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Head of OSHA to meet with local unions

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The head of federal OSHA will hold meetings later today with leaders from local construction unions working on the CityCenter project, where six workers have died in 16 months, a union official confirmed this morning.
Edwin Foulke Jr., assistant secretary of labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, had not originally planned to meet with the unions during his two-day visit to Las Vegas, which ends today. Union officials Tuesday criticized Foulke for not making plans to sit down with the unions while in town, a decision one union spokesman labeled "a slap in the face." However, some of the unions started receiving calls this morning asking them to meet with Foulke this afternoon. Foulke was booked months ago as a speaker at the 47th Annual American Society of Safety Engineers Conference, which is in town this week. However, his arrival now coincides with the arrival of federal OSHA investigators to assist Nevada OSHA in an investigation of the job site, run by Perini Building Co.

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