How to Improve Temp Worker Safety

[LiberalElite]

http://www.propublica.org/article/how-to-improve-temp-worker-safety?google_editors_picks=true

The federal government could easily track injuries suffered by temporary workers by adding a checkbox to a government form that already exists. Such a move would give regulators the data needed to justify stronger protections.

But such a seemingly simple change could take more than a decade to wind its way through the politics and bureaucracy of Washington in the face of sustained opposition from industries, which benefit from temp labor.

[Brigid]

1. Temp employment:

Just another way for employers to get away with lousy pay and dangerous working conditions.