Bargaining for health and safety.
This article deals with the impact of the use of video display terminals (VDT) at the workplace on the health and safety of employees. Ever since VDT were introduced into offices, many employees have allegedly been suffering from tired eyes, headaches, backaches, mental stress, and other discomforts...
| Published in: | Columbia Journalism Review Vol. 19; no. 5; pp. 36 - 38 |
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Columbia Journalism Review
Jan/Feb1981
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