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Florida Still a Dismal Swamp for Cigarette Makers Fighting Death and Injury Claims
With Death of Port Worker, Checkered Safety Record of Cargo Handler Comes into Focus
For the third time in six years, a branch of one of the world’s largest cargo-handling companies has been accused by workplace safety authorities of a willful violation linked to a worker’s death.
Study Links Declining Union Strength to More Workplace Deaths
It’s no secret that the waning power of American unions has contributed to stagnant wages. But a new study suggests that this trend hasn’t affected just worker income. It also may have cost thousands of lives.
Study Finds Apple’s CarPlay, Google’s Android Less Distracting, But Still Not Safe
Automakers have packed many of their new models with distracting infotainment features that allow drivers not only to play music and get directions, but to talk, text and use social media while tooling down the road.
Amid Dramatic Growth of U.S. Drone Fleet, Federal Safety Oversight Lags
As the nation's fleet of small recreational and commercial drones keeps soaring -- the government projects nearly 3 million will be in the skies by 2022 -- safety concerns are rising even as federal enforcement stalls.
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Standing Up for Free Speech and Open Government
By Sue Cross
Today, the Institute for Nonprofit News joins journalists across the country in asking you, the public, to stand up for your rights to free speech and an open government.
This started as a campaign by The Boston Globe to ask the President of the United States to knock off attacking the news media. But the President’s attacks on the press aren’t ultimately about the press.
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