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From the Pump Handle- UCLA (employer) vs Cal-OSHAOn the heels of Ben Elgin’s Business Week story yesterday about employers failing to comply with rules for reporting worker injuries, it appears large public sector employers have trouble obeying the law as well. The LA Times is reporting that the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) failed to report to Cal-OSHA a serious burn injury that required [. […]Celeste Monforton
- The Katrina chronicles: Formaldehyde-laced trailers set to claim another set of victimsby Richard Denison, PhD, cross-posted from EDF Blog The Washington Post ran a front-page article Saturday, written by Spencer Hsu, which reported the auction sale by FEMA of most of the 120,000 notorious formaldehyde-tainted trailers it had purchased five years ago to house the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The article cites FEMA as saying that “wholesale [ […]Celeste Monforton
- DC Environmental Film Fest Starts March 16thOur DC-readers should check out the many offerings of the annual Environmental Film Festival, which will run from March 16-28. This year, food is a major theme, and the festival’s press release highlights several films about the challenges of feeding the world’s population sustainably: What’s On Your Plate? focuses on food sources and Fresh on the [...] […]Liz Borkowski
- Wherever I look, whistleblower issues aboundI think the ghost of Tony Mazzocchi is haunting me. Every day for the last 10 days, I’ve been presented with narratives, videos, testimony and phone calls about the workers who are compelled or forced to become whistleblowers. It started with a student asking me about Karen Silkwood which opened the door for me to explain the OCAW/Mazzocchi-Silkwood connec […]Celeste Monforton
- A Bureaucratic Assault on CalOSHA StaffBy Jack Oudiz Pump Handle readers may recall the “Exit Interview” I posted here in June 2009 upon my retirement from Cal/OSHA after nearly 25 years of service. In that letter, I testified about the many ways that Cal/OSHA was failing to carry out its mandated mission, in part as a result of abysmal leadership, poorly trained [...] […]The Pump Handle
- UCLA (employer) vs Cal-OSHA
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- FCC Releases National Broadband Plan SummaryStimulatingBroadband.com 03/15/2010 San Francisco - In advance of tomorrow's much heralded release of the National Broadband Plan, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today issued 1... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] […]Peter Pratt
- USDA Works to Award Remaining Round I Broadband Stimulus Funds This WeekUSDA-RUS Has Issued $897 million in Broadband Stimulus Dollars Stimulatingbroadband.com 03/15/2010 San Francisco - The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture is working... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] […]Peter Pratt
- FCC Releases National Broadband Plan Summary
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