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RSS Feeds: Del Toro, First Latina Appointed Chair of The California Underground Facilities Safe Excavation Board (The Dig Safe Board) ehs International, Inc., (ehsInc) is pleased to announce on February 09, 2021, Marjorie Del Toro of ehs International, Inc. (ehsInc.org) was elected unanimously as Chair of the Dig Safe Board. Del Toro is the Board’s 3rd chair, 2nd female chair, 1st Latina/Latino chair. Del Toro appointed by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr on December 18, 2017 (two-year term) and r...

Lewis and Clark celebrates 660 years of staff, faculty service Jan. 19, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail GODFREY — The Lewis and Clark Community College Board of Trustees has recognized 51 faculty and staff for their combined 660 years of service to the college during last Tuesday’s regular meeting. For the past 34 years, Lewis and Clark has celebrated team members who reach five-year employment milestones with a Service Awards dinner in the fall. However, the Fall 2020 Service Awards event was ca...

IDOT partners with law enforcement to keep roads safe if you must travel With the winter holidays underway, the Illinois Department of Transportation and Illinois State Police are reminding travelers to buckle up and drive sober as law enforcement agencies statewide ramp up their Click It or Ticket and Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaigns to ensure a safer holiday season. “If traveling is necessary over the holidays, we urge the public to take some simple steps to help everyone reach th...

What Does Decembers Drug-Approval Dash Mean for COVID-19 Vaccines? What Does Decembers Drug-Approval Dash Mean for COVID-19 Vaccines? by Danielle Kost 14 Dec 2020|by Danielle Kost Even in the best of times, pharmaceutical regulators tend to rush through drug applications in December. Now add in a ruthless pandemic. Research and insights from Lauren Cohen. Pharmaceutical regulators around the world tend to speed through drug applications in December and ...

You know, people are standing in the same spot for eight, ten, hours a day, maybe during peak season. there are complaints about limited breaks. there are complaints about just the quotas and the goals. >> just this past july, warehouse workers in minnesota launched a prime day strike during one of amazons busiest days of the year. youre aware of some of the criticism that some amazon employees have brought against the company from poor working conditions to increased pressure at the time, get i...

Punishing aspects of their workplace. complaints have also come from workers at fulfillment centers. >> these jobs are hard. you know, people are standing in the same spot for eight, ten, hours a day, maybe during peak season. there are complaints about limited breaks. there are complaints about just the quotas and the goals. >> just this past july, warehouse workers in minnesota launched a prime day strike during one of amazons busiest days of the year. youre aware of some of the criticism that...

Blame popular safety programs and perhaps try to slash those programs. of course, because democrats have a majority in the house thats not going to happen, but i think the budget that the white house put out does show that this five percent reduction in domestic spending is a signal of their priorities and the president is also complicating things by renewing this fight over the wall. ultimately, we will see what congress does. they control the power of the purse. >> what happens then? of course...

Government shutdown. take a -- the spokesperson for the airport telling cnn, and im quoting, due to an increased number of tsa screeners not reporting to work, we have decided to take this precautionary step to relocate about 12 flights to an adjoining concourse in the afternoons. the spokesman saying that the number of callouts has been double normal. we saw yesterday protests throughout the country, aviation workers voicing their opinions, voicing their desire to see this shutdown come to an e...

Some of them do have savings, but at the end of the day, the morale is really dropping quickly when you see a zero paycheck coming n. >> thats a good point you make. some of them do have savings. nobody ever says that, wow, air traffic controllers are overpaid or, you know, the upper echelon of earning. but they may have savings, but lets just talk about the degree to which this is a stressful job. you said it at the top. we have to be 100%, 100% of the time. right? there is zero room for error ...

Were need to get back to work immediately so we can actually implement these safety programs and enhance the safety of the united states air space. >> so, what does that mean in terms of everyone being able to get their job done? if the nonessential workers are being left home, who is actually doing their stuff? >> the work is not getting done. we have actually seen, you know -- we have a program which helps control is determined if the airplanes are lined up on the right one way or taxi way bec...