Title: Confined Space Web Site Earns International Recognition

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Section/SPIG: Occupational Health and Safety

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Confined Space (http://spewingforth.blogspot.com), the Weblog on work place health and safety, labor and politics, was among the nominees in LabourStart's International Labor Web site of the Year. LabourStart is an online news service maintained by a global network of volunteers which aims to serve the international trade union movement by collecting and disseminating information, and by assisting unions in campaigning and other ways. Jordan Barab’s Web site garnered third place in a winning field of ten websites from Canada, South Africa, Australia, the UK and Ireland. In this year's competition, 6,848 votes were cast for hundreds of trade union websites around the world. For a complete listing of winning sites, visit http://www.labourstart.org/lwsoty/2005/index.shtml.