Pictures on the Wall

October 30th, 2009 admin

A long story about the gains that unions and working people have made under the Obama administration ends with a telling anecdote: OSHA’s acting director, Jordan Barab, signaled a new tone at the agency in a speech to the Wisconsin AFL-CIO last month. One of the first things he did when he arrived, Barab said, was to replace pictures of…


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