Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of Labor v. Allied Industrial Workers of America and Its Local No. 876

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

In this petition to review an order of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, we are asked to determine whether the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 1 permits affected employees or their representative to challenge in administrative proceedings a settlement agreement between the Secretary of Labor and a cited employer where the employee challenge is not limited to the reasonableness of the period allowed in the settlement for abatement. Originally in Mobil Oil Corp., 2 the Commission had held that employees should be heard on all…