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15 de Mayo, 2008
The Toll of Neglect
Categorized under Raza | Tags: AFL-CIO, bush, John Sweeney, Latino, OSHA
The recent AFL-CIO annual study: Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect recently reported workplace fatalities as having increased sharply for Latino and immigrant workers. In 2006, fatal injuries among Latino workers increased by seven percent over 2005, with 990 fatalities among this group of workers, the highest number ever reported. [...]
“It’s clear that the workplace safety net has more holes than fabric, and it is costing too many American workers their lives,” said John Sweeney, President of AFL-CIO. “Our nation’s workplaces have gotten more dangerous, not safer, under President Bush.” [...]
The report also examined OSHA staffing levels, finding that to inspect each workplace once, it would take federal OSHA 133 years with its current number of inspectors. The current level of federal and state OSHA inspectors provides one inspector for every 63,913 workers. This compares to a benchmark of one labor inspector for every 10,000 workers recommended by the International Labor Organization for industrialized countries.
“Congress and the next President must take real action by strengthening the OSHA Act with tougher civil and criminal penalties, addressing increasing risks for Hispanic and immigrant workers, increasing funding for OSHA, and fully implementing the provisions of the MINER Act,” Sweeney added.
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