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It's probably like speaking to a brick wall, but how about the leadership at OSHA reach out to industry and the professional associations and invite them to a summit with labor to discuss areas where perhaps they might all agree to get something done regarding worker health and safety. It's great that the new administration talks about "bi-partisanship", but let's see if it works. OSHA might be a good place to start! We see OSHA moving forward on many issues (that's great news and they deserve credit), but we also see conflicting statements about VPP and some quotes from potential leaders that "industry can't be trusted". If they really want to protect workers, it's going to take the support of both labor and industry, not what we have seen in the past.

Perhaps someone could just give it a try!

Posted by Aaron Trippler at 11:11 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Okay, OSHA has published its semi-annual regulatory agenda. This agenda contains many more items than those from the last two years. And if you recall, labor and many others compained that the previous agenda lacked any important issues and showed little interest in the issues. Now - let's see what happens with this agenda. I do agree that previous agendas were very limited and now the new administration has its chance to show it can move more issues. The proof will come in the next six months as we wait and see exactly what happens. But let's hope everyone understands that if this administration also lacks the means to move the agenda that the same groups complaining when the agenda was short also complain that the new agenda was not successful. Should be an interesting six months.

Posted by Aaron Trippler at 07:47 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)