Tom Devine Of GAP On The Case Of OSHA Federal Investigator & Lawyer Darrell Whitman

Tom Devine, director of the Government Accountability Project GAP talks about the case of former OSHA Whistleblower Protection Protection Program investigator and lawyer Darrell Whitman. Whitman sought to investigate OSHA whistleblower’s complaints and the OSHA management intervened in the investigations to prevent Whitman from making a merit determination that would have protected these whistleblowers. Whitman was also a steward of AFGE Local 2391 and a delegate to the San Francisco Labor Council.
He was involved in cases including Wells Fargo, FedEx, PG&E, Lockheed Martin, Test America, Cooper Basin Railway and Hawaii Air Ambulance.
He was harassed, bullied and terminated along with three other lawyers at the OSHA Region 9 office. Additionally, former Department of Labor DOL Secretary Tom Perez personally intervened to prevent an independent investigation by the Office of Special Counsel OSC of the case. Whitman has been waiting for more than three years for this office to issue a letter that confirms his charges.
This interview was done by KPFA WorkWeek Radio at RightsCom conference in Toronto on May 18, 2018.
Additional media:
https://www.youtube..com/watch?v=z-zB3Hm54As
https://www.youtube..com/watch?v=NmYXaW8Qk2Q
https://www.youtube..com/watch?v=ibn3ie29pA4
https://www.youtube..com/watch?v=lfr7rtfqeFc
https://www.youtube..com/watch?v=WA0nLj6sZ5Y
https://issuu.com/injuredworkersnationalnetwork/docs/whitman.letter.secretary.perez5.18.
https://issuu.com/injuredworkersnationalnetwork/docs/10.25.2014_six.investigations
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