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Workers Pay the Price in an Era of Declining Job Quality

Janet Murguía | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Workforce, Safety Laws, Latinos, Wage Laws, Occupational Fatality Rate, Recession, Competition, Labor Protections, Labor Day, Employers, Labor Laws, Health Insurance, National Council of La Raza, Health Care, U.S. Department of Labor, Business News
Janet Murguía

When employers violate wage and occupational safety laws, they effectively devalue hard work and workers' lives. It is simply outrageous and unacceptable that a country like ours allows people to work to death.

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Too High a Price for High Octane

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Refineries, Sunoco, Exxonmobil, Sulfuric Acid, Alcoa, Myron Arnowitt, Center for American Progress, Labor Day, Octane, Chemical Security 101, Hydrofluoric Acid, Public Interest Research Group, Holly Refinery, Marathon Petroleum, Citgo, Suncor Refinery, Pirg, Paul Orum, U.S. Department of Labor, Clean Water Action, Bhopal, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

The refineries in this country still using unnecessarily hazardous hydrofluoric acid must ensure their workers and the residents of their neighborhoods live to see Labor Day 2010.

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Workers Need a Robust OSHA for Their Survival

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Arcelormittal, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Bush Administration, Ray Mine, Asarco LLC, Workers Memorial Day, Usw, OSHA Enhanced Enforcement Program, United Steelworkers, Occupational Safety and Health Act, Osha, U.S. Department of Labor, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

To reduce that daily toll, to make Workers Memorial Day less memorable, the U.S. Labor Department and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration must be properly funded and empowered.

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Immigration Reform is a Promise Waiting to be Filled

Marisa Treviño | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Congress, US Soldiers, Children, Department of Labor, Guantanamo, Immigration, Stimulus, State Children's Health Insurance Program, Obama Immigration Reform, Barack Obama, Muslim World, Iraq War, Immigration Reform, Economic Stimulus Package, Stimulus Package, Economic Stimulus, Medicare, US Soldiers Iraq, Iraq, Children's Health, Immigration Debate, Schip, U.S. Department of Labor, Republicans, Politics News
Marisa Treviño

Some analysts are guessing that Obama, while he won't utter the words "immigration reform" in the same breath, might be more willing to tackle the issue one piece at a time.

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Green Edge 8 - Saving Lives on Farms in Latin America - Cultivar

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 10.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Living, Farm Workers, Dominican Republic, Pesticides, Cultivar, Cdh, Del Monte, Cede, Green Edge, Mexico, Incap, Pase, Nicaragua, State Department, Haitians, Tesco, Chiquita, Dole, San Francisco Chronicle, Fertilizers, Honduras, sa8000, U.S. Department of Labor, Usaid, Green News
John Tepper Marlin

The safety of U.S. food depends starts with the farms where our food is grown. Last month, congressional hearings on America's largest salmonella out...

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