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Jobs Can Be Back-Breaking for Newspaper Mailers
Computerization and digital technology has transformed the newspaper business over the past 30 years, most notably in newsrooms. Yet work in newspaper printing plants continues to be strenuous, repetitive, and back-breaking.
Job Stress Mounts for Airline Agents
Customer service agents at US Airways, whether they work at airports or in reservations centers, face growing levels of job stress due to understaffing, sluggish computer systems and management's failure to support frontline employees.
‘Welcome Aboard Toxic Airlines’
A documentary film about many of the health risks posed to flight attendants and airline passengers, "Welcome Aboard Toxic Airlines," had its international debut in Paris in November at the International Environmental Film Festival.
Making Cabin Air Safer For Flight Crews — and You
The hospitalization of three AFA-CWA-represented flight attendants and two pilots from carbon monoxide poisoning on a Washington, D.C., to Boston flight on Nov. 5 was yet another reminder of serious cabin air and environment issues that the union has been demanding action on for many years.
Eye Safety a Priority for Wisconsin Local
It's hot, dusty, sweaty work. IUE-CWA Local 84800 members in Sheboygan, Wis., fill compression molds with wood flour and, at temperatures of 370 degrees to 400 degrees Fahrenheit, mold it into toilet seats for Bemis Mfg.