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2. Incurable silicosis cost a countertop cutter his lungs. Are ...

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   From morning to evening, six days a week, Gustavo Reyes Gonzalez spent his days cutting engineered stone, a man-made product that has become a popular choice for kitchen and bathroom countertops.

3. Journeymen Stonecutters' Association of North America

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   The Journeymen Stonecutters' Association of North America (JSANA) was a labor union representing workers involved in cutting and shaping stone for construction in the United States and Canada. The union was founded on December 5, 1887 at a conference in Chicago .

4. California workers who cut countertops are dying of an ... - AOL

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   The booming popularity of countertops made of engineered stone has driven a new epidemic of silicosis, an incurable lung disease, researchers have found. California workers who cut countertops are ...

5. Granite Cutters' International Association - Wikipedia

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   It was founded as the Granite Cutters' National Union and later Granite Cutters' International Union of the United States and the British Provinces of America before taking its final name in 1905. Jobs for skilled granite cutters dwindled in the 1960s and the union eventually merged into the Tile, Marble, Terrazzo, Finishers', Shopworkers' and ...

6. Woodbury Granite Company - Wikipedia

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   The quarry yielded a supply of large, defect-free slabs of uniformly-grained, medium-gray granite, which were well-adapted for building. [7] [8]: 232 The company sold these rough-hewn stones to other companies, which finished them by trimming, cutting, and polishing the stone. In time, Ernest Fletcher, who owned the first Woodbury Quarry ...

7. Tile, Marble, Terrazzo, Finishers', Shopworkers' and Granite ...

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   The Tile, Marble, Terrazzo, Finishers', Shopworkers' and Granite Cutters' International Union (TMT) was a labor union representing construction workers who used marble and similar decorative materials, in the United States and Canada. History The union was founded in 1901 as the International Association of Marble Workers in Detroit, United States. On January 11, 1902, it was chartered by the ...