Posted on May 1, 2017 in
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On April 25, 2017, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) officially repealed the “Fairfax Memorandum,” a February 21, 2013 directive (an archived copy of the memo can be found here). The Fairfax Memorandum explained that workers at a worksite without a collective bargaining agreement could designate a person affiliated with a union or community organization to act...