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Personal Protective Equipment

  • March 20, 2007
    Labor Department to act on employee safety equipment
  • March 16, 2007
    Responding to AFL-CIO, UFCW Lawsuit, Bush Administration Agrees to Issue Safety Equipment Rule for Employees
  • February 21, 2007
    Federal Judge Orders Labor Department to Answer for Eight-Year Delay in Requiring Employers to Pay for Safety Equipment

Food Industry Workers' Safety 

  • March 25, 2008 
    Important Safety Alert: Combustible Dust Explosion 
  • October 9, 2007 
    FACT SHEET: DIACETYL and “POPCORN LUNG” 
  • September 26, 2007
    Legislation to Protect Food Flavoring Workers from Severe Lung Disease Passes House 
  • September 5, 2007
    Doctor Links a Man’s Illness to a Microwave Popcorn Habit 
  • September 5, 2007
    ConAgra says it will drop popcorn chemical linked to lung ailment 
  • September 5, 2007
    Doctor warns consumers of popcorn fumes
  • June 13, 2007
    UFCW APPLAUDS CONGRESSIONAL EFFORT TO FORCE OSHA TO DO ITS JOB
  • May 7, 2007
    Flavoring Suspected in Illness
  • April 25, 2007
    OSHA Leaves Worker Safety in Hands of Industry
  • August 28, 2006
    EMERGENCY PETITION SEEKS IMMEDIATE ACTION ON LETHAL POPCORN FLAVORING

Food Safety

  • July 27, 2007
    House Democrats Betray American Consumers 
  • October 2, 2006
    Food and Commercial Workers Stand for Safe Meat Industry Standards
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