SAFETY

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