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North Carolina work injuries in the rubber and miscellaneous plastics products industry / by North Carolina.Department of Labor.Research and Statistics Division.(CARDINAL)152647;

Subjects: Statistics.; Periodicals.; Rubber industry and trade; Plastics industry and trade; Industrial accidents; Workers' compensation;

Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4

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On a burning deck : an oral history of the great migration / by Jones, Tom,1957-author.(CARDINAL)352735;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Presents edited oral histories to trace the migration of the family of Haskell and Florence Jones from rural Kentucky to Akron, Ohio in 1917, to work in the rubber factories. Follows them on a move back to Kentucky during the Depression and then a return to the Akron area.

Subjects: Interviews.; Oral histories.; Jones, Florence, 1896-1984; Jones, Haskell, 1898-1991; Elementary school teachers; Rubber industry workers; Rural-urban migration; Working class families;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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The devil and Mr. Casement : one man's battle for human rights in South America's heart of darkness / by Goodman, Jordan.(CARDINAL)185675;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-302) and index.Introduction: La selva comes to London -- Across the Andes -- Iquitos and rubber -- Arana's world -- Saldaña Rocca's world -- Over to the Foreign Office -- An officer and a gentleman -- Our man in the Putumayo -- Eyes of another race -- The uttermost parts of the Earth -- La Chorrera -- Godforsaken hell-haunted wilds -- A system of armed extortion -- Deus ex machina -- The veil over the Putumayo mystery -- Publish and be damned -- An international scandal -- The old gang -- The canon and the board -- La selva returns to Parliament -- The Peruvian, the American, and the Select Committee -- The devil and Mr. Casement -- Epilogue : a crime against humanity -- Dramatis personae and chronology.

Subjects: Biographies.; Casement, Roger, 1864-1916.; Peruvian Amazon Company; Atrocities; Consuls; Human rights; Imperialism; Indians of South America; Irish; Rubber industry workers; Human rights.;

Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2

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ASTM standards for electrical protective equipment for workers. by American Society for Testing and Materials.(CARDINAL)139505;

Rubber insulating gloves -- Rubber insulating matting -- Rubber insulating blankets -- Rubber insulating covers -- Rubber insulating line hose -- Rubber insulating sleeves -- In-service care of insulating line hose and covers -- In-service care of insulating blankets -- In-service care of insulating gloves and sleeves -- Leather protectors for rubber insulating gloves and mittens -- Fiberglass-reinforced plastic (FRP) rod and tube used in live line tools -- Electrically insulating plastic guard equipment for protection of workers.

Subjects: Electrical engineering; Rubber, Artificial; Hazardous occupations; Electric industries; Personal protective equipment;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Immigration Detention Inc. : the big business of locking up migrants / by Hiemstra, Nancy,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Probing U.S. Detention's Unhealthy Growth -- "Meatballs that smell like fecal matter": When Bad Food is the Business Model -- "Cost Containment" and Litigation: The Institutionalization of Medical Neglect -- Starved for Profit: How Migrants Become Captive Consumers and Coerced Workers -- The Accountability Industry: Rubber-stamping Bad Cae -- Breaking Unjust Detention Dependencies -- Afterword: Chaos and Cruelty in the First Month of the Second Trump Administration.The United States has the most extensive immigration detention system in the world, expanding from a capacity of less than 5,000 detainees per day in the 1980s to 52,000 by 2019. While the most vociferous anti-immigrant rhetoric may be attributed to Republicans, US detention infrastructure has grown exponentially regardless of the political party in power, as reports of abysmal detention conditions pile up. Nancy Hiemstra and Deirdre Conlon provide a damning exposé of the ways immigration detention generates income while those detained are starved, sickened, and exploited as a matter of routine detention operation. Drawing on over a decade of research and focusing on detention centers in New Jersey and New York, the authors map public-private financial relationships and trace how detention contracts for food, medical care, and in-facility stores are fought over to the penny. By dissecting the inner workings of immigration detention, they show a system governed by a capitalist logic that produces sickening and corrupting dependencies in communities across the US. Coming at a pivotal social and political moment, Immigration Detention Inc. makes the case for dismantling immigration detention regimes everywhere.

Subjects: Detention of persons; Noncitizen detention centers; Noncitizen detention centers; Illegal immigration; Refugees;

Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3

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The cancer factory : industrial chemicals, corporate deception, and the hidden deaths of American workers / by Morris, Jim(Journalist),author.(CARDINAL)886056;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-241) and index."The story of a group of Goodyear Tire and Rubber workers fatally exposed to toxic chemicals, the lawyer who sought justice on their behalf, and the shameful lack of protection our society affords all workers. A gripping narrative in the tradition of A Civil Action and Toms River"--Introduction -- Niagara Falls becomes an industrial leviathan -- Ray and Dottie -- An American "casualty list" -- A new law, promptly assailed -- Tyler's asbestos disaster -- Vinyl -- Harry breaks free -- Eula -- A blue-collar social club -- DuPont and Dominic -- Cancer erupts at Goodyear -- Reagan -- Harry moves up -- What is bladder cancer? -- The Goodyear epidemic spreads -- Ray and Harry get bad news -- Wodka fortifies his case against DuPont -- Chemicals are out of control -- Old scourges revisited -- Kids -- Ray and Harry in retirement -- Wodka finishes the fight -- Wodka's crucible -- Workers are (mostly) on their own -- "This stuff just doesn't give up"."Working at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company chemical plant in Niagara Falls, New York, was considered a good job. It was the kind of industrial manufacturing job that allowed blue-collar workers to thrive in the latter half of the 20th century—that allowed them to buy their own home, and maybe a small boat for the lake. But it was also the kind of job that exposed you to toxic chemicals and offered little to no protection from them, either in the way of protective gear or adequate ventilation. Eventually, it was a job that gave you bladder cancer. The Cancer Factory tells the story of the workers who experienced one of the nation’s worst, and best-documented, outbreaks of work-related cancer, and the lawyer who has represented the bladder-cancer victims at the plant for more than 30 years. Goodyear, and its chemical supplier, DuPont, knew that two of the chemicals used in the plant had been shown to cause cancer, but made little effort to protect the plant’s workers until the cluster of cancer cases—and deaths—was undeniable. In doing so it tells a broader story of corporate malfeasance and governmental neglect. Workers have only weak protections from exposure to toxic substances in America, and regulatory breaches contribute to an estimated 95,000 deaths from occupational illness each year. Based on 4 decades of reporting and delving deeply into the scientific literature about toxic substances and health risks, the arcana of worker regulations, and reality of loose enforcement, The Cancer Factory exposes the terrible health risks too many workers face"--

Subjects: Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.; Industrial hygiene; Industrial safety; Industrial hygiene; Industrial safety;

Available copies: 16 / Total copies: 16

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