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FORT WORTH, Texas— El verano pasado, en el interior de un almacén de Amazon parcialmente terminado, los trabajadores caminaron sin arneses de seguridad sobre cintas transportadoras a cuatro pisos de altura, los soldadores usaron sopletes de plasma mientras estaban rodeados de cajas de cartón inflamables y los obreros levantaron estanterías…

FORT WORTH, Texas — Inside a partially completed Amazon warehouse here, workers last summer walked on conveyor belts four stories high without safety harnesses, welders used plasma torches while surrounded by flammable cardboard boxes, and laborers raised metal racks alongside a moving forklift, putting their feet in danger of being…

The Supreme Court decision that killed the federal vaccine-or-test rule for large businesses is a defeat for employee health and safety. But even aside from the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government doesn’t devote sufficient resources to protect workers in high-risk environments.

That process takes a long time, and the result would face the same legal objection cited by the Supreme Court.

SCOTUS rejected attempt to bypass Congress with an emergency regulation.

The Supreme Court’s recent decision to block the Biden administration’s vaccination-or-test requirement for large private businesses will threaten the safety of hundreds of thousands of workers. But the damage it could do goes well beyond the pandemic.

The Biden administration has officially withdrawn a rule that would have required workers at big companies to get vaccinated or face regular COVID testing requirements

Insofar as the Court was concerned about pretext, it may be more difficult for the EPA to reduce greenhouse gases using regulatory authority to control emissions.

The landmark case of Jacobson v. Massachusetts upheld states' rights to compel vaccinations in 1905

OSHA’s vaccine mandate illustrates the perils of reflexively deferring to government experts.

‘We respect the court’s ruling and will comply,’ says Starbucks CEO John Culver