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Portabull® announces new technology to improve protection for hot-environment workers

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Monday, March 25, 2024
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Custom-created to provide relief from extreme heat, these 40-foot-long enclosures feature windows, fold-down benches, easy-access doors, and simple push-button controls.

Key Points: 
  • Custom-created to provide relief from extreme heat, these 40-foot-long enclosures feature windows, fold-down benches, easy-access doors, and simple push-button controls.
  • “Athletic teams and construction workers struggle along with open-air cooling tents, while heavy manufacturing employees might be forced to use subpar misters.
  • “If employees regularly work in hot conditions, keeping them cool is a huge part of keeping them healthy.
  • Portabull cooler rooms provide a straightforward and effective protective solution that not only improves life for employees, but also strengthens employers.”

Consumer Watchdog Report Shows How Wall Street AI Could Cause a Financial Crisis And How it Can Be Stopped

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Thursday, January 11, 2024
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Spending on AI by the financial services sector is the biggest across industries, including tech, said the nonprofit.

Key Points: 
  • Spending on AI by the financial services sector is the biggest across industries, including tech, said the nonprofit.
  • Over 90 percent of AI patents in the banking sector were filed by five investment banks, according to Evident, which monitors AI implementation in the private sector.
  • Virtually every bank will have its own version of ChatGPT that will give financial advice to employees and customers.
  • "Absent proper regulation, the next financial crisis could be caused by AI," said Justin Kloczko, tech advocate for Consumer Watchdog.

Unrelenting and Underreported: Heat Stress Stakes Are Rising With the Temps Says Prevention Pioneers

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Monday, March 27, 2023
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Ergodyne was one of the first industrial safety manufacturers to address the risk of occupational heat stress with its launch of evaporative cooling gear in the 1990s.

Key Points: 
  • Ergodyne was one of the first industrial safety manufacturers to address the risk of occupational heat stress with its launch of evaporative cooling gear in the 1990s.
  • CalOSHA found a 30% reduction of related injuries in the state since they passed the nation’s most stringent heat laws in 2005.
  • “The data from state-level heat stress standards are definitely encouraging,” says Alsie Nelson, Product Director, Ergodyne and member of the International Safety Equipment Association’s (ISEA) Heat Stress Group .
  • There’s no reason any worksite should be without a prevention plan.”
    To learn more, email [email protected] or call 800-225-8238 // (651) 642-9889.

NCLA Petitions Supreme Court to Review Tenth Circuit’s Misinterpretation of “Established” in FACA

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Monday, September 19, 2022
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U.S. courts of appeals have issued sharply conflicting decisions on the issues presented in this casewarranting Supreme Court review to resolve the split in authority.

Key Points: 
  • U.S. courts of appeals have issued sharply conflicting decisions on the issues presented in this casewarranting Supreme Court review to resolve the split in authority.
  • APHIS established CTWG (and its successor PTC) under any common understanding of that word, and within the meaning of FACA.
  • The district court and the Tenth Circuit held otherwise, based not on any disagreement about the factual record but on their unusually narrow constructions of the word established.
  • Supreme Court review is warranted to determine whether Congress intended that FACA be construed so narrowly as to render it toothless.

FLYERS RIGHTS ARGUES MINIMUM SEAT SIZE STANDARDS CASE IN FEDERAL APPEALS COURT, ASSERTING THAT THE FAA MUST FOLLOW THE LAW

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Tuesday, September 13, 2022
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FlyersRights.org, the largest airline passenger organization, on Monday argued its case in front of a three judge panel in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Section 577 of the 2018 FAA Reauthorization Act states that the FAA "shall issue regulations that establish minimum dimensions for passenger seats…including minimums for seat pitch, width, and length, and that are necessary for the safety of passengers."

Key Points: 
  • The FAA has stated it views the statute as optional if it believes that seat standards are not necessary to ensure passenger safety.
  • Paul Hudson, President of FlyersRights.org, stated, "Congress and the public have made it clear that minimum seat standards are needed for passenger safety.
  • FlyersRights.org filed a mandamus petition in January 2022, requesting the court to set a deadline for the FAA's minimum seat size rulemaking.
  • The FAA is currently seeking comments about the effect of airline seat size on just one aspect of passenger safety: emergency evacuations.

UNITE HERE Local 11: Congress Questions $696 Billion in Paycheck Protection Program Loans Forgiven by the Small Business Administration Ahead of House Oversight Hearing

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Tuesday, March 22, 2022
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On March 16, UNITE HERE Local 11 submitted testimony at a House Small Business Administrations Small Business Oversight, Investigations and Regulations Committee hearing titled An Empirical Review of the Paycheck Protection Program.

Key Points: 
  • On March 16, UNITE HERE Local 11 submitted testimony at a House Small Business Administrations Small Business Oversight, Investigations and Regulations Committee hearing titled An Empirical Review of the Paycheck Protection Program.
  • According to data provided by the SBA, Westmont affiliates received $48 million through 44 PPP loans that were tied to approximately 5,300 jobs.
  • PPP borrowers must spend at least 60% of their loans on payroll costs in order to receive full loan forgiveness.
  • As of January 3, 2022, SBA had forgiven $9.7 billion of the $13.9 billion in PPP loans to hotels.

Americans overwhelmingly support mandatory climate disclosure for U.S. companies

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Thursday, February 17, 2022
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BOSTON, Feb. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --As the public awaits the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's proposed rule on mandatory climate disclosure for publicly-traded companies, a new poll sponsored by the nonprofits Ceres and Public Citizen, in partnership with JUST Capital and SSRS, found that 87 percent of Americans are in favor of companies reporting their climate-related risks.

Key Points: 
  • BOSTON, Feb. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --As the public awaits the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's proposed rule on mandatory climate disclosure for publicly-traded companies, a new poll sponsored by the nonprofits Ceres and Public Citizen, in partnership with JUST Capital and SSRS, found that 87 percent of Americans are in favor of companies reporting their climate-related risks.
  • "The new poll affirms the clear message we have been hearing from investors for decades: we need strong mandatory disclosure rules to measure the climate change risks on a company's balance sheet," said Steven M. Rothstein, Managing Director of the Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets at Ceres.
  • "Having a standardized set of data will provide a powerful tool to help investors assess the impact of climate change when making their investment and voting decisions.
  • that there is overwhelmingly agreement that companies have both an impact onand responsibility tosociety and the environment;
    there is support for both the standardization of corporate disclosures and for the federal government's role in shaping those standards;
    and support for corporate disclosure requirements is strong across various demographics, including political identity and geographic location.

FIGHT for VETERANS 2022, TWO (2) DAY LIVE STREAMING NFT SOCIAL ARTS EXHIBITION & AUCTION PRODUCED by ROYSTER is RESCHEDULED for FEBRUARY 2022 DUE to ALARMING COVID-19 CONCERNS

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Sunday, January 9, 2022
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"We are extremely saddened that we will not be able to host Fight for Veterans 2022 between January 28-29, 2020, as originally planned."

Key Points: 
  • "We are extremely saddened that we will not be able to host Fight for Veterans 2022 between January 28-29, 2020, as originally planned."
  • The fight against the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on the mental health of individuals in the U.S.
  • However, even before the pandemic, mental health was a long-term and growing concern for veterans.
  • We are committed to hosting the world's first live streaming NFT Artwork Auction in honor of our Veterans across a dynamic social media platform.

Groups Commend CVS's Withdrawal of U.S. Supreme Court Challenge To HIV Rights, says Consumer Watchdog

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Thursday, November 11, 2021
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"We commend CVS for recognizing the potentially damaging impact of its appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Key Points: 
  • "We commend CVS for recognizing the potentially damaging impact of its appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
  • The case before the Supreme Court, CVS Pharmacy, Inc. et al.
  • Download the brief filed by the John Doe plaintiffs at the U.S. Supreme Court here: https://tinyurl.com/b3frvx7p .
  • In a press release issued yesterday CVS announced that it would withdraw its petition in the Supreme Court.

Despite Senate Rejection of Freedom to Vote Act Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda Will Travel to DC to Fight for Voting Rights

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Friday, October 22, 2021
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Dr.Joseph E.Lowery risked his life in the fight for the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.Protecting the right to vote is a cornerstone of the work we do.

Key Points: 
  • Dr.Joseph E.Lowery risked his life in the fight for the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.Protecting the right to vote is a cornerstone of the work we do.
  • We're asking those who can not travel to call their Senator and tell them to pass the Freedom to Vote Act," adds Butler.
  • Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization performing year-round voter registration, education and mobilization in Black communities throughout Georgia.
  • A. Milner, and Butler, the organization has headquarters in Atlanta and offices in Athens, Albany, Macon, Augusta, LaGrange and Savannah.