WE LOSE A GREAT WORKERS BLOG ("Confined Space")!!!!!!!

[Omaha Steve]

I work in confined spaces on my job from time to time. I have posted over 50 stories about worker safety that could not be found anywhere else. This blog will be very missed by many a working men and women. From an email I got this morning from Eric Lee over at Labourstart.


WE LOSE A GREAT UNION BLOG

"Confined Space" at http://spewingforth.blogspot.com/ is one of the very best examples of a trade union blog, focusing on health and safety issues. Launched in March 2003, it's been a contender in recent years for the Labour Website of the Year. Last year it placed third in the international competition -- the first weblog to make our top ten.

But its prolific author, Jordan Barab, who has posted 2,800 articles in four years, has announced that the site is closing down. This is a genuine loss for the labour movement. Jordan's moving on to work in the US Congress, and we wish him well. But the web needs more sites like this one.

It's no substitute for "Confined Space," but you might want to check out (and publicize) LabourStart's special health and safety news page, here:

http://www.labourstart.org/cgi-bin/hs/showarchive.cgi

Have a great weekend.

Eric Lee