And for decades, it has improved worker safety and health and aggressively combated child labor at home and abroad.
The campaign is pushing car-wash owners to sign accords that guarantee minimum wage, ensure worker safety and give meal and rest breaks.
We instituted a minimum wage and worker safety laws -- together.
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As it does so, it needs to modernize its environmental and worker safety standards, presenting a myriad of opportunities for companies who can help them get there.
Its collapse has heightened criticism that Western retailers, which have flocked to Bangladesh for its low-wage apparel industry, should do more to monitor worker safety in plants that manufacture their brands.
In a letter dated the day before the memo was written, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency told the city's health department that there were concerns about worker safety at the World Trade Center site.
The House Natural Resources Committee Thursday approved an amendment to bar new offshore oil and gas drilling permits to BP or any other company with a significant history of violating worker safety or environmental law.
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The report seeks to address apparent concerns over worker safety in Qatar's construction industry and claims that discrepancies exist between the number of construction worker deaths reported by local embassies and the number reported by the government.
And if they are not providing the kind of benefits in terms of the public health, and clean air and clean water, and worker safety that have been promised, then we should get rid of some of those regulations.
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"Jack Ohman's cartoon of April 25 made a strong statement about Gov. Rick Perry's disregard for worker safety, and his attempts to market Texas as a place where industries can thrive with few regulations, " said Stuart Leavenworth, the paper's editorial page editor.
Retailers, factories, and worker-safety groups say retailers' different standards have stalled safety-improvement efforts, triggering confusion over matters as basic as where fire extinguishers are placed.
In 2010 and 2011, complaints about alleged Hyatt worker-safety violations poured into the offices of the chief workplace regulator, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
The disaster is the worst ever for Bangladesh's booming and powerful garment industry, surpassing a fire five months ago that killed 112 people and brought widespread pledges to improve the country's worker-safety standards.
The recent spate of accidents in the garment trade, especially in Bangladesh, where in addition to the building collapse more than 100 have also died in factory fires over the past year has led labor unions and worker-safety groups to press Western retailers to tighten oversight of their supply chains.
They achieved important social gains in terms of worker health and safety, wage equity and skills development.
The summit will provide AAPI workers with relevant information on federal and state worker protections and safety and health rights.
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The roundtable served as a forum for community groups to present recommendations to address language access issues surrounding violence against immigrant women, as well as nail salon worker health and safety.
And critics worry that factory safety and worker protections won't improve as long as apparel companies chase the lowest manufacturing costs.
They are demanding fair compensation from Wal-Mart and a legally binding agreement from manufacturers to ensure fire and building safety and worker rights.
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An unqualified Massey worker performed over 200 safety checks at the Upper Big Branch mine, the site of the disaster, writes Ward, using a forged ID card, from 2008 to mid-2009.
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Wal-Mart will also set up an independent call center for garment workers to report unsafe conditions and conduct fire safety training for every worker in the Bangladesh factories that make clothes for the U.S. retailing giant.
The Bangladesh Building and Fire Safety Agreement is a proposal for a sector-wide initiative that includes independent building inspections, worker rights training, public disclosure and a long-overdue review of safety standards.
Labour Behind the Label and others are calling on all brands sourcing from Bangladesh to publicly sign up to take part in the building and fire safety scheme to make transparent, worker-led improvements to the industry.
Plans included modernizing equipment, increasing the number of fire stations in industrial areas and overhauling fire- and building-safety laws and regulations, inspections and worker training.
The best answer may be more extensive worker re-training, combined with a wider social safety net.
An investigation by Northumbria Police and the Health and Safety Executive found that NEMOC and one of its directors, Christopher Taylor, failed to ensure the safety of its employees and sub-contracted worker.
Around the world, every humanitarian aid worker must be free to serve without fear for their safety, and every human being must be able to pursue their aspirations in peace, dignity and security.
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"There's no sense of safety here, " said a 24-year-old worker surnamed Wang, who has been with Foxconn for two years.
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The CSB blamed lax safety culture at the firm as well as cost-cutting, bad management culture and worker fatigue.
Two deadly collapses in 2008 spurred reforms and even criminal charges, but another crane fell and killed a worker in the city just this past April, at a subway construction site largely exempt from city safety rules.
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