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Health Care Local Keeps Safety Training Fresh
Back and neck injuries, needle sticks, fires in the operating room — Nurses United, CWA Local 1168 has been tremendously successful in reducing all manner of occupational illnesses and injuries.
Regular training is the key, local health and safety officer Dana McCarthy said.
Organizing Around Safety and Health
Safety and health activism can be a strong factor in organizing unrepresented workers, as IUE-CWA Local 81201 in Lynn, Mass., can attest. When the General Electric local widened its organizing efforts in the early 1990s, it helped about 35 workers at the city's wastewater treatment plant wi
‘Terminator’ Glove Cuts Injuries For GE Sheet Metal Workers
Apioneering effort by IUE-CWA Local 83761 in Louisville, Ky., has led to a new safety glove for sheet metal workers that GE plans to make available nationwide.
Deadline to Register Extended for WTC Workers’ Comp
In an effort to reach more workers who were exposed to the toxic environment at Ground Zero, New York state has extended the deadline for filing a registration form that protects their right to later file for workers' compensation. The deadline is now Aug. 14, 2008.
In Public Safety, Dangers Are Often Unseen
With all of the potentially life-threatening situations police officers face out in the streets, one wouldn't expect that exposure to toxic substances is a major and growing danger.