Labor Groups Fault Industry Motions To Join Suit Challenging Silica Rule

Labor groups are opposing a pair of industry motions seeking to intervene in a legal challenge to OSHA's final rule strengthening its silica standards, arguing that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and cement and concrete producers could have filed their own lawsuits and should not be allowed to expand the scope of the litigation underway if they are allowed to intervene on behalf of industry petitioners. “'Having foregone th[e] opportunity' to raise issues through petitions for review, the Chamber Intervenors...