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OSHA recently issued a new guidance for the protection of workers from Avian Flu viruses: "Guidance on Preparing for an Influenza Pandemic." This guidance document sets up an "Occupational Risk Pyramid" primarily covering healthcare providers such as doctors, nurses, dentists, and emergency medical technicians (EMT's).

The Union's Occupational Safety and Health Conference will be held March 23-25, 2007 at the Holiday Inn on the Hill in Washington, D.C. The conference will focus upon issues such as the CWA's Steward's Army: the role of OSH activists, electrical hazards within the telecommunications industry, and using the collective bargaining process to improve working conditions and help build and strengthen the Union.

The 2007 CWA Occupational Safety and Health Conference will be held March 23-25, 2007, at the Holiday Inn on the Hill in Washington, D.C. immediately before the Union's Legislative Conference, March 25-28, 2007.

Gordon Davis of NABET-CWA Local 52031, a veteran cameraman on the overnight "hot-spot" beat for WJLA-TV 7 and its partner station, NewsChannel 8, was struck by a motorist while covering a fire in Upper Marlboro, Md., on Dec. 20. He was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.

The AFL-CIO along with the UFCW, on January 3, 2007, have filed a joint lawsuit sueing the US Department of Labor and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for not issuing its rule on payment for Personnal Protective Equipment (PPE).