Key Labor Supporter Does a Surprising Turnabout – on State Ergonomics Standard

LOS ANGELES - Tom Rankin, the chairman of the new Commission on Health & Safety and Workers' Compensation, represents organized labor as an official with the California Labor Federation. One of three reports Cal-OSHA Chief John Howard had been asked to give the commission at its September 9 meeting was on the status of the proposed state ergonomics standard.For years, California labor groups have been urging passage of a strong standard, the sooner the better. Last year, the state legislature gave th