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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 ::
Business, Labor Fight Over Hazmat Handling By Cindy Skrzycki, Washington Post (page2)
'Response, cleanup, training, personal protective equipment -- those are issues that OSHA regulates in other industries,' said LaMont Byrd, director of safety and health for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. 'They are best suited to this. That's the bottom line.'
Richard Inclima, director of safety and education for the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees, said railroad workers need OSHA protection 'because DOT has absolutely no standards for the protection of human beings when the package is breached,' adding, 'You would leave railroad workers and those responding with no protection.'------------------------------------------- posted 6:14 AM :: reference link ::
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