July 31, 2014 at 08:20 PM
A new executive order from President Obama intended to clamp down on the hiring of federal contractors with allegedly questionable health and safety records and OSHA compliance histories opened a new rift Thursday (July 31) with the business community and congressional Republicans who blasted it as a giveaway to trial lawyers and an example of executive overreach, in the face of many worker safety advocates lauding the move.