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Latino workers die on the job at higher rates than others

Latino workers die from on-the-job injury at higher rates than all others, with 33 percent of the deaths happening at construction sites, a government report noted June 5. One of the main causes cited in the...

This Week in Labor

This Week in Labor for 6/21 Most unions now back Obama Unions that were neutral or backing Hillary Clinton during the Democratic primaries are quickly lining up in the Obama camp. Among those that have just...

Shades of Green: June 14, 2008

Uncle Sam sez throw your TV away

Used to be that consumer products had something called 'planned obsolescence' built into them; they were designed to wear out and be thrown away (partly explaining our nation's overflowing landfills). Now, it seems, President Bush and...

Indiana Jones survives!

Movie REVIEW Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Directed by Steven Spielberg Paramount Pictures, 2008 124 min., Rated PG-13If we hadn’t seen it with our own eyes, my movie buddy and I would...