A bleak picture for 'Vulnerable Workers'.(EHS News)

Publication: Occupational Hazards

Publication Date: 01-SEP-06

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AFL-CIO President John Sweeney said the 2005 BLS fatality numbers show a "worsening situation for many of the nation's most vulnerable workers."

Sweeney, pointing to increases in workplace deaths among Hispanics, African Americans, agricultural workers and workers under the age of 20 and over the age of 55, placed...

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