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Healthcare workers face a wide range of
workplace hazards, including ergonomic and needlestick injuries,
exposures to chemicals and hazardous drugs, radiation, airborne
diseases, latex allergy, needlesticks, and violence in the
workplace.
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Educational programs were provided for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU), and the Anti-Poverty Network of New Jersey. |
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Twp participants practicing the Linden Emergency preparedness survey, May 2004. |
WEC is one of the few non-governmental organizations in New Jersey addressing health and safety hazards of schools, and the only organization working with school employees to prevent hazards associated with renovation and construction work. With aging schools, postponement of preventive maintenance, ongoing renovations, and planned construction, health and safety hazards are a very real threat to students, teachers and school personnel. Poor indoor air quality, asbestos, dust and pests are some of the hazards that can harm the health of school occupants.
WEC has successfully worked to improve school environmental conditions for the past three years. WEC has provided workshops and training for more than 1,000 NJ teachers and school personnel. Workshops teach attendees how to establish an effective health and safety committee; how to conduct a facility walkthrough to spot potential air quality problems; and how to address health impacts, such as asthma, that can result from poor indoor air quality. WEC also has assisted more than two-dozen schools throughout the state with ventilation, mold and asbestos problems through technical assistance and school inspections—often initiated by concerned teachers and school personnel.
We believe children and school personnel deserve safe and healthy schools, and we want all those responsible for school construction and renovation to work toward that goal.
WEC provides training, workshops and speakers on the Right to Know and Act. Training, which is available to labor, community and environmental organizations, covers rights under federal and state right to know laws and strategies for preventing toxic exposures in workplaces and communities.
Occupational Safety and
Health
Jobs and the Environment
WEC provides training,
workshops, and speakers on "jobs versus environment issues."
Training covers economic insecurity and the fears of working people
about the lack of secure, well-paying jobs and the serious nature of
environmental and health problems and public support for a
sustainable future. This training also discusses possible solutions,
including proposed public policies, including sustainable job
creation approaches and "Just Transition" policies to compensate
workers and communities impacted by environmental protection. (More
information about “Just Transition” is available at
www.justtransition.org.)
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