Kline Balks At OSHA Whistleblower Funding Hike Sought By Obama

The Republican chair of the House panel that oversees OSHA says he will urge appropriators to scale back the administration's proposal to increase funds for the agency's whistleblower program and also wants to see Congress decrease OSHA's emphasis on inspections over compliance assistance. Organized labor sources contend that GOP efforts to scale back whistleblower program funding reflect a clear slant against protecting workers' rights. Rep. John Kline (MN), chairman of the Education and the Workforce Committee, tells Inside OSHA Online in an exclusive interview that while Obama's budget requ