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Worker Wellness Weekly – October 9

For many decades, organized labor has played a key role in establishing minimum safety standards in the US workplace. These efforts have mainly focused on the physical aspects of safety (i.e., falls, chemical exposure, noise reduction, etc.). More recently, public health professionals have identified that in order to better protect workers, the workforce eco-system must address the whole person. To this end, a major goal of establishing a WWP is to ensure that all workers have access to timely information regarding their mental aspects of safety on the job and in the community. In so doing, we will offer programming and advice on issues related to work-life balance, wellness, and well-being.

As the WWP develops, we will seek partnerships with local community agencies so that programming can be tailored to local needs. It is our intention to have a presence in towns across the state as a means to deliver training and/or perform research that informs our future activities for the benefit of all workers.

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

for the

Week of October 9, 2022

Workplace MH policy

CRISIS: US’s shortage of MH providers

STL City’s response to MH crisis

US already has a solution to MH crisis?

Best states for MH

Colleges & MH crisis teams

Parents’ guide to MH

Anxiety screening for kids?

Suicide Prevention Guide

On losing a child to suicide

Teens & Opioids crisis

Amazon & selling poison for teen suicides

Why “family dinner” matters!

Opioids & Fentanyl: A journey & A war

LA Angels & Fentanyl

Colorful Fentanyl & Halloween?

Burnout / Work / Isolation

Grief & Depression

The NAP ministry

Holidays: How to tell people you are NOT drinking

Unions & Career earnings

How consultants wield undue influence

Tight labor market / Hiring / Criminal records

US ups visas for seasonal workers

Understanding TBIs

Return to Work for those recovering from TBIs

Concussions & Headaches

Tua’s injury & NFL protocol (1)

Tua’s injury & NFL protocol (2)

Tua’s injury & NFL protocol (3)

Upcoming webinar:

Creating a culture of MH

NOTE: The links provided above are for informational purposes only. None of these serve as a substitute for medical advice one should obtain from his/her own primary care physician and/or mental health professional. Please contact johngaal@moaflcio.org with related questions or comments.

October 18, 2022/by Braxton Payne

Worker Wellness News

Worker Wellness Weekly – Sept. 25

For many decades, organized labor has played a key role in establishing minimum safety standards in the US workplace. These efforts have mainly focused on the physical aspects of safety (i.e., falls, chemical exposure, noise reduction, etc.). More recently, public health professionals have identified that in order to better protect workers, the workforce eco-system must address the whole person. To this end, a major goal of establishing a WWP is to ensure that all workers have access to timely information regarding their mental aspects of safety on the job and in the community. In so doing, we will offer programming and advice on issues related to work-life balance, wellness, and well-being.

As the WWP develops, we will seek partnerships with local community agencies so that programming can be tailored to local needs. It is our intention to have a presence in towns across the state as a means to deliver training and/or perform research that informs our future activities for the benefit of all workers.

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

for the

Week of September 25, 2022

World Mental Health Day: OCT 10

WHO: MH @ Work Guidelines

Mayors support worker MH

Guidebook for suicide loss

Suicide Prevention & Gun Safety

Kids / Sleep / School start times

Eating disorders & TikTok

Fentanyl crisis (1)

Fentanyl crisis (2)

“Brief” MH approaches

Age / Smoking / Loneliness

Race & Depression

Stopping Gaslighting?

Preventing MH burnout

Grief v Complicated Grief

Roots of success: Humility….

NFL & Head injuries (1)

NFL & Head injuries (2)

NFL & Head injuries (3)

NFL & Head injuries (4)

NFL & Head injuries (5)

Quiet firings?

Upcoming webinars:

Mindfulness

Chair yoga

Recorded Webinars / Podcasts:

Suicide Prevention in the Construction Industry

Suicide Prevention in Ag: CALM

Total Farmer Health

NOTE: The links provided above are for informational purposes only. None of these serve as a substitute for medical advice one should obtain from his/her own primary care physician and/or mental health professional. Please contact johngaal@moaflcio.org with related questions or comments.

October 3, 2022/by Braxton Payne

Worker Wellness News

Worker Wellness Weekly – September 18

For many decades, organized labor has played a key role in establishing minimum safety standards in the US workplace. These efforts have mainly focused on the physical aspects of safety (i.e., falls, chemical exposure, noise reduction, etc.). More recently, public health professionals have identified that in order to better protect workers, the workforce eco-system must address the whole person. To this end, a major goal of establishing a WWP is to ensure that all workers have access to timely information regarding their mental aspects of safety on the job and in the community. In so doing, we will offer programming and advice on issues related to work-life balance, wellness, and well-being.

As the WWP develops, we will seek partnerships with local community agencies so that programming can be tailored to local needs. It is our intention to have a presence in towns across the state as a means to deliver training and/or perform research that informs our future activities for the benefit of all workers.

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

for the

Week of September 18, 2022

Construction / Suicide Prevention / HOPE

Screening adults for anxiety (1)

Screening adults for anxiety (2)

Nurse’s warning to schools: Fentanyl

Why opioids OD deaths increased

Opioids / Doctors / Supreme Court

Addiction & The Brain

Food & Your Brain

The politics of MH

Police & MH

Australia’s approach to MH

Your muscles & MH

Moms / Mushrooms / Micro-dosing

EMDR therapy

Autumn & Mindfulness

College guide & Anxiety

Seniors & Cost of Living

Coping w/ higher prices?

Today’s apprenticeships

Bosses & Balance

Trapping today’s workers

NOTE: The links provided above are for informational purposes only. None of these serve as a substitute for medical advice one should obtain from his/her own primary care physician and/or mental health professional. Please contact johngaal@moaflcio.org with related questions or comments.

September 26, 2022/by Braxton Payne

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Worker Wellness Weekly – September 11

For many decades, organized labor has played a key role in establishing minimum safety standards in the US workplace. These efforts have mainly focused on the physical aspects of safety (i.e., falls, chemical exposure, noise reduction, etc.). More recently, public health professionals have identified that in order to better protect workers, the workforce eco-system must address the whole person. To this end, a major goal of establishing a WWP is to ensure that all workers have access to timely information regarding their mental aspects of safety on the job and in the community. In so doing, we will offer programming and advice on issues related to work-life balance, wellness, and well-being.

As the WWP develops, we will seek partnerships with local community agencies so that programming can be tailored to local needs. It is our intention to have a presence in towns across the state as a means to deliver training and/or perform research that informs our future activities for the benefit of all workers.

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

for the

Week of September 11, 2022

OSHA & AFSP join forces on Suicide Prevention

Facing Suicide (PBS)

MH & Suicide in construction

A Mom’s mission

FDNY & 9-11

First responders & MH

Opioids Strain on First Responders

Telehealth ending access to vital SUD tool

Cannabis & Pregnancy

SUD / OUD Recovery Resources

Alcohol deaths & Rise in taxes?

Controversy: Harm Reduction Strategies

What’s as deadly as Fentanyl?

Nitazene: As powerful as Fentanyl?

Construction & Worker Wellness

New 988 sees jump MH calls

MH workplace tool kit

One PTSD story

Schools / COVID Funds / MH

Ketamine & Depression?

DEA & Online ADHD provider

5 MH habits

Thinking traps

Grief & Purpose

COVID Brain Fog Walking & MH

Death & Brain Donations

Gut – Brain health

Chia seeds & Wellness

It’s OK not to be perfect

Quick Healthy Hobbies

Arthritis pain relief, naturally

Australia takes action against CTE

NFL helmet safety?

Unions / STL bucks national trend

Rail strike averted?

STL regional Apprenticeship Grant

Hazing (PBS)

Student loan forgiveness: Key dates

Upcoming Webinar:

MH & Wellness

Recorded Webinar:

CPWR & OSHA’s Suicide Prevention in the Construction Industry (Sept 2022)

NOTE: The links provided above are for informational purposes only. None of these serve as a substitute for medical advice one should obtain from his/her own primary care physician and/or mental health professional. Please contact johngaal@moaflcio.org with related questions or comments.

September 18, 2022/by Braxton Payne

News, Worker Wellness News

Worker Wellness Weekly – August 28

For many decades, organized labor has played a key role in establishing minimum safety standards in the US workplace. These efforts have mainly focused on the physical aspects of safety (i.e., falls, chemical exposure, noise reduction, etc.). More recently, public health professionals have identified that in order to better protect workers, the workforce eco-system must address the whole person. To this end, a major goal of establishing a WWP is to ensure that all workers have access to timely information regarding their mental aspects of safety on the job and in the community. In so doing, we will offer programming and advice on issues related to work-life balance, wellness, and well-being.

As the WWP develops, we will seek partnerships with local community agencies so that programming can be tailored to local needs. It is our intention to have a presence in towns across the state as a means to deliver training and/or perform research that informs our future activities for the benefit of all workers.

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

for the

Week of August 28, 2022

Psychosocial Wellness @ Work (ISO 45003)

Students / COVID / Math Scores

Ghosting & MH

Health Trackers

Telehealth / COVID / Overdose Risk

Inmates & Naloxone (Narcan)

FDA & Opioids Report

Alcohol Risk / Guidelines / Canada

Supplements & Reducing Stress?

Amazon & Health Care?

Dangerous Women

Auschwitz Memoir

K Burns & The Holocaust

The Passing of Barbara Ehrenreich

Let’s talk about Career-focused High Schools

Religious Leaders & Burnout

Worker Wellness Weekly 8.29

For many decades, organized labor has played a key role in establishing minimum safety standards in the US workplace. These efforts have mainly focused on the physical aspects of safety (i.e., falls, chemical exposure, noise reduction, etc.). More recently, public health professionals have identified that in order to better protect workers, the workforce eco-system must address the whole person. To this end, a major goal of establishing a WWP is to ensure that all workers have access to timely information regarding their mental aspects of safety on the job and in the community. In so doing, we will offer programming and advice on issues related to work-life balance, wellness, and well-being.

As the WWP develops, we will seek partnerships with local community agencies so that programming can be tailored to local needs. It is our intention to have a presence in towns across the state as a means to deliver training and/or perform research that informs our future activities for the benefit of all workers.

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

for the

Week of August 21, 2022

Kids helping adults: Pep Talk

Does 988 need more funding?

OSHA’s Suicide Prevention (2022)

Mass shootings & MH

Are Americans skipping therapy?

New meds for depression

Ayahuasca & MH

Magic mushrooms & Alcohol addiction

Telemedicine’s harm

Parents reconnect w/ Teens

Waters’ healing power

Meditation tips for the easily distracted

Belonging & Resiliency

Motivation & Flourishing

How blue-collar workers contribute

Beth’s journey in the STL construction industry

Investing in young people

Assisting the formerly incarcerated

Tech & Tracking workers

MO Sex Workers

Student loan forgiveness (1)

Student loan forgiveness (2)

Student loan forgiveness (3)

Student loan forgiveness (4)

Student loan forgiveness (5)

Student loan forgiveness (6)

3M earplugs update

Pickelball & Injuries

NOTE: The links provided above are for informational purposes only. None of these serve as a substitute for medical advice one should obtain from his/her own primary care physician and/or mental health professional. Please contact johngaal@moaflcio.org with related questions or comments.

August 29, 2022/by Braxton Payne

Worker Wellness News

Worker Wellness Weekly – August 21

For many decades, organized labor has played a key role in establishing minimum safety standards in the US workplace. These efforts have mainly focused on the physical aspects of safety (i.e., falls, chemical exposure, noise reduction, etc.). More recently, public health professionals have identified that in order to better protect workers, the workforce eco-system must address the whole person. To this end, a major goal of establishing a WWP is to ensure that all workers have access to timely information regarding their mental aspects of safety on the job and in the community. In so doing, we will offer programming and advice on issues related to work-life balance, wellness, and well-being.

As the WWP develops, we will seek partnerships with local community agencies so that programming can be tailored to local needs. It is our intention to have a presence in towns across the state as a means to deliver training and/or perform research that informs our future activities for the benefit of all workers.

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

for the

Week of August 14, 2022

Inflation reduction & Working people

MH workers on strike

988 Update (1)

988 Update (2)

Harm reduction: More action, less talk

Worker Wellness Weekly – August 14

For many decades, organized labor has played a key role in establishing minimum safety standards in the US workplace. These efforts have mainly focused on the physical aspects of safety (i.e., falls, chemical exposure, noise reduction, etc.). More recently, public health professionals have identified that in order to better protect workers, the workforce eco-system must address the whole person. To this end, a major goal of establishing a WWP is to ensure that all workers have access to timely information regarding their mental aspects of safety on the job and in the community. In so doing, we will offer programming and advice on issues related to work-life balance, wellness, and well-being.

As the WWP develops, we will seek partnerships with local community agencies so that programming can be tailored to local needs. It is our intention to have a presence in towns across the state as a means to deliver training and/or perform research that informs our future activities for the benefit of all workers.

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

for the

Week of August 7, 2022

WORKER SURVEY: If you work in MO, then please participate!

NABTU’s CPWR holds Mental Health Summit

KS / Contractors / Opioids crisis

Prison labor

Student loans / Govt’s role

Children & MH

Youth & MH resources

Abortion & Higher Ed

COVID’s impact on our youth’s future

Healthy habits for MH

Spirituality & MH

A warning about 988

Walgreens / Opioids crisis

The power of silence

Chrono-pharmacology

Is “gifted” education doomed?

Avoiding burnout (1)

Avoiding burnout (2)

Anxiety & Ice baths?

Dealing w/ annoying colleagues

Venting @ work

Upcoming webinar:

Man Therapy

NOTE: The links provided above are for informational purposes only. None of these serve as a substitute for medical advice one should obtain from his/her own primary care physician and/or mental health professional. Please contact johngaal@moaflcio.org with related questions or comments.

August 19, 2022/by Braxton Payne

Worker Wellness News

Worker Wellness Week- July 31

For many decades, organized labor has played a key role in establishing minimum safety standards in the US workplace. These efforts have mainly focused on the physical aspects of safety (i.e., falls, chemical exposure, noise reduction, etc.). More recently, public health professionals have identified that in order to better protect workers, the workforce eco-system must address the whole person. To this end, a major goal of establishing a WWP is to ensure that all workers have access to timely information regarding their mental aspects of safety on the job and in the community. In so doing, we will offer programming and advice on issues related to work-life balance, wellness, and well-being.

As the WWP develops, we will seek partnerships with local community agencies so that programming can be tailored to local needs. It is our intention to have a presence in towns across the state as a means to deliver training and/or perform research that informs our future activities for the benefit of all workers.

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

for the

Week of July 31, 2022

Sobriety in the trades

Heat & New rules for workers?

Fentanyl crisis in STL

The new poison on our streets

Fentanyl & Expanding harm reduction

Cartels / Opioids / Big pharma

Opioids / Pain / Global shortages

Regulating new alternatives for cannabis

Schools & Mental Health Days

The quarter-life crisis

Dehydration & MH

Having a sense of purpose

Does 988 have issues?

A pacemaker for the brain?

Take a walk after eating

Tips for better sleep

Alzheimer’s & New treatments?

The evolution of ASL

CTE: The price of greatness?

Upcoming Webinar(s):

Suicide Prevention Training

NOTE: The links provided above are for informational purposes only. None of these serve as a substitute for medical advice one should obtain from his/her own primary care physician and/or mental health professional. Please contact johngaal@moaflcio.org with related questions or comments.

August 7, 2022/by Braxton Payne

News, Worker Wellness News

Worker Wellness Week – July 24

For many decades, organized labor has played a key role in establishing minimum safety standards in the US workplace. These efforts have mainly focused on the physical aspects of safety (i.e., falls, chemical exposure, noise reduction, etc.). More recently, public health professionals have identified that in order to better protect workers, the workforce eco-system must address the whole person. To this end, a major goal of establishing a WWP is to ensure that all workers have access to timely information regarding their mental aspects of safety on the job and in the community. In so doing, we will offer programming and advice on issues related to work-life balance, wellness, and well-being.

As the WWP develops, we will seek partnerships with local community agencies so that programming can be tailored to local needs. It is our intention to have a presence in towns across the state as a means to deliver training and/or perform research that informs our future activities for the benefit of all workers.

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

for the

Week of July 24, 2022

Monkeypox in the USA

Monkeypox: A global health emergency?

COVID & Rest

Sleep Guide

Addiction and Recovery

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