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Worker safety has fallen lower than ever on the list of concerns in the Bush White House, as the president used the congressional recess to stealthily appoint an outspoken anti-union attorney as the Labor Department’s solicitor and is expected to pull the plug on any hope of an ergonomics standard.

New Era workers and their student and union supporters announced significant victories and a major escalation of their campaign for a fair contract at the cap manufacturer’s Derby, N.Y., plant, exactly six months from the date Local 14177 went on strike.

Philip Perkins, president of Local 6139 for the past six years, died of a heart attack Jan. 10 while attending the Committee on Equity meeting in Washington, D.C.

If you believe in gun control and your boss doesn’t, could you be fired for airing your views? Can your supervisor listen in on your personal phone calls? Can a would-be employer demand genetic tests, then refuse to hire you if you’re at risk for health problems?

VIS workers in Westchester are first to officially organize under card check agreement as union and company work to resolve disputes.