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Barber, Bob
Shortly after the Sept.-Oct. Report went to press, action in Congress invalidated part of the Update story on recent human rights legislation. The article stated that the Carter...
...Have OSHA and EPA pressures encouraged industries to run away to "non-regulated" countries in order to avoid compliance...
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...by Bob Barber, who has worked with the Human Rights Working Group in Washington...
...I Dec...
...In it, we will discuss health-hazardous production by looking specifically at the asbestos industry...
...NACLA-East is also in need of volunteers to help us in our office and library...
...Send any suggestions to Asbestos Project, NACLA-East, Box 57, Cathedral Station, New York, N.Y...
...no" vote...
...and Latin America...
...to vote against loans to countries which consistently violate human rights...
...But in fact, Congress has passed legislation requiring tne U.S...
...In general, has the knowledge of dangerous substances travelled along with increased industrial production to Latin America...
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...The article stated that the Carter administration had won the "free and unrestricted hand" it wanted regarding the granting of loans to repressive regimes by multilateral lending institutions such as the World Bank...
...Do lower standards abroad act to depress effective enforcement of standards in the U.S...
...By examining an industry which requires working with a well-known killer, we will do a comparative study of dangerous work conditions in the U.S...
...The new rates are as follows: Individuals Institutions 1 year 2 years 3 years $11 20 28 $19 36 49 For air mail, add the following: U.S...
...We would very much appreciate any help people can provide in the following areas: experience with OSHA's effectiveness, knowledge of the asbestos industry, and any information on asbestos production, factory sites, and health and safety conditions in Latin America...
...Anyone interested in bi-monthly mailouts, clipping, organizing our files, or rationalizing our library system would be more than welcome...
...Nevertheless, several loopholes within the legislation have become apparent...
...In general, we hope to add an international perspective to the fight for safe work places and to point to the necessity of international awareness and coordination...
...As such, it presents an opportunity for progressive forces to document violations of repressive regimes in order to demand a U.S...
...The passage of this legislation represents the hard work of lobbyists in the progressive, Washington-based Human Rights Working Group...
...The legislation, known as the Harkin-Badillo Amendment, was reluctantly signed into law by Carter in midOctober as part of the foreign-aid bill...
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...1977 As past experience has demonstrated, a mobilization of public pressure will be necessary to win its effective implementation...
...We will attempt to answer the following questions: *Have conditions in the shops changed significantly since the enactment of OSHA in 1970...
...The amendment calls for the application of specific criteria to evaluate the human rights violations in any country applying for loans...
Vol. 11 • November 1977 • No. 8
