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Labor
U.S. to alleviate fear of crewless trains with new mandate
August 2, 2022The new rule will require two-person crews on U.S. freight railroads in almost all cases.
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Labor
Workers collect 300,000 plus Missouri signatures to stop right to work for less
August 22, 2017The petitions, turned in to Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft weeks ahead of the mandatory late August deadline, also automatically stopped implementation of the anti-worker, anti-union law, which the GOP-dominated state legislature approved this year –...
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Labor
Missouri Gov. Greitens signs ban on project labor agreements
June 5, 2017PLAs require contractors to pay union wages and abide by collective bargaining agreements for public works projects.
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Labor
Budget cuts hampered response to giant fire, firefighters charge
November 28, 2009LOS ANGELES - In the latest indication of how budget cuts endanger public safety, the firefighters union president says the mayor's slashes hampered the response to the huge Station Fire in September.
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Labor
Victims Son: W. Va. Miners Afraid To Speak Out About Safety Problems
January 11, 2006Workers at the non-union Sago mine knew the facility was unsafe, but were afraid to speak out, according to the son of one of 12 miners killed in the underground explosive accident there on Jan. 3
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The prescription drug law ripoff
November 4, 2005We just saw, courtesy the Toledo Union Journal, the most coherent explanation yet of who pays how much under GOP President George W. Bush’s Medicare prescription drugs law. Since the law takes effect Jan. 1, and...
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U.S.
Job safety worsens under Bush
May 9, 2003Job safety and health under the Bush administration features less enforcement and increased big business clout, a new AFL-CIO report titled Death on the Job: A Toll of Neglect, says. The report was released as unions...
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