GOP Inserts Silica Standard Delay Into Labor Dept. Money Bill

By Mark Grunberg, United Steelworkers By voice vote, the Republican-run Senate Appropriations Committee last month inserted a 1-year delay in the federal efforts to cut workers’ exposure to silica dust. The move is in the money bill for the Labor Department for the year starting Oct. 1. Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., inserted the delay into […]