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Reuters: Workers can’t force safety agency to do inspections, court rules
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday said workers cannot go to court to force the federal workplace safety regulator to act after it determines that alleged hazards do not present…
Bloomberg Law: Third Circuit Rejects Covid-19 Imminent Danger OSHA Claim
A group of meatpacking plant workers lost their bid for a court order compelling the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to protect them from Covid-19 at their workplace, after the…
Law360: 3rd Circ. Says Work Safety Suits Don’t Outlast OSHA Probes
A worker who sues an employer over dangerous job conditions must drop their lawsuit if the Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigates but doesn’t find workplace safety violations, the Third…
FoodPrint: How Hormel Exploited Confusion Over the Natural Label
Natural is a confusing term for consumers. As we explored in an episode of our podcast, “What You’re Eating,” most people don’t know what it means or if it’s a…
Law360: Colo. Farms Say State’s Labor Rights Law Is Unconstitutional
A group of Colorado farms and ranches challenged a bid to dismiss their suit in federal court over an access provision in the state’s agricultural workers’ rights law, arguing the…
Vox: Sen. Cory Booker has a plan to stop taxpayer bailouts of Big Meat
The process of factory farming nearly 10 billion land animals per year is a risky business, but when something goes wrong it’s often taxpayers — not the corporations that produce…
Fast Company: ‘All-natural’ turkey? Here’s why you might pay extra for nothing this Thanksgiving
Is this “natural” turkey an ethical choice, or have I been duped this Thanksgiving? That’s a perennial holiday grocery-shopping question. And now, unsealed documents in a false-advertising lawsuit, which was…
Food & Power: Natural Meat Marketing Misled Consumers, Lawsuit Claims
Think twice before picking “natural” ham or turkey this Thanksgiving. Recently unsealed legal evidence from a 2016 lawsuit makes the case that meatpacker Hormel misled consumers by selling the same…
Civil Eats: Biogas Expansion May Compound Worker Risks
Bob Baenziger, Jr. had made many dives in dangerous conditions over the course of his career. He was trained in the U.S. Army and had long worked diving on offshore…