A once-cozy relationship between unions and OSHA under the Obama administration has cooled –at least for now. Continuing its promise to roll back OSHA rules influenced by the Obama administration, the Trump administration has leveraged OSHA to withdraw one of its so-called pro-union rules.
Under current federal law, the OSHA allows worker representatives to accompany compliance inspections. The law allows the employer’s workers to hear direct comments and questions from federal inspectors without receiving the information through the filter of management.