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May Day: Made in the USA
April 29, 2005The battle for time By Roberta Wood “Eight hours for work, eight hours for rest and eight hours for what we will!” was the slogan of the 340,000 workers who marched in cities across the U.S....
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USW investigates Teflon chemical
April 29, 2005Citing worker and consumer safety concerns, the nation’s largest industrial union, United Steelworkers (USW), announced that it has launched an inquiry into the use of a Teflon-related chemical by hundreds of food packaging and other paper...
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Workers Memorial Day: Honoring those who lost their lives from workplace injuries or illnesses
April 29, 2005People's Health Workers Memorial Day is an international day of remembrance, held on April 28, the day the Occupational Safety and Health Act was passed in 1970. That day, people gather in hundreds of communities across...
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Asbestos bill fatally flawed
April 29, 2005WASHINGTON (PAI) — Despite some improvements in the latest legislation, the AFL-CIO has dropped its support of a comprehensive asbestos victims compensation bill. Asbestos victims suffer from mesothelioma — a form of cancer — asbestosis and...
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Rumsfeld encouraged as Iraqis chant, You go, America!
April 29, 2005Concedes he does not know Arabic Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said today that he was encouraged by massive demonstrations in Baghdad marking the second anniversary of the fall of Saddam Hussein, telling reporters that he...
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