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New Warehouse Worker Protection Act Is Full of Bad New Ideas
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The Act would result in OSHA issuing a new ergonomics standard and giving unions a streamlined approach to organizing warehouses.
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Read the Coalition for Workplace Safety's comments to James Frederick, Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, regarding DOL's Emergency Temporary Standard for COVID-19.
Read the Chamber's comments to James Frederick, Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, regarding DOL's Emergency Temporary Standard for COVID-19.
