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Worker Rights Organization and Rutgers University Garner Three Federal OSHA Grants

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—New Labor, a nonprofit community organization and local leader in the national campaign for just and humane immigration reform was awarded a $164,980 grant by the federal Occupational Health and Safety Administatrion on September 8.

Rutgers University and its School of Public Health are two other local recipients of funding through the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program.  The amounts are $171,000, and 140,000 respectively.

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New Brunswick Groups Contributed to Historic NYC March Against Climate Change

NEW YORK, NY—On Sunday September 21, approximately 150 Rutgers students traveled to New York City to attend the People's Climate March, a demonstration calling for environmental reform and to raising awareness of the climate change problem.

The students added to the roughly 400,000 others in attendance in New York City on that Sunday, making it the largest environmental protest in history.