Rules to avert injury in meatpacking plants
The Labor Department will issue guidelines for meatpacking firms to reduce repetitive motion injuries. While not mandatory, firms risk OSHA penalties for ignoring general safety duties. The approach uses enforceable guidelines, avoiding OMB review, and aims to spur faster action amid industry concerns and prior fines.
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA
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Office of Management and Budget
Deborah Berkowitz
United Food and Commercial Workers
John Morrell & Co
IBP Inc
You can vote in Tuesday's partisan primary
You can vote in Tuesday's primary by declaring a different party at your voting place. Sign a statement to change or declare party affiliation, same name and address as the eligibility form. You must be registered to vote. You may switch later if you wish. Polls open 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Gorbachev Weakness Is Strength in Disputed Summit
The piece argues Gorbachev negotiates from weakness amid Soviet economic distress and army presence in Eastern Europe. It notes Boris Yeltsin's rise changes U.S. options, favoring pressure for reform, and warns against aiding a regime resistant to market liberalization. The author contends perestroika must succeed for global stability.
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Gorbachev
Baltic States
Europe
Germany
CSCE
NATO
Marshal Foch
Weimar
Hitler
Bush Administration
Boris Yeltsin
Russian
Sakharov
Bush
Madison Hotel
Boris Nikolayevich
Mikhail Sergeyevich
Yeltsin
Jefferson Davis
Kremlin
Communist Party
Electoral College reform pushes district voting proposal
George F. Will reports Skip Roberts leads the Electoral Fairness Project advocating end to winner take all. States would award one vote per congressional district carried, with two statewide votes to the statewide winner. The idea aims to boost turnout and align campaigns with grassroots organizing, though it risks party realignments and may affect moderating outcomes.
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Maine
Bush
Dukakis
Roberts
Florida
Jackson
John Anderson
Connecticut
North Carolina
Outlooks Education essential to combat teen pregnancies
A Cedar Rapids area opinion piece urges education as the key to reducing teen pregnancies. It cites 1.1 million teen pregnancies annually and $16.65 billion in U.S. costs, decrying AT&T for withdrawing Planned Parenthood funding and urging community involvement through families, schools, faith groups, and youth organizations.
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United States
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