EPI Urges More State Action Amid Threats To Federal Worker Protections

The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) is recommending steps states should take to bolster health and safety protections for workers to lock-in current federal protections and close gaps in areas OSHA does not regulate, arguing federal worker protections are under attack by the Trump administration. “Since OSHA was created, fatalities and work-related injuries have dropped by 65%, even while the U.S. workforce has doubled in size,” but there are numerous threats to federal workplace health and safety protections, EPI says in...