5/8/2009SF Labor TV On The Nightmare at Pfizer& AA & "The Plane Truth"

5/8/2009 SF Labor TV On "The Nightmare at Pfizer" & AA,The Crisis In The Airlines & "The Plane Truth"

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Labor On The Job
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Labor On The Job

Friday May 8, 2009

8:30 PM - 9:00 PM
The "Nightmare at Pfizer "- Injured Biotech Worker Becky McClain Speaks at 2009 April 28, 2009 SF Workers Memorial Day

Pfizer Biotech Stem Cell Researcher Becky McClain Reports On Health And Safety Dangers In The Biotech Industry.

Injured Pfizer Molecular Biologist Becky McClain was a health and safety officer at the drug company Pfizer. She was concerned about the dangers of stem cell research and lack of proper oversight and health and safety protection. She brought these concerns to OSHA and was told that they could not defend her and other biotech workers. She was also infected as a result of these unsafe health and safety practices and is fighting to make the public aware of the dangers of this new unregulated industry. The current developing pandemic in Mexico in Mexico of a swine flu is a clear example of the potential public and human cost of unregulated and uncontrolled development of genetic engineering without proper health and safety. Although there is no evidence at present that this flu was the result of genetic engineering this could have come from genetic engineering. Becky McClain, worked at the Pfizer laboratory in Connecticut and was working on stem cell research when she incurred biological exposures while on the job. She has been fighting since that time to obtain the right to her exposure records which are necessary for healthcare and compensation for her injuries. The company still refuses to release these records. The federal lack of protection of the introduction of new technology in the workplace is a growing danger not only to those technology workers but the public at large. In light of the new emerging swine flu epidemic in Mexico, biotech workers rights and public health and safety are the first line of defense against accidental, negligent or intentional release of infectious agents that could cause new emerging disease. Becky also talk about the case of biotech worker Dr. Jeannette Adu-Bobie and how she had to fight for healthcare after being infected at her laboratory in New Zealand.
http://watchdogonscience.blogspot.com/2009/04/workers-memorial-day-press-conference.html
You can find more out about McClain's work at http://www.workersmemorialday.org/documents/McClain.htm http://www.cpab.info director [at] cpab.info
The San Francisco Workers Memorial Day event on April 28, 2009 where McClain spoke was sponsored by the California Coalition For Workers Memorial Day CCWMD and was held at ILWU Local 34 in San Francisco.
http://www.workersmemorialday.org
Also streamed at http://blip.tv/file/2061380

9:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Comcast San Francisco Channel 29

American Airlines, The Crisis In The Airline Industry & The Plane Truth
Labor On The Job host Steve Zeltzer interviews American Airlines flight attendant Alicia Lutz about the struggle for health and safety and the state of the airline industry. Lutz who is author of "The Plane Truth" shows the systemic disregard for health and safety protection by corporate executives who are consumed with making more golden parachutes for themselves while the airline industry goes into a crash dive.
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2263124/?relatestories=1
Alicia who has been illegally terminated by American Airlines due to her complaints about health and safety problems in her industry sees the need for workers themselves to take responsibility for running the airline industry.
Also streamed at http://blip.tv/file/2063870/




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