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Brayton Point Powering Down
Brayton Point Powering Down
Brayton Point Powering Down
SOMERSET - Consistently one of the state's largest polluters, Brayton Point Power Station in Somerset is powering down for the last time tonight. According to the Herald News, the 1,488 megawatt plant will be taken offline at midnight tonight...
Fish Plant Closing
Fish Plant Closing
Fish Plant Closing
A fish-processing plant is calling it quits in New Bedford. According to bizjournal.com, High Liner Foods, Inc., on Herman Melville Boulevard will begin cutting the 200 jobs housed there in late April, with the plant closing in September...
OSHA Cites NB Plant
OSHA Cites NB Plant
OSHA Cites NB Plant
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a New Bedford fish processing plant for seven serious safety violations. OSHA began investigating the operations at Sea Watch International Ltd. after a 35-year-old sanitation supervisor died in January after he was caught in the rotating parts of the shucking machine he was cleaning...
Code Of Conduct
Code Of Conduct
Code Of Conduct
The immigrant community is speaking out, trying to get local employers to improve and abide by safety regulations in the workplace. In response to deaths and injuries in industrial settings, the Community Workers Center of New Bedford is launching a new campaign to get employers to sign a "Code of Conduct"...