State Plans Balk At Concurrent Jurisdiction Provisions In OSHA Reform Bill

State OSHA plans are balking at provisions added to House Democrats' latest version of the Protecting America's Workers Act (PAWA) that would shift review powers to the secretary of Labor in cases where federal OSHA wants to assert concurrent jurisdiction over OSH Act enforcement, sources say. This year's bill, sponsored by Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), ranking member of the House workforce protections subcommittee, includes state plan measures that were debated, but not included, in last year's reform measure. The section, Title IV of H.R. 190, mirrors stand-alone legislation filed last year by t