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Tennessee Ernie Ford used to sing a song about coal mining. I believe it was Sixteen Tons, and the punch line was that all the worker got at the end of the day was "another day older and deeper in debt."
In some jobs today it appears the workers would celebrate the fact they were another day older.
Insurance Journal tells us how some employers, with the acquiescence of the Bush Administration, save money on personal safety equipment.
Labor Groups Sue to Force Employers to Pay for Safety Equipment
The AFL-CIO has joined with the breakaway United Food and Commercial Workers in suing the Labor Department to force adoption of a rule requiring employers to pay for personal safety equipment for workers.The Occupational Safety and Health Administration rule, proposed in 1999 but never adopted in final form, would require employers to pay for protective clothing and other equipment used by millions of workers to protect them from job hazards.
"The Department of Labor held hearings, took comments and then put it on the back burner,'' said Peg Seminario, safety and health director for the AFL-CIO. "There's a clear-cut requirement that employers pay for it. But some employers are not paying, especially in industries with low-wage workers or unrepresented workers.''
The lawsuit claims that the Bush administration's failure to act on the OSHA proposal is endangering workers. The labor groups say that workers in some of the country's industries such as meatpacking, poultry and construction are vulnerable to being forced by their employers to pay for their own safety gear.
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