Trump Silences OSHA - Alabama Temp Deaths - Frozen Trucker Case

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Our first episode focuses the deaths of temp autoworkers in Alabama and how temporary workers are hurting labor in the South. We talk about Bloomberg Businessweek’s expose “Inside Alabama’s Auto Jobs Boom: Cheap Wages, Little Training, Crushed Limbs”. The episode also explores Trump’s attempts to silence OSHA from publicly announcing enforcement action. Former National Labor Relations Board attorney Mike Duff talks about the fear that existed among career employees at the NLRB during the Bush Era. Last week, Supreme Court appointee Neil Gorsuch was grilled last week for writing a legal decision against the case of a truck driver who walked off the job because he was freezing to death. Mike Duff talks about why his decision may have been legally sound and what that says about the weakness of labor law. Finally, Mike Duff gives his “fix” on how to protect yourself legally when speaking up to your boss in a non-union workplace.