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Wired reports:
One of the largest federations of unions and several former officials of the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration have raised concerns about the possibility that Elon Musk and the so-called Department of Government Efficiency could potentially gain access to sensitive information shared with OSHA and the Department of Labor by whistleblowers at the centibillionaire’s companies.
While Musk serves as a “special government employee” in the Trump administration, SpaceX, Tesla, and The Boring Company are the subject of more than 50 ongoing workplace health and safety cases opened by OSHA in the past five years, according to a public database maintained by the agency. OSHA sits within the Department of Labor, where DOGE operatives have been working since at least March 18.
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NEW: The AFL-CIO and 3 top former OSHA officials fear the possibility of Elon Musk accessing unredacted whistleblower files that OSHA maintains. There’s currently dozens of open OSHA cases across Tesla, SpaceX, and The Boring Company.https://t.co/1G4q1UE23y
— WIRED (@WIRED) April 10, 2025
While Musk serves as a “special government employee” in the Trump administration, SpaceX, Tesla, and The Boring Company are the subject of more than 𝟱𝟬 ongoing workplace health and safety cases opened by OSHA in the past 5 years/ https://t.co/1G4q1UDue0
— WIRED (@WIRED) April 10, 2025
In a memo shared exclusively with WIRED, the union federation alleges that as Musk attempts to exert “unilateral control” over the federal government through DOGE, “his record as a boss should be of concern to every worker in America.”https://t.co/1G4q1UE23y
— WIRED (@WIRED) April 10, 2025