| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 29, 2000 |
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HOMETOWN UNION MEMBERS MAKE THEIR VOICE HEARD ON CAPITOL HILL Hometown union members will make their voice heard on Capitol Hill this Thursday, March 30, 2000 at historic hearings before the Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Members of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) from small towns across the country will present graphic testimony demonstrating the urgent need for the establishment of a strong ergonomics standard at hearings on the agency's proposed standard for addressing crippling musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). Testimony will be presented by:
The participants will also meet with their respective Members of Congress during the day on Wednesday, March 29, 2000 to speak with their elected officials in person about the proposed job safety rules. Each year, nearly 650,000 workers develop MSDs, which cost businesses and the U.S. economy as much as $60 billion. The UFCW witnesses will speak about the devastating consequences of failing to control ergonomic stressors. Poultry and retail workers will describe their injuries and the effect these injuries have had on their lives and their ability to work. Witnesses will also report on successful programs that have been implemented in the meatpacking and retail industries. The UFCW, the largest union of poultry, meatpacking and retail workers in the country with 1.5 million workers in the retail food, meat packing, poultry, food processing, health care, footwear, garment and textile and chemical industries. -30- . United Food and Commercial Workers Union: A Voice for Working America-www.ufcw.org |
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