Word: naderized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...such passenger, on April 28,1972, was Ralph Nader, bête noir of the American business establishment, who showed up at the Washington National Airport just five minutes before Allegheny Airlines flight 864 was to take off for Hartford. Nader was on a tight schedule to appear at two consumer rallies in Connecticut. He had no seat...
...Ralph Nader, LL.D. He reminds us that America can be changed by one person who inspires others to work for change...
Justifiably, OSHA is widely regarded as one of the biggest debacles in Washington. It draws fire from businessmen, union chiefs, lawyers, Ralph Nader and an assortment of politicians, including President Ford, who attacks OSHA for "unnecessary and unjustified harassment of citizens." The most serious charge is that OSHA has got snarled up in enforcement of petty rules to the neglect of more important matters...
...OSHA is floundering in trivia," says James D. ("Mike") McKevitt, former Colorado Congressman and current Washington lawyer for the 440,000-member National Federation of Independent Business. A Nader study reports that through the first four years of OSHA's activity, more than 98% of its citations involved nonserious cases and fines averaging a mere $19. Meanwhile, after five years, OSHA has produced a grand total of three comprehensive health standards for industry: one governing the amount of asbestos that can be present in factory environments, another for carcinogens, a third for vinyl chloride. It has yet to specify...
Both Silberman and Guenther claim that none of the suggestions in the memo were carried out; their statement was challenged by the Ralph Nader-affiliated Health Research group. Whether or not the Health Research Group's accusations are true, the fact that a relatively high-level OSHA official viewed his agency as a political tool suggests that some of OSHA's problems are due to a lack of commitment within the agency to the spirit of the original legislation...