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Safe working conditions are a major priority for IAD2. You have a right to go to work in the morning and return in the same shape you left. IAD2 members are faced with more different and severe hazards than almost any other worker: chemicals, back injuries, workplace violence, confined spaces, speeding traffic, trench collapses, machinery hazards, infectious diseases and a variety of other workplace hazards kill, injure, sicken and maim thousands of members every year. And many IAD2 members face these hazards doing jobs that most Americans don't even want to think about.
 
What Every Worker Should Know About Workers' Compensation PDF Print E-mail
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What every worker should know about worker's compensation. If you get hurt on the job, your employer is required by law to provide worker's compensation benefits.
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    Recommendations for Safety with Firearms and Use of "Blank Ammunition"

    Seat Belts and Harnesses

    Guidelines Regarding the Use of Helicopters in Motion Picture Production

    Addendum A to Guidelines for External Loads Helicopters

    Safety Awareness

     

    November Elections

    June 2010 Primary Pits Main Street Dems Against Wall St. Whitman

    By Art Pulaski
    CalLabor Fed, 6/8/10

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    Unions back new online game that attacks Whitman's jobs record

    (LA Times, 7/14/10)

    We've now entered the video game portion of the California governor's race. The California Labor Federation has launched a new Wall Street Whitman video game. The object: to shoot off as many pink slips as possible to see how many employees you can fire at all of Whitman's past places of employment.

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    District 2 Delegates Endorse California Universal Healthcare Bill

    At the May 15-16, 2010 convention, IATSE District 2 delegates unanimously urged passage of California’s Universal Healthcare bill, SB 810. Delegates also pledged to follow up with lobbying and mobilizing efforts on behalf of the bill and to support universal healthcare efforts in Hawaii, Arizona and Nevada. Stay tuned for future updates on what District 2 is doing to help pass this important legislation.
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    Health Care News

    A Message From IATSE District 2 Secretary-Treasurer Ed Brown on the importance of Passage of National Single Payer Health Care Bill

    Click Here for the Resolution Endorsing HR 676