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OSHA Inspectors Granted Authority To Require Employers To Permit Third Parties Onsite During Safety Inspections

Sawmill in Florence fined nearly $1.4M for allowing minors to operate dangerous machinery & 16-year-old boy's death

FLORENCE, Wis. (WFRV) - A sawmill in Florence was fined nearly $1,400,000 after a 16-year-old boy was fatally injured while operating dangerous machinery. On June 29, 2023, the teenager was working at Florence Hardwoods when he became trapped in a stick stacker machine as he tried to unjam it. 24-ye

Department of Labor fines Wisconsin sawmill nearly $1.4M after allowing teens to operate dangerous machinery

16-year-old fatally injured at Florence Hardwoods

Texas Is Trying to Brutalize Its Workers—and Greg Casar Is Fighting Back

The congressman led a “thirst strike” on the steps of the Capitol to protest a law barring Texas cities from giving their workers water breaks.

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Brandon Bell/Getty Images(AUSTIN, Texas) A new Texas law that overrides city and county ordinances will also eliminate protections currently in place for workers, such as mandated water breaks, even in extreme heat, according to critics. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed House Bill 2127 on June 13, which aims to remove "patchwork" local ordinances around the state. The law goes into effect on Sept. 1 and would put an end to safeguards such as the ordinance the City of Austin passed in 2010 that requires rest and water breaks on construction sites for at least 10 minutes every four hours. The City of Dallas passed a similar ordinance in 2015. Cities and counties in Texas will instead be required to follow state codes. Supporters of the bill, including state Sen. Brandon Creighton and Rep. Dustin Burrows, both Republicans, claimed that local regulations led to inconsistency and stifled business dealings across the state. "For too long, progressive municipal officials and