

After reading this🧵on Karen Silkwood's murder, consider attending next month's conference celebrating the life & legacy of Tony Mazzocchi, the labor leader with whom Karen was working when she died. At the conference, we will discuss & plan ways to strengthen the worker safety & health movement.

Which side are you on? Well I think the NLRB General Counsel's decision to once again allow employers to hold captive audience meetings and say a union will ruin worker / manager relationships makes it abundantly clear: It ain't working people. www.law360.com/employment-a...

Trump isn't just sending black voting rights back a century in the south, but also attacking their ability to have clean sanitation. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/u...

Trump eliminates DEI. Gives people shit instead. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/u...

Next up: EPA stops collecting data on air and water pollution. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

What a surprise! Supreme Court refuses to rescue Democrats (and democracy.) www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/u...

Killer Kitchen alert! Engineered stone silicosis cases are increasing across the globe, wherever kitchen countertops are manufactured from slabs that are >90% respirable crystalline silica. .Please check out this very powerful news report from the UK.

Trump eliminates DEI. Gives people shit instead. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/u...

Trump isn't just sending black voting rights back a century in the south, but also attacking their ability to have clean sanitation. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/u...

The independent Chemical Safety Board is opposing the administration's rollback of chemical plant safety rules Is this risky for the CSB which Trump has tried to eliminate? “Under this administration, writing honest expert comments ...has become an act of courage” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/c...

Workers Memorial Day: Mourn for the dead, fight like hell for the living. Trump's DOL mourns, but the rest of us need to fight. jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

By ordering FDA to approve flavored vape sales regardless of the scientific evidence, Trump demonstrated the true meaning of his Restoring Gold Standard Science Executive Order: "If You Have The Gold, You Get To Decide The Standard." @by-cjewett.bsky.social @kenvogel.bsky.social 🧵

Major developments in the UK on engineered stone. T The Health and Safety Executive (the equivalent of OSHA) has banned dry cutting of engineered stone, issued new guidance, and announced increased inspections. 🧵

How workers died last week: 4 security guards killed, grain bin suffocation, falls, shootings, machinery, stabbings, vehicular incidents, industrial incidents. On average, 100 workers die every week from traumatic injuries on the job in the US: The Weekly Toll jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

How workers died last week: 4 security guards killed, grain bin suffocation, falls, shootings, machinery, stabbings, vehicular incidents, industrial incidents. On average, 100 workers die every week from traumatic injuries on the job in the US: The Weekly Toll jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

Trump fires Democratic member of the Mine Safety and Health Review Commission without cause. jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

If you pitch a perfect game, you probably don't need to hit a grand slam. A sacrifice fly with a guy on third would do it. #BadBaseballMetaphors www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump fires Democratic member of the Mine Safety and Health Review Commission without cause. jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

If you pitch a perfect game, you probably don't need to hit a grand slam. A sacrifice fly with a guy on third would do it. #BadBaseballMetaphors www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

It really seems like these people are trying to get us killed.

Not everyone is suffering from the Iran war and rising gas prices. Good to know. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/b...

Texas governor Greg Abbott has ordered a city to cancel an event organized by the city's Jewish citizens. Outraged at the bigotry? And anti-semitism? Well, just kidding. It was actually an event organized by the city's Muslim population.. Well that's a relief, right?

Texas governor Greg Abbott has ordered a city to cancel an event organized by the city's Jewish citizens. Outraged at the bigotry? And anti-semitism? Well, just kidding. It was actually an event organized by the city's Muslim population.. Well that's a relief, right?

It's kind of like a "challenge coin," which I've gotten from military officers (and presidents hand them out, too), but this is a super special variant that signals to anyone who gets it that your director is a drunk. apple.news/Ani3JGNLvQj2...

ICYMI: For #MayDay, an extremely thorough roundup of research on why unions are good for all of us, not just their members: www.weekendreading.net/p/more-than-...

Another multimillion dollar award to an artificial stone worker who developed silicosis. This case is paticularly tragic - he worked in a fabrication shop owned by his parents When will Cambria and other manufacturers stop selling this deadly product?

Ships stuck in the Persian Gulf were a "victim of circumstance." So Trump has changed his name to "circumstance?" www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Kids. Don't try this at home. Manholes are confined spaces filled with with hydrogen sulfide and oxygen deprivation that can kill you.

The Asymmetry at the Heart of MAHA: Reversible Food Wins, Institutional Vaccine Damage MAHA's food victories: voluntary corporate pledges & state laws already being struck down MAHA vaccine damage: structural & much harder to reverse Read & subscribe (for free!) www.celinegounder.com/p/maha-vacci...

Terrific piece by @kaylayup.bsky.social in @inthesetimes.com on the growing epidemic of engineered silicosis. It is pretty clear this is not confined to California, and more and more cases of the deadly disease are likely to be seen soon in all parts of the country.

RIP VRA, 1968-2026. RIP all of the civil rights leaders who were murdered while fighting for the rights it secured. www.weekendreading.net/p/americas-s...

The Washington Post says Roundup labeling should be left to EPA "scientists," ignoring the fact that most have been fired, the Scientific Advisory Board has been dismantled and the agency has been taken over by former chemical industry executives. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...