District Lodge 15 brought 17 new members into the Machinists Union recently by organizing the highly-skilled maintenance mechanics at J. D’Addario and Company, Inc., located in Farmingdale, New York. J. D’Addario is the largest manufacturer of guitar strings, drum heads, and other musical instrument parts in the United States. Please join me in welcoming these new
Read moreNovember 16, 2006 OSHA Guidance Update on Protecting Employees from Avian Flu Viruses, and other important resource information on the topic, was recently posted to OSHA's Web site.
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Read moreNovember 9, 2006 Canada finally has a voluntary standard for safety management: CSA Z1000. The new standard parallels many of the various standards in use today, so working to the new one should not be difficult.
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