Huffington Post
On Worker's Memorial Day: Protest Bush Administration Policies Making Work
Less Safe
By Leo W. Gerard
In the heart of Pennsylvania, while the media still relentlessly plagued
Senators Obama and Clinton about flag pins and memory lapses just before the
primary, a machine at an ArcelorMital plant in Steelton crushed Roger H.
Prichard to death. He was 58.
It was April 18, three days before the Pennsylvania primary. It occurred just
five days after piping crushed Jaren T. Hoover to death at the Dura-Bond Pipe
factory, also in Steelton. He was 19.
Life went on. Jaren's father, a Pennsylvania common pleas judge, found dozens
of his son's friends at the funeral, mourning, and doing what kids do now, which
is post memorials on MySpace. Roger Prichard's wife told a local reporter that
her husband was a good father and husband and loving person, before she was too
overcome to continue speaking. His grandchildren will never get to know him.
As the presidential candidates are repeatedly forced to focus on the
frivolous -- whether Hillary faked crying or laughed too loud or whether Obama
once served on a board of directors with an unsavory character -- real issues
like federal enforcement of workplace safety are completely ignored … more
AFL-CIO Launches First-Ever Online Video Contest to “Turn Around America”
Kick-off effort to begin national conversation on how to get America back on
track
www.turnaroundvideocontest.com
(Washington, Apr. 10) The AFL-CIO today launched the “Turn Around America”
video competition -- its first-ever online video contest -- and will feature the
winners in television ads in part to engage voters and 2008 political candidates
in a national dialogue about what is necessary to get America back on track.
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The video is a
compilation of Sen. John McCain, in his own words, proudly declaring support
for policies that have been a disaster for working families throughout the
country.
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Reports Continued Improvement in the Fourth
Quarter
PR NEWSWIRE
Posted: 2008-02-28 07:27:19
FINDLAY, Ohio, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
(NYSE: CTB) today reported net income of $51 million, or 82 cents per share, for
the quarter ended December 31, 2007. Income from continuing operations increased
$67 million from a loss of $28 million for the same period last year, resulting
in earnings per share of 62 cents from continuing operations. The substantial
earnings improvement was accompanied by a new record of $765 million in sales
for the quarter, a 7 percent increase over the same period last year.
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