{"id":842,"date":"2024-08-05T16:32:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T16:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farmstand.chee.studio\/worker-legal-services-and-education-groups-file-amicus-brief-on-need-for-osha-walkaround-rule\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T22:00:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T22:00:36","slug":"worker-legal-services-and-education-groups-file-amicus-brief-on-need-for-osha-walkaround-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/farmstand.org\/es\/worker-legal-services-and-education-groups-file-amicus-brief-on-need-for-osha-walkaround-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"Worker Legal Services and Education Groups File Amicus Brief on Need for OSHA \u2018Walkaround\u2019 Rule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A variety of national and state-based organizations that provide education and legal services to workers have <a href=\"http:\/\/farmstand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/OSHA-Walkaround-Amicus-Brief-Worker-Orgs.pdf\">filed an amicus brief<\/a> in defense of a critical Biden Administration rule related to worker safety protections.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sur Legal Collaborative, Worksafe, Justice at Work Pennsylvania, National Black Worker Center, National Employment Law Project, and the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health are calling on a federal judge in Texas to rule for OSHA in a meritless Big Business lawsuit designed to stop OSHA\u2019s \u201cwalkaround\u201d rule from taking effect. FarmSTAND and The Law Office of John E. Wall, Jr. represent the amici in this Western District of Texas case.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The walkaround rule clarifies that the Occupational Safety &amp; Health Act allows\u00a0workers to designate a third-party employee representative to aid OSHA\u2019s inspection of their physical worksite. \u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farmstand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/OSHA-Walkaround-Amicus-Brief-Worker-Orgs.pdf\">In the brief<\/a>, the amici note that workers\u2019 right to participate in the OSHA inspection process by designating a representative is longstanding, that this right is not limited to the small minority of workers who are unionized, and that third-party representatives are practically useful to the inspection process, by building trust between workers and OSHA, facilitating open and accurate communication, and providing specific expertise in fire safety, hazmat, heat safety, engineering, and more. The amicus brief also explores why non-unionized workers stand to benefit the most from this representation. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cAll workers deserve to have a safe workplace. OSHA\u2019s clarification of the walkaround rule is a necessary and lawful measure by our government in a nation with far too many workplace injuries and deaths,\u201d<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">aid Skye Walker of FarmSTAND, who represents the amici in this filing.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cEmployers with nothing to hide have nothing to fear from a worker-elected representative accompanying an OSHA inspector around a workplace.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A variety of national and state-based organizations that provide education and legal services to workers have filed an amicus brief [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"issue":[17],"class_list":["post-842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","issue-worker-justice"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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