Public Citizen

Do “McTeacher’s Nights” encourage childhood obesity?

May 27, 2016

A coalition of consumer advocacy groups wants McDonald’s to end McTeacher’s Nights, charging that the fundraising events use teachers as “marketing agents” to sell fattening food to children.

Safety groups urge presidential veto of OSH funding cuts

Calls FY 2016 budget cuts and riders targeting worker health and safety “poison pills”

August 5, 2015

President Barack Obama should veto the proposed fiscal year 2016 funding cuts to OSHA and the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), said Public Citizen, the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH) and 74 worker safety, labor, good government, public health, environmental and community groups.

Contractors who violate OSH laws could lose federal contracts

June 5, 2015

The Obama administration’s move to crack down on federal contractors who violate labor laws and to ensure that employees of contractors retain their access to court for certain disputes has won approval from Public Citizen, a nonpartisan public advocacy group.

New website shows state v. federal OSHA regulations

April 2, 2015

A new website that compares and contrasts federal and state OSHA regulations was unveiled yesterday by Public Citizen and the Public Health Law Research (PHLR) program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

After 13 years, is a revised beryllium standard near?

May 9, 2014

Amid speculation that OSHA is on the verge of issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to modernize the beryllium standard, worker safety advocates are hoping that it provides stronger protections for construction workers.

Public Citizen: Proposed change in injury/illness reporting would fix current lag

Are corporations more concerned about reputations than worker safety?

January 24, 2014

Advocacy group Public Citizen is characterizing opposition to OSHA’s proposal to require electronic reporting of injury and illness data as corporations worried about being “named and shamed” by the online posting of the data that is part of the proposal.

Backers, supporters square off over OSHA’s injury/illness tracking proposal

Bid to publicly post data draws most attention

Maureen Paraventi

January 15, 2014

OSHA’s proposal to improve the tracking of workplace injuries and illnesses will either improve worker safety or pose an undue burden on employers. Those are among the reactions being voiced by safety advocates and industry groups as OSHA holds public meetings on the proposal.

PHMSA finds widespread weld problems on Keystone XL pipeline

Opponents calling for investigation, delay in construction

November 22, 2013

A report by the federal agency responsible for pipeline safety showing that nearly half of the welds in the Keystone IX’s southern segment need repairs is causing pipeline opponents to to call for a halt in construction.