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May 16, 2012 - A late April Workers Memorial Day ceremony at the state capitol honored Oregon workers who died on the job in 2011. The event took place at the Fallen Workers Memorial outside the Labor and Industries Building. It was sponsored by Oregon OSHA and the state’s AFL-CIO.
May 16, 2012 - OSHA is soliciting applications under the Susan Harwood Training Grant program to fund training for workers and employers. A total of $1.2 million is available to nonprofit, community, and faith-based organizations; employer associations; labor unions; joint labor/management associations; and colleges and universities.
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May 14, 2012 (Final Rule) - FMCSA has repromulgated in the Code of Federal Regulations a statutory requirement that FMCSA revoke the operating authority registration of a for-hire motor carrier for failure to comply with safety fitness requirements; if the Agency determines that a motor carrier is "Unfit" based on its Safety Fitness Determination procedures, the Agency must revoke the carrier's operating authority registration.
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