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Manufacturers' demand for cutting tools totaled $1.43 billion through July, but unit shipments are flat – suggesting the year-to-date rise is a lingering effect of inflation.
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"Many workers in the engineering stone industry are experiencing illnesses so severe that they're unable to breathe — much less work a full shift — because of their exposure to silica dust," says OSHA...
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UAW Region 2B Director David Green and Syracuse University Professor Lynne Vincent discussed the two-week old strike against Ford, GM and Stellantis and how that fits into the larger labor movement.
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