A man who posed as a government inspector to extort tens of thousands of dollars from construction companies has been sentenced to prison.

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Tags: extortion, fake inspector, OSHA inspection, prison sentence

A newspaper has investigated reports about working conditions at an Amazon.com warehouse that serves one-third of the country. Employee claims point to extreme indoor heat, closed doors when it was hot, work rates that couldn’t be sustained and firing threats when workers couldn’t keep up in the heat.

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Federal law requires companies to allow a union representative to accompany an OSHA compliance officer on a facility inspection. But in a recent case involving Honeywell, there’s an added factor:

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Tags: acid leak, Honeywell, OSHA inspection, union rep, warrant