Here is how the union magazine heralded the compensation victory, made possible by Selikoff’s advocacy: “The research into health hazards of insulation workers developed by the members of Local No. 12 and Local No. 32 has resulted in widening the basis of compensation claims in New York State. [read post]

Introduction Cuba has been facing increasingly challenging economic problems since the fall of the Soviet Union[1] and the end of the Soviet system of state-to-state based economic activity.[2] In the absence of Soviet aid, and in the face of U.S. political and economic hostility,[3] Cuba has sought new partners and allies.[4] Cuba also has increasingly experimented with innovative ways of organizing economic activity that avoid reducing the paramount power of the State to own and control… [read post]