Labor sets three ergonomics hearings this summer
Department of Labor to hold hearings in Washington July 16 Illinois July 20 and California July 24 to map repetitive motion injuries and decide by September on a final rule or voluntary policy. Chao aims to build consensus, address criticism over inaction, and define the federal role in workplace ergonomics.
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Washington
Abtor
Elaine Chao
Washington, D.C
Ilinois
California
Chao
Clinton
Congress
Arlen ‘Specter
Pennsylvania
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
White House and Labor Department
Bill Samuel
Afl-Ci0
Disney characters win clean undergarments contract
Orlando AP report says after two months of talks Disney and the Teamsters union reach a tentative pact for costumed workers at Walt Disney World. Each worker will receive individual undergarments to take home for cleaning, reducing shared laundering and health issues cited by stewards. The deal also adds more dressing time and a weather clause affecting outside time amid irritants from smoke and air pollution.
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Orlando, Fla
Mickey Mouse
Cinderella
Walt Disney World
Disney
Teamsters Union
Gary Steverson
Walker
Animal Kings
Steverson
Teamsters
Goofy
Pluto
Minnie Mouse
Donald Duck
Mase Kingdom
Rena Callahan
Sions
Calon Webb
Animal Kingdom
Disney Worlds
Ad Press
Magic Kingdom
Lake Buena Vista
Fla
Walt Disney
Bush allies call for overhaul of computer export rules
A CSIS report backed by Bush aides argues current export controls on powerful computers are flawed. It proposes evaluating both hardware and software for sale to each country, warning desktop machines can enable advanced weapons. The study seats with Clinton proposals and urges a government funded computer science scholarship program.
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Washington
U.S
Center For Strategic and International Studies
Clinton
Congress
General Accounting Office
Fred Thompson
Rtenn
Thompson
CSIS
John Hamre
Brent Scowcroft
Bush
Scowcroft
Defense
James Schlesinger
CIA
James Woolsey
Dick Cheney
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Colin Powell
Intel
Craig Barrett
Sun Microsystems
John Gage
Irving Wladawsky- Berger
IBM
Lufthansa pilots near wage deal amid strikes and mediation
Lufthansa and its pilots inch toward a four year contract as mediation with Hans-Dietrich Genscher proceeds. Pilots seek a 24 percent rise to match rivals while offers span 13.6 to 30.3 percent with performance pay. The dispute sharply dented profits and halted flights during May strikes.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Lufthansa
Europe
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Genscher
Karl-Ludwig Kley
United States
Comair
Delta
Japan to downgrade view of economy again next week
Tokyo reports indicate the Cabinet Office will officially downgrade Japan’s economic assessment for the fifth straight month. Declines in capital investment and weak consumer spending drive the move, the Yomiuri and NHK said, signaling heightened government concern about the outlook for Asia’s second largest economy.
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Tokyo
Japan
Yomiuri
NHK Television
Cabinet Office
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