Following are PEER news releases, white papers, surveys and other activities for Department of Labor:
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November 18, 2009 GAO REPORT UNDERLINES NEED FOR FUNDAMENTAL OSHA REFORM — Systemic Change Requires Stronger Whistleblower Protections and Transparency
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November 3, 2009 OSHA EXPERT FILES WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINT — Workplace Injury and Illness Records So Poor That Progress Claims Are Illusory
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September 24, 2009 WORKPLACE EXPOSURES RISE AS OSHA HEALTH INSPECTIONS FALL — OSHA Drifts in Wrong Direction by Further Misallocating Scarce Resources
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March 25, 2008 ENVIRONMENTAL WHISTLEBLOWERS FARE POORLY UNDER BUSH — Chances of Success before Labor Department Plummets as Reversals Mount
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February 1, 2008 WHISTLEBLOWER UNDERGOES ORDEAL BY APPEAL — Third Trip to U.S. Fourth Circuit for Park Service Asbestos Hero
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July 2, 2007 OSHA ORDERED TO RELEASE TOXIC EXPOSURE DATABASE — More than 25 Years of Workplace Sampling Yields Public Health Research Bonanza
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May 1, 2007 ECO-WHISTLEBLOWER LAWS NOW OFF-LIMITS TO FEDERAL EMPLOYEES — “Sovereign Immunity” Claim Voids Pollution Report Shields for EPA Specialists
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October 18, 2006 TWO SAFETY WHISTLEBLOWERS RECEIVE AWARDS — Honors Contrast with Official Resistance to Reform
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September 22, 2005 BACK DOOR ROLLBACK OF FEDERAL WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS — Department of Labor Seeks to Block Federal Environmental Whistle Blowing
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March 28, 2005 BERYLLIUM EFFECTS ON OSHA INSPECTORS WIDER THAN FEARED — Blood Abnormality Numbers More Than Triple and May Go Much Higher
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January 17, 2005 OSHA FINDS ITS OWN INSPECTORS DAMAGED BY DEADLY BERYLLIUM — First Screenings Yield Disturbing Results; Whistleblower Vindicated
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April 26, 2004 OSHA TO TEST ITS OWN INSPECTORS EXPOSED TO DEADLY BERYLLIUM — Whistleblower Vindicated But Concerns Remain
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October 9, 2003 OSHA BLOCKS TESTING OF INSPECTORS EXPOSED TO BERYLLIUM — Top Official Calls for Investigation; Seeks Whistleblower Status
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July 28, 2003 WHISTLEBLOWER GROUPS OPPOSE LABOR NOMINEE — Solicitor's Anti-worker Stances Cited
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October 23, 2002 SCALIA MOVES TO UNDERCUT WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS — New Labor Solicitor Intervenes Against Justice Whistleblower
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October 26, 1999 DEM DIRECTOR ORDERED TO PAY $10,000 — U.S. Department of Labor Says Reitsma Harassed Whistleblower
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