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| OSHA Outlook for Small Business: More Injuries, More Reporting - 02/09/2004 | ||
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Small businesses are being advised to expect more employee injuries in 2004, and to make sure they are using the legally correct OSHA forms for recording them.
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| News Service Bulletin #2-2004 (February 6, 2004) | ||
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* APWU Condemns Administration for Silence On November’s Ricin Mail | ||
| Answering the Administration's Call for Postal Reform | ||
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Opening Statement of Chairman John McHugh It is a pleasure to convene our meeting here in Chicago, the hometown of our Ranking Member, Congressman Danny Davis. The last time I had the honor of chairing a postal hearing in Chicago was in October 1996, when the subject was the dreadful mail service experienced in this city. Nearly seven and a half years later, while we are here to discuss the very future of the Postal Service itself, it is important to first note that mail service has dramatically improved in that time. The main reason for those strides in mail service are the hundreds of thousands of men and women represented by the witnesses here today.
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| Deadly Substance Contained; Senate Offices to Reopen - Burrus Update | ||
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Plans were announced Wednesday to reopen three Senate office buildings that had been closed after the toxin ricin was found Monday in a suite of offices used by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.).
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| Bush Overtime Plan: A Slap in the Face to America’s Veterans | ||
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Vietnam-era veteran Randy Fleming says the Bush administration is breaking the deal Fleming and other military veterans made with the government when they enlisted.
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| Senate Hearing on Postal Reform Postponed - Burrus Update 03-04 | ||
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At the request of President Bush, Congress has undertaken the task of drafting legislation for postal “reform.” Committees in the House of Representatives and the Senate have scheduled public hearings, permitting interested parties to express their views on proposed changes. The APWU has been invited to testify before the House Special Panel on Postal Reform and the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. The Senate hearing scheduled for Feb. 3, 2004, was postponed, due to the discovery of ricin in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, where the hearing was to take place. The hearing will be rescheduled.
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| Ricin Discovered at Senate Office Building - Burrus Update 02-04 | ||
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Tests have confirmed the presence of ricin, a deadly poison, found Feb. 2 in the mail room of the office of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and federal law enforcement officials have assumed control of the suspicious material and the area where the material was identified. The “V” Street postal facility in Washington, DC, where government mail is processed, has been closed as a precaution, and its employees have been reassigned to other facilities. No employees of Sen. Frist’s office or the Postal Service have reported symptoms of possible exposure. At this time, I have received no information beyond what has been reported in the news regarding the discovery of ricin, but as additional information becomes available, we will share it with you. Corey Thompson, APWU’s Safety Specialist, is monitoring events and is available to assist local presidents with safety concerns.
As of this writing, tests results have not been received on a suspicious piece of mail that was discovered at the processing and distribution facility in Wallingford, CT. | ||
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