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‘Welcome Aboard Toxic Airlines’

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December 1, 2007

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

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December 1, 2007

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

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December 1, 2007

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.

For CWA Journalists, Fears are Personal

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December 1, 2007

For many members of CWA's media sectors, the journalists risking their lives in Iraq are friends and colleagues. Some are also CWA brothers and sisters.

Media Workers Face Growing Risks in War Zones

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December 1, 2007

It was supposed to be a humanitarian mission, not a war, but Associated Press reporter and president of TNG-CWA Local 31222 Tony Winton remembers his time in Somalia in the early 1990s as the most dangerous of his assignments in the world's hot zones.