Posted with permission from Confined Space, a newsletter of workplace safety and labor issues.
OSHA released a grant announcement last week for its Susan Harwood Worker Training Grants. No, the Trump administration did not wake up and suddenly realize how important job safety and health training is to high risk and vulnerable workers. These grants are funded by FY 2017 money which has already been appropriated and must be spent. Trump’s FY 2018 budget proposes to eliminate the 40 year old grant program, and the Congress seems to be going along with the request.