Category: uniforms
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Things I’ve Learned Shopping for Second Hand Clothes
Before September 2016, I didn’t think that much about fashion. I enjoyed looking nice, but I didn’t do a lot of shopping because I didn’t have the money to shop. But that was OK because I spent most of my time at work wearing a uniform. That’s one of the…
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Wake Up and Smell the Formaldehyde
There’s a school that suspends kids for wearing deodorant,” said my 12-year-old son on the way to school one morning. “It was on a YouTube video about the top 10 stupid reasons kids get kicked out of school.” After I told him my top 10 reasons he shouldn’t believe everything…
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Airlines Slow to Respond to Health and Safety Standards for Flight Attendants
Initially, the Harvard Flight Attendant Health Study set out to learn how flame retardants in the home affect the endocrine system. Who better to study than people overexposed to flame retardants? Airplanes are covered in flame retardant. Enter flight attendants. Harvard teamed up with the Association of Flight Attendantsunion (AFA) and…
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Harvard Links Chemicals in Clothing to Flight Attendant Health Complaints
To those who’ve been following the uniform crisis over the last year, I want to say thank you for your support. You’ll never know how much it means to me and thousands of other American Airlines employees. Some of you have asked how you can help. Making people aware of…
Heather Poole 