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FEDERAL EPA officials, naturally, have demanded an explanation for this insubordination. One regional official expressed an "extreme reluctance" to expose his employees to the dangerous chemicals in the dumpsites. Another employee complained of "a large backlog of work" and lack of manpower and lab facilities. And a third official--this one a regional director--stressed that "it is important to pursue (only) cases that the agency can win" in court and ignore the less blatant violations of environmental laws...
Ford's share of the U.S. auto market has dropped from 23.5% at the end of 1978 to 20.9%, its lowest in a decade. It is selling 15% fewer cars than it did last year (vs. 9% for Chrysler). With a 75-day backlog of unsold cars, Ford has had to lay off indefinitely 22,600 hourly workers, about 10% of its labor force...
...million of its annual budget is contributed by the taxpayers of New York City. The other $17.5 million comes from private bequests, state and federal grants and donations from the public. It is woefully inadequate. Priceless books are disintegrating in the humidity because there is no air conditioning. A backlog of 200,000 acquisitions in storage may take two decades to process fully. There are only 19 guards for five stories of two block-lengths each. Says veteran Library Official Walter Zervas: "If ever there was a treasure house that's going to wrack and ruin...
With the tremendous backlog of nuclear wastes and the irreperable health damage already caused by the exposure of plant workers and the general public to increasing radiation levels, we can no longer afford to leave our lives in the hands of the politicians and giant corporations. When we call for shutdowns, we get slowdowns; when we demand a phaseout they will give us some kind of moratorium. The government is trying to make nukes safe so they can continue to operate--but nukes are inherently dangerous, and we will be satisfied with nothing less than an immediate shutdown...
...effect of a clerical strike is extremely cumulative," she added, referring to a backlog of paperwork building...