Steelworkers, Refiners Ask Biden to Fill Up Chemical Board (1)

The presidents of the United Steelworkers labor union and the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers have called on the Biden administration to fill the four empty seats on the U.S. Chemical Safety & Hazard Investigations Board.

The board is operating as what chair and Trump appointee Katherine Lemos has characterized as a quorum of one, with depleted staffing and a backlog of open investigations.

“While our respective organizations sometimes have alternative perspectives on given issues, a superseding common goal throughout both organizations is safety in the workplace,” AFPM President Chet Thompson and Steelworkers President Thomas Conway said in their joint ...