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Labor group complains about Dundalk High asbestos contractor
A labor group is alleging that a supervisor with an asbestos abatement contractor at Dundalk High School pressured workers to drink alcohol on the job and violated safety standards. The company's attorney called the accusation "totally false" and said it...
Tags: Lawyers, Health and Safety at School, Dundalk, Justice System, Environmental Issues
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RPT-Cambodian garment workers charged over strike violence
ReutersPHNOM PENH, June 18 (Reuters) - Sixteen Cambodian garment workers and union representatives have been charged with inciting violence and damaging property during a strike for higher pay at a factory making clothes for U.S. sportswear company Nike, a...Tags: Strikes, Cambodia, Career and Workplace
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Cambodian garment workers charged over strike violence
ReutersPHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Sixteen Cambodian garment workers and union representatives have been charged with inciting violence and damaging property during a strike for higher pay at a factory making clothes for U.S. sportswear company Nike, a lawyer said on...Tags: Strikes, Cambodia, Collective Contract, Career and Workplace, Work Rules Contract Issues
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Lower property taxes but higher fees for city residents
Baltimore residents will pay less in property taxes but more in stormwater and taxi fees under a $2.4 billion budget approved by the City Council on Monday. The cut will reduce the property tax payments on a home valued at $200,000 by about $140. But...
Tags: Pension and Welfare, William H. Cole IV, Politics, Bernard C. Young, Budgets and Budgeting
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Maryland local government workers give $11.24M to charities
The United Way of Central Maryland announced Monday that local government workers gave more than $11.24 million during recent fundraising campaigns. Federal, state and local employees donated the money through payroll deductions to designated health and...
Tags: Local Government, Elections, Charity, Politics, Government
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White House pushes gun safety, but it means little without Congress
WASHINGTON -- The White House plans to announce Tuesday that it has improved gun safety in the country by chipping away at 21 of 23 items on an executive to-do list issued in January. But the progress report will also highlight steps that Congress has...Tags: U.S. Congress, White House, Washington, DC, Politics, Justice System
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Some L.A. County bus drivers say pesticides are making them ill
Los Angeles County bus drivers say they are regularly becoming ill — sometimes while behind the wheel — from pesticides sprayed inside their vehicles by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. At least 14 Metro drivers are pursuing...
Tags: Environmental Politics, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Social Security, Flu
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Farm safety and employee management
It was a bit of a coincidence that one day when I was reflecting on the HOSTA (Hazardous Occupation and Safety Training in Agriculture, or “Tractor Safety” School) that was recently held in Winner, I read an interesting entry in the journal type book by...Tags: Career and Workplace, Science and Technology, Employees
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Investigators seek cause of chemical blasts in Louisiana
State and federal investigators in Louisiana are working to uncover what caused fatal blasts at two different chemical plants in the span of two days. The second explosion took place Friday night at the CF Industries plant in Donaldsonville, a small...Tags: Explosions, Disasters and Accidents, Emergency Incidents, Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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Tesco stops sourcing from a Bangladesh factory due to safety concerns
ReutersLONDON/DHAKA (Reuters) - Tesco, the world's No. 3 retailer, has stopped sourcing clothes from a factory in Bangladesh after discovering serious problems with the safety of the site, the company said on Saturday. The move follows a survey the British-...Tags: Bangladesh, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Dhaka (Bangladesh), Consumer Goods Industries, Tesco plc
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S.F. officials blast Kaiser for hiking rates for public workers
SAN FRANCISCO — Officials who oversee the healthcare plans of San Francisco public employees and their families excoriated Kaiser executives Thursday for failing to adequately explain a proposed rate increase, but ultimately voted to back it as...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Hospitals and Clinics, Politics, Government
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Second worker dies from Louisiana chemical plant explosion
ReutersBy Kathy Finn NEW ORLEANS, June 14 (Reuters) - A second person died on Friday as a result of an explosion that rocked the Williams Olefins petrochemical plant in Geismar, Louisiana, and injured more than 100 workers a day earlier. Scott Thrower, 47,...Tags: Explosions, Williams Companies Incorporated, Hospitals and Clinics, Emergency Incidents, Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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