Son to testify on Cintas death (Sen. Kennedy to reintroduce the Protecting America's Workers Act)

[Omaha Steve]

Source: CINCINNATI ENQUIRER WASHINGTON BUREAU

The son of a man killed at a Cintas laundry facility in Tulsa, Okla., last month plans to testify before Congress today in support of legislation aimed at expanding federal safety laws to protect workers.

Eleazar Torres-Gomez, 46, died March 6 when he was dragged by a conveyor belt into an industrial-size dryer and trapped for at least 20 minutes.

His son, Emanuel Torres-Gomez, and other family members of workplace accident victims will testify before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.

Following the hearing, they'll join Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., chairman of the committee, to reintroduce the Protecting America's Workers Act.

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Cintas has been charged by the NLRB and OSHA for violations of many Federal laws. Cintas is anti union and still used by Starbucks after several protests against Starbucks for that.