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Article: Service Employees asks for study of VDT safety. (in settlement with Kaiser Permanente)
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- Monthly Labor Review
- Article date:
- July 1, 1985
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Employees concern over possible adverse physical effects from video display terminals was reflected in a settlement between Service Employees Local 105 and the Kaiser Permanente health care plan. The 3-year agreement for 650 clerical, technical, and service workers in the Denver, CO, are calls for Kaiser to study the issue and to "formulate a reasonable safety standard guide to be issued to supervisors and employees which could be discussed and shared with the union."
A provision in the settlement eliminated benefits for employees who work less than 24 hours a week. Charlene Rotola, Kaiser's director of labor relations, explained "we didn't really need benefits ...