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Wednesday, 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.
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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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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
If you guessed obesity, you guessed right. A study in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine analyzed the additional costs of smoking and obesity among more than 30,000 Mayo Clinic employees and retirees. All had continuous health insurance coverage between 2001 and 2007.
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Monday, May 14, 2012
The Disabled Veterans National Foundation (DVNF) has praised the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) plan to significantly increase its staff of mental health workers.
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Friday, May 11, 2012
OSHA has launched a national emphasis program (NEP) for nursing and residential care facilities. These workplaces will be targeted in an effort to reduce occupational illnesses and injuries.
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