Florida will consider removing itself from OSHA, banning employer vaccine mandates in special legislative session
m.orlandoweekly.com
The Florida House and Senate on Monday rolled out proposals for a special legislative session next week that will focus on opposing COVID-19 vaccine and...

As someone who used to be a blue collar worker, this is extremely disturbing. OSHA is the only reason lazy construction jobs maintain basic safety standards and can’t punish you for taking a break in order to avoid heat stroke. The amount of stupid time saving measures that will happen without it will lead to unnecessary loss of life.

  • Mehrunes_Laser [comrade/them, any]
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    3 years ago

    For the last year I've been wondering how the eventual balkinization will start. Red states shrugging off the authority of the federal government seems like an escalation

    • PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them]
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      3 years ago

      It will be interesting to see when this inevitably gets appealed to the Supreme Court whether they decide nullification is actually cool this time (obviously only in cases where it harms workers).