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Environmental Justice at Work: The UAW, the War on Cancer, and the Right to Equal Protection from Toxic Hazards in Postwar America (2014)

Rector, Josiah (Author)

Journal of American History
Volume: 101, no. 2
Issue: 2
Pages: 480-502
Publication date: 2014
Language: English

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Environmentalism Cold War Automobile industry Labor unions Safety 20th century, late Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

An essay is presented concerning the labor group the United Automobile Workers (UAW) and its efforts to acquire equal protection from carcinogens and other toxic hazards to which auto factory workers were exposed during the latter half of the 20th century. It discusses the work of the UAW Social Security Department, strikes within automobile company plants operated by companies such as General Motors (GM), Ford Motor Company, and Chrysler Corporation, and the concept of environmental justice. It also discusses the U.S. government agency the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

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