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DESCRIPTION:There will be a 3:00 PM press conference in front of the Pfizer Research 
 facility in the UCSF Mission Bay biotech center.\nBiotech workers and their 
 family members along with experts on nanotechnology will report on the need 
 for health and safety protection and proper oversight of new technology in 
 the workplace and the environment.\nBecky McClain, an injured Pfizer 
 biotech molecular biologist who was working with stem cell research will be 
 making a report on the unreported dangers in this industry and what needs 
 to be done to protect workers in this industry.\nThis press conference will 
 be\nIn front of Pfizer Research Facility - 455 Mission Bay Boulevard South 
 at 3rd St., SF, next to \nthe New UCSF Biotech China Basin building. \n\nAt 
 7:00 PM on Tuesday April 28, 2009 there will be a speak-out by injured 
 workers, health and safety experts and family members who have been either 
 injured or killed on the job.\nWorkers Memorial Day was established to 
 commemorate and defend workers injured and killed \non the job. This year, 
 the California Coalition For Workers Memorial Day (CCWMD) will also focus 
 on the need for health and safety protection, regulation and standards for 
 new industries such as biotechnology and nanotechnology. These industries 
 are not properly regulated with strong \nhealth and safety standards. The 
 CCWMD is calling for national Congressional   hearings on these issues and 
 also for the defense of injured workers who face a deregulated workers comp 
 system in which seriously injured workers are not able to get proper 
 healthcare and compensation. We need to get the insurance industry out of 
 healthcare, so all workers can get healthcare. \nThe elimination of all 
 doctors at Ca-Osha is another dangerous threat to the health and safety of 
 17 million workers of California particularly those facing the use of new 
 technology in the workplace. Many dangerous toxic sites in Northern 
 California and around the country have \nbeen privatized and labeled 
 “Brownfield” sites. Workers, veterans and community people have \nalso 
 been sickened by the failure to clean these sites. \nSpeakers at the San 
 Francisco Workers Memorial Day event includes: Shiela Davis, Executive 
 Director Silicon Valley Toxic Coalition,  Daniel Berman, author of Death on 
 The Job, Becky McClain, injured Pfizer molecular biologist, Dina Padilla 
 injured Kaiser worker, Carl Bryant, NALC Local 214, Mary Vivenzi, Sandi 
 Trend, Mike Daley, Iron Workers Local 377 on 9/11 NYC First Responders, 
 also representatives from the ILWU and \nThe forum will be taking place at 
 ILWU Local 34 which is\nlocated on the North side of the AT&T ballpark at 
 2nd St. and Embarcadero in San Francisco.\n\nTuesday 7:00 PM 
 \nLocation\nILWU Local 34 - 2nd St/Embarcadero on the north side of AT&T 
 Park \nFree Parking at ILUW Local 34 \n\nCalifornia Coalition For Workers 
 Memorial Day (CCWMD) \nP.O. Box 720027, San Francisco, CA 94172  \n(415) 
 867-0628 \nwww.workersmemorialday.org\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/11/18587779.php
SUMMARY:SF Workers Memorial Day Event
LOCATION:Press Conference at\nPfizer Research Facility - 455 Mission Bay Boulevard 
 South at 3rd St., SF, next to \nthe New UCSF Biotech China Basin building. 
 \n\nSpeak-out Forum\nILWU Local 34 - 2nd St/Embarcadero on the north side 
 of AT&T Park \nFree Parking at ILUW Local 34 \n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/11/18587779.php
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