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A No-Fly Zone for Knives
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March 28, 2013
Today AFA-CWA Vice President Sara Nelson has a must-read op-ed in The New York Times about why air personnel oppose a new policy allowing passengers to carry knives with blades of up to 2.36 inches, beginning next month.
CWA Memorializes the Death of Kevin Mashburn, CWA Local 6360
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March 25, 2013
During the early morning hours of September 19, 2012, Kevin Mashburn, 59 years old and a 41-year employee- a member of CWA Local 6360, Kansas, City, Missouri-employed as a technician by AT&T, was performing non-critical work on a telecommunications cross-box when he was assaulted and beaten over the head with a tire-iron.
March 22, 2013 NIEHS National Clearinghouse e-Newsbrief
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March 25, 2013
The weekly E-Newsbrief of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)'s National Clearinghouse is now available. Click here to read the newsletter.
Airline Passengers Support "No Knives on Planes"
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March 21, 2013
Today the Coalition of Flight Attendant Unions, representing 90,000 Flight Attendants, leafleted airports around the country to directly enlist passengers in the fight to keep knives out of the aircraft cabin.
Outrage Grows Over Allowing Knives on Planes
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March 14, 2013
At a press conference today on Capitol Hill, the Coalition of Flight Attendants Union rallied their growing number of allies against TSA's new policy allowing small knives on planes.