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Working Together: We Just Come to Work Here

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December 1, 2009
"Working at this job is dirty and dangerous and I'm taking risks anyway. Oh, if I had the time and the proper equipment I could do the job safely each day. Everybody here says they're sticklers for safety, And I'm not here to say that they lie. I'm saying we just come to work here, We don't come to die."

"America's Last Unregulated Workplace"

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December 1, 2009

For workers in just about every private industry workplace, federal and state Occupational Safety and Health laws spell out protections and safeguards to help keep workplaces free from hazards.

Union's "No-Lift" Policy Reduces Worker-Patient Injuries

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December 1, 2009

Lifting patients in hospitals and other care facilities is one of the leading causes of neck and back injuries suffered by health care workers in the United States. It also is a leading cause of injury to patients.

When the Office is a NYC Traffic Intersection

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December 1, 2009
"One of the reasons it took so long to get this law is that TEAs were thought of as 'meter maids,'" Huntley said. "In the 1960s, the first agents were women, and that's what they were called. The name stuck. They were seen as doing clerical work that didn't require protection."