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Labor Department orders Amazon to review emergency preparedness plans after tragedy at downstate warehouse

Investigators with the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration determined the company’s severe weather emergency procedures met “minimal federal safety guidelines for storm sheltering,” according to a statement released Tuesday.

Chicago Sun-Times

US authorities urge Amazon to improve safety after tornado deaths

Washington (AFP) - US regulators on Tuesday called on Amazon to improve its safety protocols after six people were killed in December when a tornado hit one of the company's warehouses in the state of Illinois.

AFP

OSHA: Shortfalls found in Amazon severe weather procedure

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Tuesday its investigation into the deadly collapse of an Amazon warehouse has “raised concerns about the potential risk to employees” during weather emergencies

The Independent UK

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Woman crushed to death by industrial bread maker at factory

Investigators are probing the cause of the accident

The Independent UK

Boston Police identify worker killed in Government Center garage collapse

Boston Police have identified the man killed in the deadly collapse Saturday at a Government Center garage demolition project as Peter Monsini, 51, of South Easton.

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COVID subraya la falta de protección de los denunciantes

FORT WORTH, Texas— El verano pasado, en el interior de un almacén de Amazon parcialmente terminado, los trabajadores caminaron sin arneses de seguridad sobre cintas transportadoras a cuatro pisos de altura, los soldadores usaron sopletes de plasma mientras estaban rodeados de cajas de cartón inflamables y los obreros levantaron estanterías…

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COVID underscores lack of whistleblower protections

FORT WORTH, Texas — Inside a partially completed Amazon warehouse here, workers last summer walked on conveyor belts four stories high without safety harnesses, welders used plasma torches while surrounded by flammable cardboard boxes, and laborers raised metal racks alongside a moving forklift, putting their feet in danger of being…

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Commentary: OSHA has long failed to protect some of our most vulnerable workers

The Supreme Court decision that killed the federal vaccine-or-test rule for large businesses is a defeat for employee health and safety. But even aside from the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government doesn’t devote sufficient resources to protect workers in high-risk environments.

Los Angeles Times

Don't Believe OSHA When It Threatens To Turn Its Rescinded Vaccine Mandate Into a Permanent Rule

That process takes a long time, and the result would face the same legal objection cited by the Supreme Court.

Reason

Biden Administration Withdraws Business Vaccine Mandate After Losing Supreme Court Case

SCOTUS rejected attempt to bypass Congress with an emergency regulation.

Reason

Commentary: The Supreme Court’s vaccine mandate ruling is the start of something far worse

The Supreme Court’s recent decision to block the Biden administration’s vaccination-or-test requirement for large private businesses will threaten the safety of hundreds of thousands of workers. But the damage it could do goes well beyond the pandemic.

Los Angeles Times

Biden administration officially withdraws vaccine rule

The Biden administration has officially withdrawn a rule that would have required workers at big companies to get vaccinated or face regular COVID testing requirements

The Independent UK

Why the Supreme Court's Decision in NFIB v. OSHA May Be Even Worse News for Climate Regulation than You Thought

Insofar as the Court was concerned about pretext, it may be more difficult for the EPA to reduce greenhouse gases using regulatory authority to control emissions.

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When SCOTUS was pro-vaccine — in 1905

The landmark case of Jacobson v. Massachusetts upheld states' rights to compel vaccinations in 1905

Chicago Sun-Times

The big question on Biden’s now-blocked vaccine mandate: Was it legal?

OSHA’s vaccine mandate illustrates the perils of reflexively deferring to government experts.

The Independent UK

Starbucks ends its vaccine mandate for employees in wake of Supreme Court ruling

‘We respect the court’s ruling and will comply,’ says Starbucks CEO John Culver

Tribune News Service

Rekha Basu: What made Supreme Court vaccine debates extra frustrating? Having COVID-19 while listening

On Jan. 7, the U.S. Supreme Court heard sound evidence why the federal government should be allowed to require employers of more than 100 to order workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or wear masks and take weekly tests.

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Commentary: Court delivers blow to worker safety

Workers in the U.S. just suffered a gut punch.

Reason

Justice Gorsuch's Error in NFIB v. OSHA

The concurrence did not accurately quote a Labor Department brief from 2020.

Reason

OSHA's Vaccine Mandate Illustrates the Perils of Reflexively Deferring to Government Experts

The question for the Supreme Court was not whether the policy was wise but whether it was legal.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Employers are on their own after court guts Biden vaccine-or-testing mandate

With the U.S. Supreme Court blocking the Biden administration's vaccine mandate for private companies, employers now face a patchwork of state rules on COVID-19 workplace safety.

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