Unions fight for a safe and healthy workplace

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AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard L. Trumka believes that employers must underscore the adoption of safety measures and conform to federal standards in order to provide maximum protection to their workers. He further encourages labor leaders to intensify efforts in fighting for their rights and face the vast challenges ahead. Trumka claims that the expansion of the marketplace at a global scale has deteriorated the quality of worker safety and environmental protection provided by most business establishments.

Occupational Safety Regulation, Compensation and benefits, Prevention, Work-related injuries, Work related injuries, Safety regulations, Labor unions, AFL-CIO, Trumka, Richard L.

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OSHA's new boss: Charles Jeffress expects greater cooperation as he enforces the law

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Occupational Safety and Health Administrator Charles Jeffress believes that the only way to effectively implement occupational safety and health programs is to forge partnerships with employers. Jeffress is clearly optimizing the limited resources of his agency, and is using these limited resources as an incentive for employers to develop workplace safety programs. This positive reinforcement approach is what Jeffress believes to be the guiding principle of this programs in his term as administrator.

Occupational Safety & Health Adm, Political aspects, United States. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Employee safety education, Jeffress, Charles

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Speak no evil

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Bill Mottel, chairman of the board of the National Safety Council, says the word 'accident' should not be used as it promotes an adverse safety culture. Mottel adds that replacing the word 'accident' with 'injuries' or 'fatalities' in corporate and industrial vocabularies can help promote safety consciousness since injuries and fatalities have causes and are preventable.

Workplace accidents, Column, National Safety Council, Mottel, Bill

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