Fighting Back

Legislative Attacks To Be Wary Of

The budget process will continue to be abused to achieve anti-worker goals through cuts for OSHA and NIOSH, worker training funds under Superfund, or appropriations riders which prevent enforcement or passage of specific standards.
Attempts at legislative vetoes of the new OSHA standards are likely.

Previous Republican sponsored OSHA "deform" legislation attempted to legalize employer dominated safety and health committees such as those where the employer picks the worker representatives. These structures which violate present labor law are now reappearing in new proposals.

Get Out the Word

• Organize call-ins to Representatives and Senators.

• Start a petition and/or letter writing campaign to Representatives and Senators to oppose assaults on worker safety. Schedule public events to present the petitions or letters to Congressional representatives.

• Encourage friends and co-workers to write letters to Congress voicing their opinions.

• Distribute flyers and petitions at plant gates, union meetings, and other key places.

• Sponsor public meetings with congressional representatives in their district, bringing in injured workers and family members to talk first-hand about the need for strong health and safety protections.

• Write letters to editors, call talk shows, and encourage local reporters to write positively about health and safety issues.
  

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