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Newton R. Russell dies at 85; veteran California legislator
Newton R. Russell, a veteran state senator known as an expert on California's complex public pension system and a stickler for upholding legislative rules, died Saturday of lung cancer at his La Caņada Flintridge home, his family said. He was 85. A...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Elections, Pension and Welfare, Republican Party, Richard Nixon
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Police identify worker killed in fall at Seiple Farms
State police have identified a 28-year-old construction worker killed Tuesday morning during a barn erection at Seiple Farms in East Allen Township. Paul Daniel Mast of Columbia was killed around 6:45 a.m. at a construction site at Seiple Farms, 5761 Nor...Tags: Health and Safety at Work
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READER SUBMITTED: Energy Systems Sales And Training To Install 174 Solar Panels On Roof Of IMTI In Waterbury
StatewideThe Energy Systems Sales and Training (ESST) division of IMTI, The Industrial Management and Training Institute, in partnership with Motech Industries, Inc. and Motech Inverters of Taiwan, will install a 45kw Solar Photovoltaic System on the roof of the...Tags: Environmental Issues, Northeast Utilities, Waterbury, Connecticut Labor Markets, Alternative Energy
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Worker in fatal construction site accident identified
Chicago TribuneA man working at a construction site on the Northwestern University campus in Evanston who died after he was struck by a beam that fell from six stories up this morning has been identified. The beam was knocked loose by a construction crane and struck...Tags: Labor Legislation, Health and Safety at School, Evanston, Northwestern University, Career and Workplace
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Man Injured While Working On Busway
The Hartford CourantA construction worker was injured Wednesday morning when he fell about 10 feet and hit his head, fire officials said. The man was working on the Hartford-New Britain busway, which is known officially as CTfastrak. The accident happened about 7 a.m. near...Tags: New Britain, Health and Safety at Work
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Texas firefighters focused concern on toxic gases
WEST, Texas (AP) — When they saw 30-foot flames licking the sky inside a massive fertilizer plant, firefighters in this tiny Texas town rushed to evacuate nearby buildings and raced to spray water on tanks of chemicals, hoping to prevent a...
Tags: Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics, Google Inc., Fires
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Jonathan Fielding, the public's MD
If you've got your health, the cliche goes, you've got just about everything. If you've got public health duties, you're responsible for just about everything from mosquitoes (West Nile carriers) to hygiene (wash your hands for as long as it takes to sing...
Tags: Social Media, FBI, HIV, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry
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Unions, not businesses, are responsible for worker safety laws
Paul Carpenter's column in support of John Brinson's anti-union stance is an attack on all workers. In the article, Mr. Brinson stated, "The problem is, we don't really need unions anymore" because of laws that now protect workers. Using that train of...Tags: Labor Legislation, John F. Kennedy, Business, Interior Policy, Allentown
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Continue campaign for safety in workplace
Many of us can vividly recall the horrific night of Feb. 19, 1999, when five workers lost their lives to an explosion at Concept Sciences Inc. It may not have been of the magnitude of the recent explosion in West, Texas, where once again lives were...Tags: Employees, Career and Workplace, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013), Human Interest, Health and Safety at Work
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The hollowing out of government
The chemical and fertilizer plant in the town of West, Texas, where at least 15 were killed and more than 200 injured a few weeks ago hadn't been fully inspected by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration since 1985. (A partial inspection by a...Tags: Mitt Romney, Business, Prosecution, Elections, Republican Party
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Boston isn't the only outrage
Most likely we all agree that the Boston bombing was cowardly, senseless, dastardly. It cries out for justice. And just about every cop in the universe was on this case, big time. But what about all the drone bombings in Pakistan, Yemen, Afghanistan,...Tags: Employees, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Pakistan, Barack Obama
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Seniors Idol-ized in township's Senior American Idol contest
Did you feel the ground shaking in Orland Hills May 9? If so, you were feeling the effect of Orland Township's Senior American Idol Scholarship Fundraiser, sponsored by KCM Accounting, at Georgio's Banquets in Orland Hills. The room was ablaze with...Tags: Orland Park, Awards and Prizes, Music Industry, Tinley Park, Pat Quinn
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