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Worker Wellness Blog: Week of June 6th
Each week Dr. John Gaal provides us with a Workers’ Wellness Update. This update provides workers, community partners, and more with important articles that he has curated. Below are links to the articles. We hope you enjoy one, a couple, or all of the articles.
About our Worker Wellness Program (WWP):
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.
Articles of the Week: June 6, 2021
Are Vets and Pharmacists Showing How to Make Careers Work for Moms?
Answering the call: Changing how 911 responds to mental health crises
Doctors should do ‘biopsychosocial’ biopsies, where they learn who their patients are as people
Seasonal Affective Disorder Isn’t Just for Winter
Four Lessons From Your Anxious Brain
Yes, Your Employer Can Require You to Be Vaccinated
Helping Kids Manage Anxiety and Ease Back Into Activities This Summer
What Can You Do to Lower Your Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease?
We’re Overlooking a Major Culprit in the Opioid Crisi
TED Talks Won’t Treat Your Depression
What’s Keeping You Up at Night?
The Pandemic Messed With Your Sleep. Here’s How to Feel Rested Again.
The Longevity Benefit of a Physically Demanding Job
How to Think Outside Your Brain
Women Now Drink As Much As Men — Not So Much For Pleasure, But To Cope
The Psychological Benefits of Commuting to Work
Suicide attempts rose among adolescent girls during pandemic, ER data suggest
The Pandemic’s Toll on Teen Mental Health
Are Psychedelics the Next Big Cure?
Magic Mushrooms Helped Me Cope With Postpartum Depression
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.
Worker Wellness Blog: Week of May 23rd
Each week Dr. John Gaal provides us with a Workers’ Wellness Update. This update provides workers, community partners, and more with important articles that he has curated. Below are links to the articles. We hope you enjoy one, a couple, or all of the articles.
About our Worker Wellness Program (WWP):
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.
Articles of the Week: May 23, 2021
How to Make Mental Health a Top Priority This Fall and Beyond
How A Hospital And A School District Teamed Up To Help Kids In Emotional Crisis
As Life Begins To Return To Normal, Psychologists Say Expect Anxiety
Up All Night
Out Of The Mental Illness Box
The Weird, Wild World of Mushrooms
Living With Loneliness
Encore: This Memorial Day, Remembering The Overlooked Heroes
Mental health issues spiked in 2020, but free mental health resources can help
VIDEO: Fox 2 TV Features Forum-Led Effort Encouraging Construction Industry Vaccinations
A Knitter, A Rock Climber And A Mixologist Teach Us How To Find A Hobby
Good Moods Often Lead to Bad Judgments
‘The Crime of the Century’ Review: Manufacturing the Opioid Epidemic
How to Protect Kids’ Ears From Headphone-Related Hearing Loss
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.
VIDEO: BUD Program Graduates 21st Class; Now Recruiting for 22nd Cohort, To Start June 28
As seen in Construction Forum STL
There was a full house Thursday (June 3) For the graduation of the 21st cohort of the St. Louis Building Union Diversity (BUD) program. The celebration and a lunch for the graduates took place at IBEW Local 1 Hall.
Jake Hummel, president of the MO AFL-CIO, told those present that the objective of the BUD program is, “…making sure that the unionized construction industry in St. Louis, and now throughout the rest of Missouri, look like the communities in which we work.” BUD, which had been operated by the St. Louis Building Trades Council, recently merged with the newly created Missouri Works Initiative, an affiliated not-for-profit organization of the Missouri AFL-CIO.
Representatives of a number of potential employers were in the audience, including Alberici, ADB Companies, Bates Utility, EDM, Lionmark, Fred M. Luth & Sons, MODOT, McCarthy Building Companies, Millstone Weber, MSD, Paric Construction, Tarlton Corporation, United Ironworkers (Illinois), and Visu-Sewer.
Russ Signorino said that there were “over 110” people in attendance at Thursday’s graduation.
Program graduates and their referring agencies were: Artimus Anderson (SLATE); Steven Bluett (Family and Workforce Centers of America); Yolanda Burgess (University City Adult Education and Literacy Program); Timothy Carter (U. City AEL); De’Andre Hayes (self); Tayton Kirsch (MO DESE Vocational Rehab); Housea Martin (Concordance Academy); Shannon O’Neill (Building and Construction Trades Council staff); Matthew Prather, (AGC of MO); Chris Taylor (AGC MO); Chandler Wendt (MO Connections); and Jomark Willis (SLATE).
The BUD program began in 2014 as a recruitment tool to encourage more minorities and women to get into the building trades. The five-week program offers pre-apprentices the opportunity to visit local building trade unions to give them basic training and a feel for each of the trades.
BUD is now recruiting for its 22nd cohort, to begin at the end of this month. “We’re looking to assemble a full class of 15 participants for the new five-week training,” Russ Signorino, director of the St. Louis BUD program said.
Qualified BUD candidates must be 18 years of age or older, have a high school or equivalent diploma, and WorkKeys scores of 5 or higher in Math and Workplace Documents. Referring organizations should have applications, along with WorkKeys scores, submitted to Signorino by June 18. The program is scheduled to start June 28.
The application can be filled in online at https://budprogram.com/apply/. For more information contact Signorino at 314.303.6082, or email russ.signorino@gmail.com
Worker Wellness Blog: Week of May 31st
Each week Dr. John Gaal provides us with a Workers’ Wellness Update. This update provides workers, community partners, and more with important articles that he has curated. Below are links to the articles. We hope you enjoy one, a couple, or all of the articles.
About our Worker Wellness Program (WWP):
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.
Articles of the Week: May 31, 2021
When Your Job Harms Your Mental Health
What to Expect When You Reconnect With Friends in Person
‘The Other Pandemic’: OCC campaign targets construction’s opioid crisis
Is Workplace Bullying a Genuine Phenomenon?
What Happens When Mental-Health Issues Get in the Way of Work
Sports Psychologist Kanyali Ilako On How To Treat Athletes’ Mental Health
Naomi Osaka Reveals Mental Health Struggles — And Other Athletes Rally Around Her
Naomi Osaka Quits the French Open After News Conference Dispute
Osaka Withdraws From French Open After Dispute Over Media Appearances
Naomi Osaka, Reluctant Stars, and the Sports World’s Mental Health Challenge
Listening to Naomi Osaka
More Kids Struggle With Mental Health Challenges Because Of The Pandemic
Something Bothering You? Tell It to Woebot.
The Psychic Toll of Killing With Drones
For Sleep Apnea, a Mouth Guard May be a Good Alternative to CPAP
The Pandemic Made Kids’ Eyesight Worse, Doctors Say
7 Podcasts to Soothe Your Back-to-Normal Anxiety
I Was Paralyzed by Severe Depression. Then Came Ketamine.
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.