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A federal program that protects the health and wellbeing of commercial fishermen should be expanded to include substance use disorder and worker fatigue, a group of lawmakers from New England and Alaska said. The lawmakers want to expand a federal commercial fishing occupational safety program that funds research and training. Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who is one of the lawmakers pushing for the change, said expanding the program would help fishermen access more safety training and mental health resources.

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Or gael monfils in the third round. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team that's your sports news for now. now to hong kong — where a novel new way to combat worker fatigue has been introduced. bus company ulu travel have launched the first sleeping coach for tired workers to recharge. costing anywhere between 99 and 399 hong kong dollars — it has been a sell out so far. and it's easy to see why. 70% of hong kong residents have reported experiencing insomnia, and napping is an every day part of ...

Tackling this problem? >> reporter: they're looking at if from several angles but there's lots of pushback from different interests in this thing. at the end of it all, jon, worker fatigue is a huge issue. there's no shortage of studies that confirm that sleep deprivation, deprivation or simple firedness with be an impediment to coming any swrans, in the face of that, the secretary of transportation is imposing a zero tolerance policy against sleeping on the job. >> we're not going to let money compromise safety. if safety is our number one priority and it takes additional controllers to get t...