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Wellness & Well-being Highlights June 4
Wellness & Well-being Highlights
for the
Week of June 4, 2023
This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics from how jails across the nation are experiencing an influx of mentally ill “inmates” awaiting competency treatment to advice on how today’s workers are seeking work with meaning to how more high school grads are skipping college. Today, I wish to shed some light on the issue of homelessness in America. Hardly a week goes by where I do not see an increase of panhandlers on street corners in my region. According to the article cited below, California has seen its homeless population grow by 50% in the last 6 years. In fact, this state has about ½ of nation’s unsheltered people (~115k)! Leaders there recognize that the $17b spent on resolving this issue in the past 4 years has NOT worked. Some experts suggest that closing down encampments merely moves the “problem” to other nearby areas. Make no mistake, this is a public health issue; Drugs, crime, sanitation are just a few matters these “host” cities must contend with in this context. More importantly, as a nation that claims to be a world leader, isn’t it time we find more humane ways to assist those in need (i.e., Vets, drug addicts, mentally ill)? Too often, our govt officials seek one-size-fits-all cures. Hopefully, this article will help clarify that simple responses rarely result in lasting solutions that positively impact the people who make up our communities.
Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-homeless-population-oakland-wood-street-encampment-78d42cc3?mod=Searchresults_pos3&page=1
Prisons as psych wards
Sacklers / Opioids lawsuit / Bankruptcy (1)
Sacklers / Opioids lawsuit / Bankruptcy (2)
Sacklers / Opioids lawsuit / Bankruptcy (3)
Opioids / Suboxone / Greed
Opioids solution & African plant
Opioids solution & Tech
Depression & Appetite
More on dementia
Workquake: Today’s new rules?
Americans & Free Time
Walking & MH
Binge eating as a MH issue
Mindful Tech
Do ALL video games harm kids?
Kids / Parents / Social Media
Supreme Court / Unions / Strikes (1)
Supreme Court / Unions / Strikes (2)
LA Strippers Unionize
NLRB & Noncompete clauses
More are forgoing college
Aging out & Construction
Canada’s talent shortage?
Oakland’s homeless encampment
Military & Mold
Tech & Tracking your spouse
Upcoming webinars, etc.:
MH Screening Tool
Business skills for formerly incarcerated
Summer’s here – Be prepared (Quiz)
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.
Wellness & Well-being Highlights May 28
Wellness & Well-being Highlights
for the
Week of May 28, 2023
This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics from why one’s mental health can impact her/his body’s aging to how scientists are applying COVID-related research techniques to help identify drug misuse in communities to the pros and cons of retiring abroad. Today, I wish to shed some light on the issue of industries across the board insisting that OSHA treat the mental health aspects of safety in the workplace with the same level of care that they currently require for the physical aspects of safety. Recently, a major contractor took a stand on this very issue in spite of OSHA’s claim that these hazards “are outside the agency’s purview for providing a safe workplace.” Hopefully, the research about to get underway on psychological safety in the construction industry will help provide additional evidence to move OSHA from a passive stance to an active approach to mental health. Focusing only on the physical aspects of safety is a half-hearted strategy to keeping workers safe. After all, people do not leave their personal baggage at the time clock. What more needs to be considered? It is no secret that: 1) Illegal drug use exists on the job (white- and blue-collar); and 2) Addiction is a brain disease. As May (Mental Health Month) comes to a close, let’s commit to making mental health in the workplace an everyday issue not unlike requiring tool guards, masks, and hearing & eye protection. If our workers truly are our most valuable asset, then why are we waiting to include at least a 1-hour segment addressing these mental health “hazards” in our OSHA-10 and OSHA-30 courses?
Sources: https://www.constructiondive.com/news/suffolk-osha-require-suicide-awareness-training/649667/?:%202023-05-10%20Construction%20Dive%20Newsletter%20%5Bissue:50365%5D
https://www.constructiondive.com/news/researcher-secures-174k-grant-study-psychological-safety-construction/650852/?:%202023-05-23%20Construction%20Dive%20Newsletter%20%5Bissue:50715%5D
Pushing US-DOL’s OSHA to require Suicide Awareness training
New grant awarded to study psychological safety in construction
Getting to know the adolescent brain
Youth promoting MH for the young
Youth / Social Media / Surgeon General / MH (1)
Youth / Social Media / Surgeon General / MH (2)
On MH and the aging of your body
Blacks / Police violence / MH
Wearables & MH
DEA / Opioids license / Failures
Lessons learned from COVID wastewater & Drug overdoses
New Narcan?
Why ALL of us should carry Narcan!
Is OR legalizing psychedelics?
On treating chronic pain
Ozempic: Who pays for weight loss?
Infants / Sleep / Lullabies
On practicing forgiveness
Art & MH
Hypnotherapy & MH
Ashley Judd on Mom’s suicide
Retiring abroad (1)
Retiring abroad (2)
New kickoff rule = A safer NFL?
On worker shortages & rolling back Child Labor Laws
LA Strippers unionize
US having fewer babies: Impact of Limited Social Mobility & Weak Safety Net
Share of immigrant workforce grows in USA
Surge in youth immigrants reaching the US border
Upcoming webinars, etc.:
Narcan Training
Improving perinatal care
Stretch yoga
Yoga + Dance
Missouri Household Survey: Broadband
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.
Wellness & Well-being Highlights May 21
Wellness & Well-being Highlights
for the
Week of May 21, 2023
This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics from the use of vending machines for Narcan to how “optional” perks from the past are now becoming “essential” for addressing employees’ MH to how recent inflationary pressures are impacting prison inmates. Today, I wish to shed some light on the issue of opening our borders so that qualified foreign workers can obtain gainful employment while filling areas where workforce shortages exist and are persistent. A number of developed countries (including Canada, Japan, and Germany…our allies) have recently tweaked their immigration policies in response to their aging populations (wherein birth rates have severely decreased over the past 3-4 decades). The USA is facing a similar situation but continues to resist a systemic approach to this dilemma. As a baby-boomer, sooner rather than later, I am concerned that not addressing this matter in a holistic manner will result in a lesser quality-of-life for not just me but our nation as a whole. In closing, let’s try to learn lessons from BJC’s foray into attracting nurses from abroad and expand this concept to other sectors of our economy…while trying NOT to kill the goose laying those golden eggs!
Sources: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-worlds-biggest-economies-cautiously-open-their-doors-to-more-foreign-workers-664c3549
https://www.ksdk.com/video/news/health/faced-with-nursing-shortage-this-st-louis-hospital-is-looking-for-workers-abroad/63-3fe14f9e-ce87-4084-9835-ff936f8e0cde
MAY is Mental Health Awareness Month
Update: Overdose deaths (1)
Update: Overdose deaths (2)
Campaign to expand the MH workforce
Narcan vending machines
A new “War on Drugs”?
Police / Fentanyl / Risks
Teens / Drugs / Guns
On taking a MH day
Benefits of supporting others at work: Men v Women
MH in the workplace: Options v Essential
Warning: Processed meats
Schools & Diabetes
Tik Tok / Teens / Darkness
Dealing w/ Long COVID
More on Loneliness
Remaining sharp in Retirement
MLK: The Christian Radical
Scabby the Rat
UPMC v Union Nurses
Update: Writers’ strike
The meaning of “picket”
Rage-applying & Employee Well-being
Women & Burnout
On landing white-collar job
The disappearing white-collar job
Is a college degree worth it?
Funemployment
College students’ migration
China & College grads
Opening doors to foreign workers
STL hospitals / Nurses / International recruiting
Biden / Diploma divide
US students flunk civics
Workforce Development & Fraud?
How to ID workplace bullies
Terrible tips / Happiness
Inflation in prisons
Poverty in the US: Why?
Adults & Community Colleges
India / Women / Construction
AI’s impact on the workplace
When wives out-earn husbands…
US Military & Sexual Slavery
Upcoming webinars, etc.:
Recovery Friendly Workplaces
Building personal resilience
Mindful Teen Meditation
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.
Wellness & Well-being Highlights May 14
Wellness & Well-being Highlights
for the
Week of May 14, 2023
This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics from the change in COVID-19’s public health emergency status to how teens are being negatively impacted by technology to when it comes to savings, nearly half of today’s baby boomers are ill-prepared. Today, I wish to shed some light on the issue of Child Labor. Last Sunday, CBS ran a 60 Minutes segment on this very topic. Wherein, children under the age of 18 were working the overnight shifts, at numerous slaughterhouses, for an independent contractor. They were cleaning processing equipment with dangerous chemicals around and with dangerous tools. Most of these children were also attending school after their work shifts. Sadly, a few of them have been scarred and several have fallen asleep in their classrooms. Thanks to attentive educators, this packing company and their contractor have been called out. This reminds me of a common saying in airports since 9-11: See something, say something. Profits and capitalism at all costs contradict what unions have worked long and hard to protect: Human Rights, Civil Rights, and Workers’ Rights…for ALL, not just a select few!
Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/government-investigation-into-slaughterhouse-cleaning-company-that-hired-children-60-minutes-transcript-2023-05-07/
US workers & Chronic pain
How fentanyl is devastating the USA
Why Narcan matters
Kroger’s Opioids settlement
Mammograms @ 40
COVID-19 Update
More on Loneliness
Teens & Screens
Tech / Teens/ FOMO
Girls / Dance / MH
Kids / Plant therapy
Outdoors & Anxious teens
Workers / MH / Taking time off
Post-partum depression & Suicide
Happiness & Mental tricks
Gun violence & Public Health
Diabetes & Debt
Baby boomers & Retirement savings
When you stop feeling young
Youth & Hearing aids
Breast PUMP law
College: Who needs psychotherapy?
Tired of living?
More on meditating
STL MetroLink & MH
Are you a mosquito magnet?
STL construction strike
Balance of power: Workers & Employers
On honoring a Latino General
40m US students w/ some college but no degrees
Work vs Work-Life Balance
VERY few of us are GOOD at multi-tasking
Blue collar / Child care / Barriers
STL low unemployment rate
Influx of youth & Construction industry
Will India replace China as the world’s factory floor?
1937 Chicago Labor Day Massacre
More on Child Labor
Upcoming webinars, etc.:
CPWR: Residential Safety
UM-Ext: MH Parity Update
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.
Wellness & Well-being Highlights May 7
Wellness & Well-being Highlights
for the
Week of May 7, 2023
This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics from how the DEA is taking a new approach to stemming our nation’s opioid (fentanyl) crisis to how John Legend is supporting efforts to help former prisoners re-enter the workforce to the Surgeon General’s take on the negative impact of isolation and loneliness in our society. Today, I wish to shed some light on the issue of how a medical doctor’s recent life and death experience (related to a food allergy) on a SWA flight has garnered national attention. Apparently, SWA’s first aid kit did not have an EpiPen to assist her but fortunately another passenger (first responder) was available to administer a shot of epinephrine. Not too long ago, I wrote about my experience last October on SWA’s Flight 928 wherein a first responder and I used Narcan to revive a passenger who was in throes of an opioid overdose. If you recall, afterwards, SWA ignored my request to address the issue in a professional and responsible manner. As I reflect on these two distinct events, I feel a need to ask if SWA’s failure to act months ago had more to do with the “stigma” of drug misuse vs saving face (i.e., flying ill-equipped planes w/ ill-prepared employees)? More importantly, the FAA is in the process of reviewing their minimum standards regarding airlines’ first aid kits. Hopefully, by the end of this summer, we will see ALL commercial carriers carrying Narcan and EpiPens on their flights as well as have flight crews trained to administer these life-saving drugs!
Sources: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/movement-equip-airplanes-epipens-gaining-traction-rcna82392
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/columns/tony-messenger/messenger-st-louis-man-who-saved-overdose-victim-pushes-airline-to-carry-narcan/article_54ced5c1-9d10-5867-9101-979b08e9bc3e.html
Kids’ declining MH
Senate / Limits / Social Media / Kids’ MH
Gun assaults on kids more than double during COVID’s peak
DEA’s new Fentanyl strategy
Fentanyl deaths spike
Test strips for Fentanyl
I can, You can, We all can, NARCAN
Will a near death on SWA flight prompt FAA to review rules?
High School suicide results in reviewing current MH system
WHO / COVID-19 / New era
Life after prison
Marijuana & Federal jobs
Sans alcohol & Sober derby
Back pain & Cooking
How to say goodbye
Surgeon General / Isolation & Loneliness (1)
Surgeon General / Isolation & Loneliness (2)
Surgeon General / Isolation & Loneliness (3)
Women & Maternal Health
Period products in men’s restrooms?
Fried foods / Depression & Anxiety
Women / Construction / Injuries
STL-based General Contractor transitions to Safety Helmets
UFCW opposes Kroger merger
More on Child Labor (1)
More on Child Labor (2)
Missouri’s book banning?
Amazon’s affordable healthcare & Privacy?
Are nurses flocking back to hospitals?
Billboard firm sues Carpenters’ Union
Are HS seniors spurning college?
Is community college a waste of time?
College students / Housing crisis / Trailers
NFL & Employment Discrimination
KY High School football player dies
Upcoming webinars, etc.:
MHFA: Mental Health First Aid
QPR: Question, Persuade, Refer (Suicide Prevention Training)
Illume MH Training schedule
National Suicide Prevention Survey
“May is Mental Health Month” Tool Kit
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.
Job Opportunity: Dislocated Worker Program Coordinator
The Dislocated Worker Program Coordinator is a professional position dedicated to providing Transitional Assistance and Liaison Services between Organized Labor and the Missouri Office of Workforce Development, local Workforce Coordinators, and the Missouri Job Centers.
The MO AFL-CIO is an equal opportunity employer.
Interested candidates should submit an employment application, cover letter, and resume to aphillips@moaflcio.org. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Candidates selected for an interview will be notified.
Essential Job Functions:
Essential Job Qualifications
Benefits:
Download the application here. Please email completed employment applications, a cover letter, and resume to Amy Phillips at aphillips@moaflcio.org or mail to:
MO AFL-CIO
Missouri Works Initiative
Attn: Megan Price
131 E High St., Ste 100
Jefferson City, Missouri 65101
Wellness & Well-being Highlights April 30
Wellness & Well-being Highlights
for the
Week of April 30, 2023
This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics from how one city is taking a different approach to addressing their area’s mental health crisis to how essential oils may impact your mood to the rise of fake nursing degrees. Today, I wish to shed some light on the issue of the Workers Memorial Day. Over 50 years ago, this nation passed a law to protect (most) workers on the job known as the Occupational Health & Safety Act of 1970. PLEASE take the time to review any or all of the first 4 articles in this week’s blog. There is something for every worker from those in the trenches to those in middle and upper management positions. We all have a duty to not only protect ourselves but our sister and brother workers as well. Nearly 20 years ago, fellow researchers from Washington University’s School of Medicine approached me to form an ongoing partnership to study safety issues on STL construction job sites. Their goal was to help improve conditions that would result in bringing our workers safely home to their families and communities…on a daily basis. In so doing, with the cooperation of BOTH labor & management, WE have done just that! In closing, I remain grateful that this partnership still exists to meet the ever-changing needs of work & society.
Source: https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/oshact/completeoshact
Construction Falls resource
May 10th is Safety Professionals Day
Workers Memorial Day
Deaths on the job
Community MH resources
Seattle / Tax / MH
Social media / Teens / MH
Suicides & Guns
Rural gun-related deaths
Trigger-happy America?
Walmart & Opioids
More on Sacklers
Lean into negative emotions
Body-shaming & Meditation
Allergies for Everyone
Hemorrhoids & Treatment
AI fitness coach
Mood & Essential Oils
Benefits of art therapy
Brazil / Poverty / Land Revolt
Garment factory tragedy: 1 decade later
Cheating the H-1B
America’s price for low wages?
Rising cost of college
Fake nursing degrees?
On being Voluntold
Women / Trades / Discrimination
Your digital life after death?
India’s population boom
Nearshoring
NHL’s Alum / Social Worker / CTE
Upcoming webinars, etc.:
Impact of opioids on rural workforce
Wellness & Well-being Highlights April 23
Wellness & Well-being Highlights
for the
Week of April 23, 2023
This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics from how a US Senator confronted his mental health issues to how a nature hike can improve your well-being to when to retire and upon doing so how one can enter a 2nd (service) career. Today, I wish to shed some light on the issue of gun violence. To date, there have been more mass shootings in the USA than days in the 2023 calendar. In fact, this year’s number surpasses that of this time last year (131 v 113). Nearly 60 years ago, as I child, my school classmates and I practiced “duck-and-cover” drills in case of an atomic attack. Today, among other drills, 5 year olds are practicing “active shooter” drills. Meanwhile, we have state legislators across this country banning library books v confronting the proliferation of weapons! Just last week, I wrote about the negative impact of ACEs (trauma) on our children’s futures. We have a choice: Look towards a model like the one in Philly or sit on the sidelines while our kids continue to die from senseless violence!
Source: https://www.npr.org/2023/04/20/1170987638/philly-schools-aim-to-lower-shootings-involving-kids-with-conflict-resolution-sk
Stressed workers looking for support from employers
MH & Time Out in the office
US Senator helps break MH stigma
Teen suicide & MH parity?
European model for addressing mental illness
US & Fentanyl traffickers
Mexico’s Fentanyl cartels
Prisons & Opioid treatment
Tranq & Animal vets
Backlash on telehealth scripts
Philly’s approach to Kids’ shootings
Why are kids getting shot for honest mistakes?
More on kids’ shootings
Micro stress & Burnout
Brain – Body connection
MH & Forgiveness
Yoga & Weight loss
Benefits of yoga
Exercise & Life stressors
Nature & Your health
Hiking in spring
Men & Longevity?
Micro-plastics & Your health
When to retire?
Your 2nd career?
On grandparenting
Vets & Mesothelioma
More on Child Labor
Nurses / Hospitals / Gig Work
Gen Z’s side hustle
On being a good manager
Kids / Sports / Concussions
Fletcher’s brain surgery
NHL on DEI & CTE
Upcoming webinars, etc.:
Yoga & Meditation
Financial Literacy
Free Resume Headshot
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.
Wellness & Well-being Highlights April 16
Wellness & Well-being Highlights
for the
Week of April 16, 2023
This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics from how Mental Health and Suicide have impacted the construction industry to the benefits of exercising outdoors to why the nursing profession needs more men. Today, I wish to shed some light on the issue of childhood trauma. Several years ago, a study came forth explaining the concept of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). And, how people who experience 4 or more of these types of trauma often have difficulty with related matters in adulthood. For people under the age of 18, issues like child abuse (i.e., sexual, physical, emotional), a family member going to prison or being killed, divorce, poverty, etc. can negatively impact kids for life. In general, some experts suggest that if a parent abuses a child, then it is likely that this child will abuse his/her children, and so on. Furthermore, since there is a correlation between trauma and addiction, by identifying ACEs early on healthcare professionals may be able to assist victims and communities mitigate their long-term effects.
Source: https://www.ncjfcj.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/Finding-Your-Ace-Score.pdf
White House on Tranq (1)
White House on Tranq (2)
White House on Tranq (3)
Judge on Tranq
Philly’s harm reduction & Tranq
Marijuana & Addiction
Suicides in the Navy
MH & Suicide in the Construction Industry
ACE Scores / Kids / Trauma
MH @ Work
MH & AI
VR Therapy
White House & AI
Belonging Barometer
Finding Joy
Family Boundaries
Benefits of exercising outdoors
PTSD Treatment Guide
Guns & Kids
Gun Violence & Mental Illness
Louisville Bank Shooter & CTE?
EIU Faculty Strike
Medical residents unionize
Unions warn of Social Security collapse
Construction industry needs more workers
Cancer coverage for firefighters
Nursing needs more men
Upcoming webinars, etc.:
Impact of opioids on the workplace
Chair yoga
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.
Wellness & Well-being Highlights April 9
Wellness & Well-being Highlights
for the
Week of April 9, 2023
This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics from how one region in Canada is now requiring Naloxone (Narcan) to be present on various types of at-risk workplaces (i.e., construction job sites) to how oral hygiene impacts one’s health to how important apprenticeships are to the US energy sector. Today, I wish to shed some light on how AI (artificial intelligence) is being used to improve your health. Less than 2 weeks ago, I spoke at a national summit on suicide prevention in the construction industry, in KC, MO. My part as a panelist was to address “innovations” pertaining to the summit’s theme. My fourth and final bullet point focused on the use of AI in this space. And, just yesterday, the WSJ ran an article that really digs into the point I made. Doctors are turning to AI to help aid them in their decision-making processes. By no means are they turning over their responsibility to a machine. Let’s face it, no one professional can keep up with the vast amounts of data produced on a daily basis. In fact, when comes to adverse medication effects, about 70% of them are due to prescription errors. With the assistance of AI, doctors can meld deep learning with deep reasoning.
Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-ai-will-see-you-now-5f8fba14?reflink=integratedwebview_share
MH in the construction industry
Steps to help prevent suicide
New Canadian law requires Naloxone in at-risk workplaces
Couple helps Tranq victims
Non-opioids approach to pain management
San Fran’s new approach to Bupe (Suboxone)
The Good Sam Law?
Do financial wellness programs work?
Debt & Well-being
Not unplugging during time off
Breakfasts for beating stress?
Will this ancient herb clam your stress?
Oral hygiene & Health
AI & Doctors
Why try PT before surgery?
Colonoscopy / Under 50
Couples & Talking/Listening
COVID’s impact on church-going
Yoga & Golf
Deep water exercise
Your mood / Your skin
OSHA / SC / Black workers
Sexual assaults @ military academies
Layoffs during leave
NLRB & NDAs
Labor shortage impacts clean energy transition
Apprenticeships make US
Support in trade apprenticeships: Barriers
Supreme Court & Legal v Ethical
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.