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OSHA Chief Michaels and DOL Secretary Perez In Corruption Scandal At DOL/OSHA

by Pacifica WorkWeek Radio KPFA Pacifica
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.
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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
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§Obama With DOL Secretary Tom Perez
by Pacifica WorkWeek Radio KPFA Pacifica
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President Obama's Secretary of Labor Tom Perez has been charged by OSHA investigator and lawyer Darrell Whitman with being engaged in a criminal cover-up and obstruction of justice at the Deparment. According to Whitman, the Department and OSHA have colluded with some of the largest companies in the United States including FedEx, Lockheed Martin, PG&E and Test America/H.I.G. Capital to limit their liability and refuse to protect health and safety whistleblowers.
§Steve B. Berlin Administrative Law Judge
by Pacifica WorkWeek Radio KPFA Pacifica
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Steven B. Berlin US Department of Labor Administrative Law judge according to OSHA whistleblower Darrell Whitman criminal colluded with Test America/H.I.G. Capital to limit their liability of the retaliatory firing of Quality Assurance Manager Michael Madry. Madry had evidence of massive testing fraud by the company to increase the profits of the largest testing company in the United States. This puts millions of Americans at risk but was covered up by OSHA, the ALJ and DOL Secretary Tom Perez according to Whitman.
§Protest Against Toxins At Hunters Point
by Pacifica WorkWeek Radio KPFA Pacifica
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Michael Madry, a Quality Assurance Managers at Test America owned by H.I.G. Capital exposed a criminal conspiracy to cover-up tens of thousand of tests showing dangerous levels of toxins and asbestos. OSHA and the Department of Labor which is supposed to enforce the protection of OSHA whistleblowers colluded with Test America/H.I.G. Capital according to Michael Madry and OSHA investigator Darrell Whitman to fire and retaliate against not only Madry but Whitman.
§Workplace Bullying And Corruption At DOL Whistleblower Protection Program
by Pacifica WorkWeek Radio KPFA Pacifica
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The Whistleblower Protection Program has been subverted according to OSHA inspector Darrell Whitman and former OSHA manager Adam Finkel to prevent the protection of health and safety whistleblowers and also has allowed the AFGE workers and managers at the agency to be targeted for removal for doing their jobs.
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