Persistent black lung, old scourge of coal, found in autopsies of most Massey miners

By Chris Hamby

Persistent black lung, scourge of coal, found in autopsies of Massey miners

Campaign cash: The independent fundraising gold rush since 'Citizens United' ruling

By Peter H. Stone

For many powerful GOP operatives and allied fundraisers, the luncheon last April felt like one part reunion and one part strategy summit for

Too tight on toxins?

By Matthew Lewis

The Bush admin is on its way out and strict workplace toxicity regulations may be going with it. Political appointees at the Department of L

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"… ace toxicity regulations may be going with it. Political appointees at the Department of Labor, in response to long-standing business concerns that the “government ove …"

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Bank of America, tech VP clash over money-laundering detection

By Michael Hudson

Bank of America Corp. faces myriad disputes with whistleblowers, state attorneys general, and homeowners after surviving the U.S. financial

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"… sky filed the first in a series of Sarbanes-Oxley complaints with the U.S. Department of Labor in January 2007. The bank fired him in April 2008.The Labor Department, wh …"

Where are the watchdogs?

By John Solomon

Faced with record deficits and expanding federal responsibilities, politicians from President Barack Obama on down routinely talk about the

Lame duck Congress may consider bill to toughen OSHA

By Jim Morris

For an agency so widely feared and demonized by American business, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is a relative pushover.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Department of Labor":

"… lation, they should be leading the charge in supporting it.”According to Department of Labor data reviewed by the AFL-CIO, only 79 cases have been prosecuted under the …"

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More transparency sought from White House’s OMB in regulation reviews

By Jim Morris

Under President Ronald Reagan in the early 1980s, the White House Office of Management and Budget became known as the place where promising

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"… be modified.A glance at the regulatory agendas of just two agencies -- the Department of Labor and the Environmental Protection Agency – gives a sense of what’s at s …"

Federal bureaucracy dismisses most Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower claims

By Michael Hudson

Whistleblower protections passed after the Enron accounting scandal have been largely gutted by the federal bureaucracy responsible for prot

Excerpts from this story referencing "Department of Labor":

"… passed the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley corporate reform law in 2002, the U.S. Department of Labor has upheld 25 whistleblower claims under the law — and tossed out 1,066 …"

"… enter, Leahy says, “When just over 2 percent of the cases brought to the Department of Labor are found in favor of the whistleblower, something is not working in the s …"

"… s and Americans’ confidence in the marketplace,” said Grassley. “The Department of Labor’s dismal record for the whistleblowers who have come forward is of obvio …"

"… been fired for complaining about a ventilation hazard in her workplace. A Department of Labor administrative law judge dismissed her claim because it “had nothing to …"

OSHA says inspection program fine-tuned, not ‘shelved’

By Chris Hamby

An Occupational Safety and Health Administration program meant to ferret out employers that under report workplace injuries is honing its fo

Cloud of corruption around Democrats' union patron

By Charles Lewis

WASHINGTON, August 9, 2000 — As the Democratic National Convention gets under way in Los Angeles, the American Federation of State, County a

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