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James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act Passes the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives
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January 3, 2011
On December 22, with the urging of the AFL-CIO, several unions (including CWA, IAFF, AFSCME, and the Laborers) and the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health, the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives voted to pass legislation that would fund medical monitoring and treatment for emergency workers who responded to the World Trade Center site after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, to workers involved in the demolition and cleanup, and to nearby residents.
Reminder: Train the Trainer Program on Workplace Safety and Health
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December 23, 2010
Train the Trainer Program on Workplace Safety and Health, February 6 - 11, 2011 at the National Labor College in Silver Spring, MD
December 2010 Districts 2 and 13 OSH Conference Call
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December 23, 2010
Minutes of the CWA Districts 2 and 13 Occupational Safety and Health Conference Call conducted on Wednesday, December 1, 2010.
December 2010 District 6 OSH Conference Call
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December 23, 2010
Minutes of the CWA District 6 Occupational Safety and Health Conference Call conducted on Thursday, December 2, 2010.
Ground Zero Responders Bill Remains Blocked by Abuse of Senate Rules
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December 22, 2010
As this CWA Newsletter closed out, some Senate Republicans led by Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) were continuing to stall discussion of the bill to provide health care and compensation to Sept. 11 responders at Ground Zero. The legislation would help ailing police officers, firefighters, telecom workers and others ? including many CWA members -- who were on the ground in the earliest days following Sept. 11.