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 Floor Finishing Products Get Their Hearing - On July 9 at 1 PM, four years after a devastating fire killed floor
sander Tinh Huyn, industry, labor, environmental and community
representatives will head to the State House to urge legislators to
halt the use of the chemical responsible for the tragic death...More
Safety No Small Matter for Teen Workers -
This
week, nearly 10,000 youth will head out to summer jobs across the state, with
funding and support from the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and
the state’s subsidized jobs program administered through local Workforce
Investment Boards (WIBs) and the Commonwealth Corporation...More
 Immigrant Leaders Speak Out Against Lead Poisoning -Each day at dawn, "Jorge" is picked up by a van and dropped off at
homes, where he strips old paint off houses and replaces it with shiny
new paint. It wasn’t until Jorge became ill that he realized each time
he scraped the paint, he was inhaling lead dust – and bringing it home
on his clothes to his children...More
 Audacious Action for Health and Safety in the Age of Obama - “After the past eight years of OSHA
destruction, we finally have a real opportunity to change things,” Emily
Spieler, Dean of Northeastern Law School and Obama Transition Team Leader on
OSHA, told an enthusiastic crowd, determined to restore workers’ rights to safe
jobs...More
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