Numbers you should know
16,000 – Approximate number of lives lost each year in alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes. Think before you get behind the wheel – Never Drink and Drive!
44,000 – Number of new cases of Leukemia that are diagnosed each year.
71,000 – Approximate number of new Lymphoma cases that are diagnosed each year September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month.
52,000 – Approximate number of people that die each year because of blood cancer.
Learn more at www.leukemia-lymphoma.org
17,000,000 – Number of that die each year because of heart disease and stroke. This year September 28th is World Heart Day and the theme is ‘Know Your Risk’
Why drug test in the workplace?
13.4 Million – Number of drug users 18 or older who are employed
The Bush administration will propose a rule early next week to require drug testing of miners who work in "safety sensitive" jobs in the nation's coal and non-coal mines.
U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration officials are pushing for speedy approval of the rule, offering the mining community and the public a tight 30-day comment period - less than half the time provided for two other rules proposed by MSHA this year.
"An alcohol- and drug-free mine program as proposed in this rule will contribute to the prevention of such incidents and provide all miners, regardless of what state they work in and the size of the mine they work for, equal safety protection from working alongside miners under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs on the job."
Labor Day History
The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. The Central Labor Union held its second Labor Day holiday just a year later, on September 5, 1883.
In 1884, the first Monday in September was selected as the holiday, and the Central Labor Union urged similar organizations in other cities to follow the example of New York and celebrate a "workingmen’s holiday" on that date. The idea spread with the growth of labor organizations, and in 1885, Labor Day was celebrated in many industrial centers of the country.
Times are tough in the Labor Market
The number of unemployed persons rose by 592,000 to 9.4 million in August, and the unemployment rate increased by 0.4 percentage point to 6.1 percent. Over the past 12 months, the number of unemployed persons has increased by 2.2 million and the unemployment rate has risen by 1.4 percentage points, with most of the increase occurring over the past 4 months. Source: BLS
Quote of the Week
"Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness."—Thomas Carlyle
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