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Handling hazardous materials: are you up to date?

(Magazine)

May 31, 1996, ... as the vapors waft in the vicinity. These are all examples of extremely dangerous practices that put individual workers at severe risk of injury or death. The workers cited in these illustrations were ...

Product liability and food safety reforms move along

(Magazine)

December 31, 1995, ... liability; uniform standards for the award of punitive damages; a 2-year statute of limitations; a 25-year statute of repose; and an offset of damages by the amount of workers compensation benefits received ...

New relationship challenges old ways

(Magazine)

November 30, 1995, ... including a decrease in workers under the age of 24; a bulge in the workforce at 25 to 54 years of age; increasing numbers of women in the workforce; the emergence of Hispanics as the largest minority ...

Training is the key to success in '90s corporate climb.

(Magazine)

August 31, 1995, ... they refuse to learn how to empower employees, workers know the company means business, and the grass roots buy-in begins. Training is the Key Changing a corporate culture must begin with training. ...

UV letterpress assures quality at QA Label

(Magazine)

July 31, 1995, ... We hire potential employees and make them general press workers for three months. "If, after that three-month period, the new employees have the right recommendations from their supervisors, they can ...

Team-building includes sharing goals, benefits, responsibilities.

(Magazine)

July 31, 1995, ... to the organization and allows them to act in ways that benefit the organization, not just their position. For example, at the Levi sewing plant in Murphy, NC, cross-trained team workers perform 36 ...

Gains in productivity call for look at manufacturing process.

(Magazine)

June 30, 1995, ... by the workers? Or, have changes created a deterioration? For example, any product that is extremely difficult to produce properly will lower productivity - not only in time consumption but also in worker ...

Costa Rican converter expands Latin market

(Magazine)

April 30, 1995, ... good shape during the almost 12 years of Sandinista control. A core of dedicated workers even kept the company's cars in superb working order. There are 15 Alpine, Glouster and Polystems extruders in ...

Strong growth predicted for flex-pack industry

(Magazine)

March 31, 1995, ... Almost two thirds of converters plan to add hourly workers in 1995, and four out of 10 converters have plans to add salaried workers as well. * US flexible-packaging companies are moving aggressively ...

Familiarity with change no surprise in this industry

(Magazine)

February 28, 1995, ...  care, 17 weeks of maternity leave plus another 16 without pay with a guarantee of getting your job back, no replacement workers during strikes, all the things everyone was worried about, we already have, ...

Slower growth, continued expansion seen in 1995

(Magazine)

January 31, 1995, ... that is scared to death for its job security. You feel great you have a job and you don't worry about the next increase. The labor pool also has a large number of part-time workers and a large number who ...