By Dave Johnson, ISHN Editor

The irresistible force of 20+ years of organized labor’s pent-up demand for OSHA action will meet the immovable object of organized business resistance.

By Jeff LaBelle, CIH, CSP

Unless national organizations begin stepping up high school and college age recruitment efforts, the entire landscape of the safety professional will change and soon.

By Gary Rosenblum

If good video of the event is available to the public, even a single death can launch national coverage.

By Todd Guenther

Our country’s true Heroes – teachers, firefighters, police and military are struggling to make ends meet for themselves and their families.

It’s time to begin digesting and understanding what has happened recently but also what has been occurring over the last several years

by Aaron Chen, MPH, CIH

I got let go because I was not billable.

by Barry R. Weissman, REM, CSP, CHMM, CHS-V, CIPS

We have lost another icon, some people would even call him a saint…

by Ron Hayes

By Dave Johnson

A new John Zogby poll finds one-third of U.S. adults describe being seriously impacted by the current recession, including 14 percent who say their households have been "devastated." Also, only 41 percent of all adults expect their household financial situations to return to pre-recession conditions.

What about you personally, and your safety and health program?

By Chris Laszcz-Davis, CIH, MS, REA

In 2007, Governor Schwarzenegger created the California Green Chemistry Initiative stating “a comprehensive and unified approach is needed to ensure good, accountable policy”. He encouraged the legislature and all interested parties to participate in the development of this Initiative. In April 2007, the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), led by Director Maureen Gorsen, was tasked with developing the Initiative.

By Dr. E. Scott Geller

Last Saturday our rock ‘n roll band – “Magic Moments” – provided entertainment for the 50th reunion of the 1959 graduates of Dublin High School in Dublin, VA. The venue was perfect. We played our dance tunes from the 50’s and 60’s on the back-yard patio of a huge 10-bedroom farmhouse built in the 1800’s and nestled in the picturesque valley of rolling hills, farmland, and many massive trees that must have enriched the landscape for more than a century.