Updated OSHA’s employee union has filed a formal grievance with agency management, claiming that OSHA’s refusal to release information on internal Labor Department discussions about a potential reorganization of the whistleblower protection program (WPP) amounts to an unfair labor practice and a violation of the union’s collective bargaining agreement with OSHA. A union official told Inside OSHA Online that the union and management plan to meet Jan. 4 after which OSHA has five days to respond in writing to the grievance; if the union does not find the response satisfactory, she said, it would
December 30, 2025