Labor Lines

Steve Cassidy, the president of the Uniformed Firefighters Association discusses why tier 5 firefighters and police officers can only recieve $27 a day in disability and how to fight it. Charlene Obernauer, executive director of the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH), discusses initiatives they have taken in her first year, including preparation for disasters and contagious disease, preserving the Scaffold Safety Law and more.