CBS Evening News - 1999-11-22
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[0:00] Salem off I5.
[0:02] Regis, Ali Mciel, and Ricky Martin on
[0:05] Entertainment Tonight.
[0:08] Big changes in the works for the
[0:10] workplace. The government proposes new
[0:13] rules to prevent repetitive stress
[0:15] injuries. We'll give you an in-depth
[0:17] look at the problem and the cost of
[0:20] fixing it. The whispering campaign
[0:22] against a Republican presidential
[0:24] candidate. Tonight, what's being said
[0:26] and who's saying it. and battling cancer
[0:30] in the 21st century. Gene therapy may
[0:33] succeed where other treatments have
[0:37] failed. This is the CBS Evening
[0:41] News with Dan Rather reporting from CBS
[0:45] News headquarters in New York. Good
[0:48] evening. The US government today
[0:49] proposed new workplace rules it says
[0:52] will protect 27 million Americans from
[0:55] repetitive motion injuries on assembly
[0:57] lines and computer keyboards. This comes
[1:00] after a decade of debate delay and
[1:03] disagreement over how big a problem this
[1:05] is, what could be done about it, and
[1:07] what it would cost. Even the government
[1:10] acknowledges preventing and treating
[1:12] repetitive stress on the job could cost
[1:14] billions. CBS News correspondent Cheryl
[1:17] Atkinson is on the job sorting through
[1:19] the facts on this.
[1:21] The sweeping OSHA rule would cover
[1:23] almost all employers in the nation
[1:25] holding them accountable for their
[1:27] workers aches and pains. From grocery
[1:29] shelf stockers with sore
[1:31] backs to office clerks with
[1:34] tendinitis and assembly plant workers
[1:37] with sprained muscles. We are compelled
[1:39] to act. Employees are getting hurt.
[1:42] Workers are being sent home. People are
[1:44] suffering. It's time for OSHA to move
[1:46] on. So-cal