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LAX service workers vote to authorize a strike
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterA union representing 2,500 service workers at Los Angeles International Airport has voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike, said union officials, who finished tallying the votes early this morning. The workers include sky captains, baggage handlers,...Tags: Transportation, Strikes, Unions, United Airlines, Air Transportation Industry
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If You Notice a Little ???Off-Gassing,??? Blame the Car
MotherproofThere is no nice way to say this, so I???m just going to throw it out there: Odds are, your car and your child-safety seats are releasing toxic chemicals into the air you breathe through a process called ???off-gassing.??? I know, as if you needed...Tags: Graco Incorporated, Environmental Pollution, Passenger Cars, Ecosystems, Biology
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Deaths, Rape Lead to Scrutiny of 'Celebrity Rehab' Facility
PASADENA-- Three adult patients died unexpectedly and a teenage patient was raped after entering a Pasadena psychiatric hospital known for its association with celebrity physician Drew Pinsky, records show.
The incidents occurred in the last five...Tags: Sean Burke, Government Health Care, Insurance, Health Organizations, Hospitals and Clinics
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LAX Service Workers Vote to Strike
LAX-- An overwhelming vote has authorized a strike of the Airline Service Workers at Los Angeles International Airport, the union said today.
The Service Employees International Union Local 1877 is pushing for higher wages and increased benefits....Tags: Strikes, Unions, Public Transportation, Employees
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Deadly crash in Madrid
Associated PressMore than 150 people were killed yesterday when an airliner taking off en route to a Canary Islands resort swerved off the end of a runway at Madrid's airport, crashed and burst into flames, Spanish officials said. The plane, an MD-82, carried 172...Tags: Disasters, Air and Space Accidents, Emergency Planning, Boeing Co., Air France-KLM
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Florida Co. fined in accident that killed worker
The Associated PressThe Tennessee Occupational Health and Safety Administration has fined a Florida-based company in an accident that killed a bridge worker. Antonios Diassakos, an employee of Tarpon Springs, Fla.-based Seminole Equipment, was killed May 16 when he was...Tags: Fines, Punishment
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United's workers band to oust CEO
Chicago Tribune reporterOrange wristbands are a hot accessory among United Airlines workers, and the latest sign of fraying labor relations at the nation's second-largest carrier. Unlike the yellow Livestrong bands popularized by cyclist Lance Armstrong, these accessories are...Tags: Transportation, Annual and Special Corporate Meetings, Unions, Labor Legislation, Work Relations
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Heat still taking toll on California farm workers
RAISIN CITY, Calif. - California, the nation's leader in heat-related deaths among farm workers, sought to turn that around three years ago with new laws aimed at ensuring that people toiling in sweltering fields had such basics as a water break and an...Tags: Fines, Punishment, Death and Dying, Fires, Farms
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Deaths, rape lead to scrutiny of Pasadena psychiatric hospital
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersThree adult patients died unexpectedly and a teenage patient was raped after entering a Pasadena psychiatric hospital known for its association with celebrity physician Drew Pinsky, records show. The incidents occurred in the last five months at Aurora...Tags: Sean Burke, Government Health Care, Insurance, Health Organizations, Hospitals and Clinics
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Officials probe jet crash that killed 153 in Madrid
MADRID - A jetliner heading to the popular Canary Islands vacation resort crashed during takeoff yesterday, turning a wooded area off the end of a runway into a hellish scene of charred bodies and smoldering wreckage. Some 153 were believed dead - Spain's...Tags: Disasters, Delta Air Lines, Transportation, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Transportation Accidents
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Fire breaks out in Egypt's parliament
The Associated PressFire ravaged a 19th century palace used by the upper house of Egypt's parliament today, with flames bursting through windows as helicopters scooped water from the Nile River to douse the blaze. Flames soared upward from the top floor of the three-story...Tags: Parliament, Riots, Fires, Heavy Engineering
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NASA Langley worker survives 40-foot fall
A worker from a California company survived a 40-foot fall inside a building at NASA Langley Research Center on Tuesday. The man was working with a team that was preparing air bottles used to store pressurized air for wind tunnel testing. NASA Langley...Tags: NASA, Space Programs
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