April 8, 2021 7:01 AM By Brandon Lee and Giuseppe Macri
President Joe Biden today will announce that heâs taking executive actions to tighten gun restrictions, including stopping the proliferation of so-called ghost guns, according to administration officials.
Currently people can buy kits that contain the components and directions to put together firearms in as little as 30 minutes, one of the officials said, and use them to commit crimes. The weapons, known as ghost guns, canât be traced by law enforcement because they donât have serial numbers.
Biden has been under pressure to address gun violence since shootings last month at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, and at spas in Georgia. Biden has urged lawmakers to pass gun-control measures that are widely opposed by Republicans.
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Jan 6 (Reuters) - Miguel Cabezola, a driver for United Parcel Service Inc in Tucson, Arizona, complained on March 27 to U.S. workplace safety regulators, alleging the company was taking a lax approach to social distancing, sanitizing equipment and quarantining workers with COVID-19 symptoms. He hoped for an inspection of the facility that would force changes to protect worker safety.
Instead, the state arm of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) summarized Cabezola’s concerns in an email to company management, reviewed the UPS response and closed the file.
Over the next two months, a COVID-19 outbreak infected more than 40 Tucson UPS workers - including a manager who eventually died - and caused delivery delays throughout southern Arizona, according to interviews with six Tucson UPS workers and local union officials of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
Workers are shown leaving the Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Logansport, Ind., in May. A House subcommittee is investigating the Trump administration s handling of COVID-19 outbreaks at meatpacking plants, focusing on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration as well as major companies Tyson, Smithfield and JBS.
A U.S. House subcommittee is investigating coronavirus outbreaks at meatpacking plants, citing the deaths of more than 250 employees nationwide and accusing the Trump administration of failing to enforce worker safety laws.
Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, announced the probe in a press release on Monday. He said he sent letters requesting documents from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, part of the Department of Labor, as well as three of the country s largest meatpacking companies: Tyson Foods, Smithfield Foods and JBS USA.
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According to an EPA press release, the agencies have previously collaborated on workplace exposures to EPA s review of new chemicals, as required under TSCA.
EPA states the MOU will advance that partnership and “help achieve the agencies shared goal of ensuring workers are protected from potential health and environmental risks” through measures including:
Establishing designated staff and management points of contact from EPA and OSHA to discuss and resolve workplace exposure issues related to EPA s review of new chemicals.
Providing to OSHA regular updates on EPA s new chemical determinations, including any necessary worker protections.
Documenting EPA s role in identifying and informing OSHA of requisite formal consultation concerning EPA s review of new chemicals.
President Biden signs Executive Order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety, directing the federal government to take swift action to reduce the risk that workers may contract COVID-19 in the workplace.