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OSHA Chief Michaels and DOL Secretary Perez In Corruption Scandal At DOL/OSHA
KPFA WorkWeek radio examines the growing corruption scandal at the OSHA and the Department of Labor. Top officials including OSHA chief David Michaels and Department of Labor Secretary Tom Perez according to fired OSHA Whistleblower Protection Program investigator and lawyer Darrell Whitman have covered up collusion between corporations the agency is supposed to regulate and the agency itself in a culture of corruption. Whitman who is also a shop steward in AFGE Local 2371 also discusses how many union members at the agency have been bullied, targeted and fired for doing their jobs.
OSHA Chief Michaels and DOL Secretary Perez In Corruption Scandal With OSHA Whistleblower Darrell Whitman And Fired OSHA Manager Adam Finkel
On 3-29-16 WorkWeek KPFA Pacifica examines the growing corruption scandal at the Department of Labor DOL and OHSA. Workweek interview fired OSHA investigator and lawyer Darrell Whitman who is a steward in AFGE Local 2371 and Adam Finkel who is a OSHA management whistleblower and was fired from OSHA. He now is a Senior Fellow and Executive Director of Penn Program on Regulation, University of Pennsylvania.
They discuss the nearly complete failure of OSHA and the Whistleblower Protection Program to defend health and safety whistleblowers and also the criminal collusion between OSHA, DOL and the AJL with corporations they are supposed to regulate. Whitman discusses the role of ALJ Judge Steven B. Berlin who criminally colluding with Test America/H.I.G. Capital to limit their liability in the retaliation against OSHA whistleblower Michael Madry who was a Quality Assurance Manager at Test America which is owned by H.I.G. Capital. He was bullied, terrorized and fired by Test America/H.I.G. Capital after exposing massive fraudulent testing of toxic dump sites like San Francisco Hunters Point Naval Shipyard and Treasure Island. According to Whitman tens of thousands of test results on asbestos and other toxins were fraudulent and this was kept a secret by OSHA and the DOL putting the public in danger. He also reports that OSHA chief David Michaels and DOL secretary Tom Perez were personally involved in a criminal conspiracy to cover up his firings and those of other AFGE workers in the Region 9 office of OSHA Whistleblower Protection Program.
Adam Finkel talks about the role of the management in seeking to shutdown the protection of OSHA whistleblowers and the lack of accountability.
Further media and info:
http://www.dailycensored.com/ohsagate/
https://youtu.be/lfr7rtfqeFc
https://youtu.be/08OY7kMydSs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA0nLj6sZ5Y
https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=3gotQhC1lHE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQiB7bGHFas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3PTf6F887Q
https://soundcloud.com/workweek-radio/ww6-2-15-osha-lawyer-darrell-whitman-interviewed-part-1
https://soundcloud.com/workweek-radio/ww6-9-15-osha-lawyer-darrell-whitman-interviewed-part-2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQiB7bGHFas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ3zii0T3z4
http://www.oalj.dol.gov/Decisions/ALJ/TSC/2013/MADRY_MICHAEL_J_v_EMLAB_PandK_LLC_2013TSC00001_(OCT_09_2015)_130744_ORDER_PB.PDF#search=michael%20madry
http://www.cc.com/episodes/xiptmz/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-february-26--2015---olivia-wilde-season-20-ep-20067
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/OSHA-Whistleblower-Investigator-Blows-Whistle-on-Own-Agency–293711041.html
Production of WorkWeek Radio
workweek [at] kpfa.org
https://soundcloud.com/workweek-radio
On 3-29-16 WorkWeek KPFA Pacifica examines the growing corruption scandal at the Department of Labor DOL and OHSA. Workweek interview fired OSHA investigator and lawyer Darrell Whitman who is a steward in AFGE Local 2371 and Adam Finkel who is a OSHA management whistleblower and was fired from OSHA. He now is a Senior Fellow and Executive Director of Penn Program on Regulation, University of Pennsylvania.
They discuss the nearly complete failure of OSHA and the Whistleblower Protection Program to defend health and safety whistleblowers and also the criminal collusion between OSHA, DOL and the AJL with corporations they are supposed to regulate. Whitman discusses the role of ALJ Judge Steven B. Berlin who criminally colluding with Test America/H.I.G. Capital to limit their liability in the retaliation against OSHA whistleblower Michael Madry who was a Quality Assurance Manager at Test America which is owned by H.I.G. Capital. He was bullied, terrorized and fired by Test America/H.I.G. Capital after exposing massive fraudulent testing of toxic dump sites like San Francisco Hunters Point Naval Shipyard and Treasure Island. According to Whitman tens of thousands of test results on asbestos and other toxins were fraudulent and this was kept a secret by OSHA and the DOL putting the public in danger. He also reports that OSHA chief David Michaels and DOL secretary Tom Perez were personally involved in a criminal conspiracy to cover up his firings and those of other AFGE workers in the Region 9 office of OSHA Whistleblower Protection Program.
Adam Finkel talks about the role of the management in seeking to shutdown the protection of OSHA whistleblowers and the lack of accountability.
Further media and info:
http://www.dailycensored.com/ohsagate/
https://youtu.be/lfr7rtfqeFc
https://youtu.be/08OY7kMydSs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA0nLj6sZ5Y
https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=3gotQhC1lHE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQiB7bGHFas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3PTf6F887Q
https://soundcloud.com/workweek-radio/ww6-2-15-osha-lawyer-darrell-whitman-interviewed-part-1
https://soundcloud.com/workweek-radio/ww6-9-15-osha-lawyer-darrell-whitman-interviewed-part-2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQiB7bGHFas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ3zii0T3z4
http://www.oalj.dol.gov/Decisions/ALJ/TSC/2013/MADRY_MICHAEL_J_v_EMLAB_PandK_LLC_2013TSC00001_(OCT_09_2015)_130744_ORDER_PB.PDF#search=michael%20madry
http://www.cc.com/episodes/xiptmz/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-february-26--2015---olivia-wilde-season-20-ep-20067
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/OSHA-Whistleblower-Investigator-Blows-Whistle-on-Own-Agency–293711041.html
Production of WorkWeek Radio
workweek [at] kpfa.org
https://soundcloud.com/workweek-radio
For more information:
https://soundcloud.com/workweek-radio/ww3-...
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