I don't even know what street Canada is on.
- Al Capone
When they said Canada, I thought it would be up in the mountains somewhere.
- Marilyn Monroe
If I went to work in a factory, the first thing I'd do would be to join a union
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
The canary has long been a powerful symbol of hazardous workplace conditions. In days of old, miners often carried canaries into coal mines. Birds that died were a startling warning of toxic gases below. Some argue that workers have become the canaries of our communities. At the close of this century occupational diseases and cancer in particular have reached alarming rates. Outside the workplace, much of this suffering is also being linked to industrial activity.