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“Employers and workers routinely underreport work-related injuries and illnesses, calling into question the accuracy of nationwide data [compiled annually by OSHA].”– Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, November 16, 2009.
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“A new study of workers at 50 hotels in the United States found that women were 50 percent more likely to be injured than men, and that Hispanic women had an injury rate two-thirds higher than their white female counterparts.” — Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, November 10, 2009
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Labor Day event in historic Pullman.
Labor Day March for Justice from Union Park (1501 W. Randolph in Chicago) to Federal Plaza in downtown Chicago.
Lawmakers in Wyoming are debating the measures necessary to decrease the high number of worker deaths within Wyoming’s borders. The full article can be read here.
Teamsters Local 743 set up a strike line at SK Hand Tools in Chicago (3535 W. 47th St.) and McCook (9500 W. 55th St.) on August 25, 2009. SK Hand Tools unilaterally withdrew health insurance coverage and demanded wage concessions that barely put members above the minimum wage.
Strike support will be needed on a 24/7 basis at both locations – please contact the Teamsters Local 743 union hall at (773) 254-7460 for more information.
Read more on the Teamster’s website
Two workers at the Columbus Food Co. on Chicago’s west side were injured on July 18, 2009, when an explosion occurred inside the vegetable oil plant.
Read the article here.