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Obama Speaks Out for Workers' Rights, Safety
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April 28, 2011
President Obama told a Cleveland TV interviewer this week that he "strongly disapproves" of the assaults in Ohio, Wisconsin and other states on workers' collective bargaining rights.
Heat Stress: A Burning Issue
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April 26, 2011
Read the report, produced by the CWA Occupational Safety and Health Department.
Still Time to Make Plans for Workers' Memorial Day April 28
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April 21, 2011
Workers' Memorial Day is a few days away, April 28, but there's still time to plan or get involved in events in your community.
Blog Entry from The Pump Handle: One year after the BP/Deepwater Horizon Disaster
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April 20, 2011
Will the next cleanup be better?
US Department of Labor News Release: US DOL Fall Protection Directive Upheld in US Court of Appeals
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April 18, 2011
WASHINGTON ? The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit rejected a challenge by the National Roofing Contractors Association to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration?s December 2010 directive on the use of fall protection in residential construction. The directive withdrew an earlier one that allowed certain residential construction employers to bypass some fall protection requirements.