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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

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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

Worker Wellness Weekly – July 17

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 17, 2022

COVID Vax update

911 MH Crisis Teams vs Police?

Crisis planning in CO

Looming recession & MH

Age & Health monitoring

Culture / Kids / Waiting

Overdue honor

Upcoming webinars:

Peer Support is in Demand

Culture & Wellness

Youth Safety in Ag

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.

July 24, 2022/by Braxton Payne

Worker Wellness News

Worker Wellness Weekly – July 10

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 10, 2022

Fentanyl / Dealing & Death = Charges

MH shortage & Outdated data

Small town’s approach to opioids crisis

Prison’s impact on minds & bodies

Connecting w/ friends: 1 text matters

Begin your college MH checklist NOW

Do mushrooms help w/ anxiety & depression?

Weight lifting & PTSD

Yoga poses & Stress

Diet + Exercise = Healthier life

Gardening & MH

MH & Nature

Army General & MH

Emotional Intelligence

Chocolate’s health benefits

Impact of the abortion ban

Worker Wellness Weekly – July 3

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 3, 2022

MH & Policing the non-violent

When art therapy works?

Isolation v Loneliness

Social intimacy & Your brain

How to recover from workplace stress

School club for loss survivors

Kids / Coping / Trauma

Native Americans / Trauma / Kids (1)

Native Americans / Trauma / Kids (2)

Mass shootings & Evil

PTSD / Loneliness / Childhood trauma

School start time / Sleep / Kids

MH / Summer / Kids

Porn’s impact on the teen brain

Reducing stress w/o alcohol

Is anxiety a disease?

J Kander’s PTSD & Growth

Dementia update

ATLAS: Search for a treatment facility

Greedflation

The real deal in WFD

Another case of CTE

Upcoming webinar:

Emotional Intelligence

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.

July 10, 2022/by Braxton Payne

Worker Wellness News

Worker Wellness Weekly – June 26

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 June 26, 2022

Opioids Crisis & Big Business

When & How to use 988

988 comes to Missouri

Roe v Wade & MH crisis?

Period trackers

Abortion & Higher ed

Resilience in the workplace

Building resilience

Depression & Positive feedback

A conversation starter

TBIs & Prison

The wisdom of trauma

A year later / Surfside / Trauma

CTE & Soccer’s 1^st case?

Time to change soccer’s heading rule?

B Scurry’s concussion battle

Soccer & Title IX

STEM & Gender gap

Union-friendly hotels

Upcoming Webinars:

Sexual health

Wellness

FREE clinics:

Medical services in southern MO

Eye exams for kids in STL

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.

July 5, 2022/by Braxton Payne

News, Worker Wellness News

Worker Wellness Weekly

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 June 19, 2022

Reducing military suicides

Magic mushrooms & TBIs

MH cost calculator

Substance use cost calculator

Age / Stress / Immunity

Being single & Friendships

Construction / Reward / Noose

Worker retention: 90-day rule

The summer of teachers calling it quits!!!

Upcoming webinars:

Chair yoga

Urban fishing

STL workforce report

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.

June 26, 2022/by Braxton Payne

News, Worker Wellness News

Worker Wellness Weekly

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 June 12, 2022

Helping a loved one / Suicide

Males & Suicide

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