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Occupational Health News Roundup
Posted by Liz Borkowski on May 28, 2013 As immigration legislation passes the Senate Judiciary Committee, a report demonstrates why agricultural employers consider a guest worker program to be so important; Bangladesh garment workers win important improvements; and OSHA penalizes an energy company for firing an employee who raised safety concerns about a nuclear-energy project.
Worker safety provisions in Senate immigration reform bill
Posted by Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH of George Washington University School of Public Health & Health Services on April 17, 2013 A quick review of the bi-partisan Senate immigration reform bill reveals a few provisions related to workplace safety.
All-time high migrant death rate along US-Mexico border: prevention in immigration reform?
Posted by Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH of George Washington University School of Public Health & Health Services on March 28, 2013 The death rate among individuals crossing illegally the U.S.-Mexico border reached an all-time high in 2012. Focusing on labor law enforcement, rather than border enforcement, could be a solution to the death toll.
Occupational Health News Roundup
Posted by Liz Borkowski on March 11, 2013 President Obama will likely nominate Thomas Perez, currently assistant US attorney general for civil rights, to head the Department of Labor; a new report describes exploitation of undocumented workers; and children working in India’s coal mines face on-the-job hazards while missing out on education.
Immigration reform and the healthcare safety net
Posted by Liz Borkowski on January 30, 2013 Denying undocumented immigrants access to the ACA’s main avenues for the uninsured has implications for the hospitals and health centers that serve uninsured people.