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    :: Thursday, August 18, 2005 ::

    Will Safety Suffer From a Divided Labor Movement? Part Two: Monitoring OSHA - Occupational Hazards
    "Ever since the revocation of the ergonomics standard soon after the Bush administration took office, union officials have complained bitterly about the direction OSHA has taken. With Republicans now in control of both the House and the Senate, labor has few allies on Capitol Hill with the power to perform OSHA oversight or pressure the agency.

    For the second installment of this series, three health and safety union leaders spoke with Occupational Hazards.com about how the changes at the AFL-CIO will affect labor's clout inside OSHA:
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