New Jersey Work Environment Council Joins Blue Green Alliance
The Blue Green Alliance announced today that the New Jersey Work Environment Council (WEC) will join the national labor-environmental partnership as a New Jersey affiliate. Formed in 1986 as a result of efforts to pass [...]
Governor Corzine Proposes Roll Back on Chemical Security Policy – Groups Demand Safety Not Secrecy
Twenty-seven labor, environmental, and community groups today called on Governor Jon Corzine to strike language from a proposed NJ Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) rule that could hide information about potential toxic disasters at industrial [...]
National Worker Safety Advocates Urge Quick Action by Obama Administration
The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health and the Occupational Health and Safety Section of the American Public Health Association released today Protecting Workers on the Job: Seven Priorities for Federalaction in 2009, a [...]
Statement of WEC on Appointment of Lisa Jackson as EPA Administrator by the President-Elect
According to John Pajak, President of the New Jersey Work Environment Council, "While we have differences with some of Governor Corzine's environmental policies, Lisa Jackson has proven an able DEP Commissioner and has helped make [...]
New Dangers Found at Nation’s Most Potentially Hazardous Chemical Plant
Kuehne Chemical, in South Kearny, New Jersey, has been cited and fined by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for 33 worker safety and health violations, including lapses that could lead to a [...]