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Worker Wellness Weekly – Feb. 13

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 February 13, 2022

Rising demand @ MH centers

COVID & MH study

Sacklers up their settlement offer

US Borders / Fentanyl / Cartels

Battling opioids: One town’s approach

Stimulation / Brain / Addiction

America’s MH crisis

MH crisis team in San Diego

Music & MH

MH in schools

Pandemic’s toll on the young?

Construction design & MH

Suicide in construction

More science on Suicide

MH Dashboard

MH & Hobbies 

Dealing w/ Grief (1)

Dealing w/ Grief (2)

Dealing w/ Grief (3)

Dealing w/ Grief (4)

MH & Hugging cows?

When anti-depressants stop working

Healthy breakfasts & Stress

Fake it to Make it?

Flourishing quiz

MH & Support in our schools

MH & Talking to our children

MH & Art therapy

MH & Exercise

Stress & Burnout

Happiness & Ageing

How to age well

A fast growing sport

Love languages

Class war: Which side are you on?

Return to work 

Safe shelter @ work? 

Building DEI in construction

Rehab / Trauma / Pandemic

Slave / Midwife / Hero

“Learning” happiness @ work

Hope for passed over populations?

Workforce opportunities in MO

Upcoming virtual event:  SUD help in the trades

 

 

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.

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Work life balance
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Worker Wellness Weekly – February 6

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 February 6, 2022

 

COVID & Learning more about infection

 

Opioids & Congress (1)

Opioids & Congress (2)

OD deaths annual costs US$1T

Opioids & Risk factors

Foreign fentanyl feeds US opioids crisis

Controversial opioids treatment?

Update: Opioids prescribing guidelines for pain

MH strategies for the workplace

Rules for tackling MH during COVID

Is COVID impeding MH access?

A cure for our MH crisis?

Is our MH system broken?

MH in the construction industry

Construction & Inside the hard hat

The compassion quiz

The burnout quiz

MH / Mindfulness / Relationships

MH & Bouncing back

Is meditation working for you?

Being happy vs Well-being

Grief & Rewiring the brain

Workers & More time to grieve in an era of loss

Persistence & Grief

Body image

What is CBT?

Schools & Peer counselors

Pharmacists under pressure

Target’s anti-union stance

Kroger & Homeless workers within

Immigrants & Labor shortages

Hospitals & Staff shortages

Teachers & Walking a tightrope

2022 & Banning books

Sexual harassment & Forced arbitration

Demographic shift

Second careers for those >60

CTE: The price of a perfect NFL season (1972)

NFL & New program to help retired players

Lefties have rights!

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Worker Wellness News Weekly – January 30

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 January 30, 2022

 

R U OK

Collision course & Trauma in the workplace

 

Remote learning: Anxiety & Instability

Building resilience

 

Happy vs Sad?

Loneliness & Keeping friends

 

Loneliness & Working from home

 

Opioids & Forced addiction

 

Controversial opioid treatment

 

Native tribes settlement (1)

Native tribes settlement (2)

 

Resilience fatigue: Digging out

Resilience: Boost your MH

 

MH & Work culture

 

MH in the military

MH: Parents teaching kids

 

MH: College students

MH: Winter Olympics

 

COVID-19 update: Lingering symptoms

 

Keys to well-being

Canada’s Wellness Toolbox

 

Back pain advice

Intuitive eating

Exercises to lower your BP

 

Risk: Marriage / Cohabitating / Divorce

 

Tiny spaces & Your well-being

 

Hard hats & The brain

 

Suicide Prevention Resources

 

Suicide story: Former Miss USA

 

Suicide story: Impermanence

 

Suicide Prevention: How parents can help kids

 

Invisible disability @ work

 

Gender neutral language

 

Colleges & Homelessness

 

Homelessness: Looking inward

 

Amazon chews thru workers

Amazon & Alabama (Round 2)

 

Winter Olympics: Are corporation do-gooders or do-greeders?

Teachers quitting & Companies hiring

 

 

 

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.

 

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Worker Wellness Weekly – January 23

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 January 23, 2022

 

Money & Happiness

 

Celebrating your rejections

 

Moms and Loneliness

 

Women & Construction Career Expo

 

MH Youth Tool Kit

 

MH / Youth / COVID

 

MH & Cancel culture

 

MH & Winter Olympics

 

MH & Retiring

 

MH & Checking out

Purdue Pharma

Opioids & Harm reduction

 

Decriminalizing addiction

Narcan in schools

 

Opioid abuse in Construction

 

Is addiction a disease?

Marijuana / Running / The Brain

Stress / Isolation / Trauma

The benefits of walking

Alcohol & Sleep

Delaying parenthood

 

Menopause & the Workplace

 

Soot levels and Death

Quieting negative chatter

The Vagus nerve

Grief / Loss

Preventing heart disease

Best brain foods?

NFL & Concussions

Canada’s research & TBIs

 

Union jobs & Robots

King Soopers ratifies contract

OSHA withdraws vax rule

How to spot a workplace bully

STL County Council approves apprenticeship requirement

 

No regrets?

Secretary Walsh & The Great Resignation

 

Closing the skills gap

Sexual harassment & Military law

 

Upcoming webinars:

https://www.slcl.org/content/virtual-program-chair-yoga-2

 

https://www.slcl.org/content/virtual-program-herbal-remedies

 

https://www.slcl.org/content/virtual-program-grief-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.

 

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Wellness & Well-being Highlights Week of August 8

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.

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

for the

Week of August 8, 2021

Emotional IntelligenceAdult burnout

MH in the workplace

Is BMI an accurate gauge?

Digital addiction

Age & Generousness

Online therapy & COVID

Sacklers (1)

Sacklers (2)

Quitting & Winning

Americans can’t afford to get old

 

Upcoming Webinars, etc.:

Yoga & Meditation

Erasing stigma of substance abuse

Chair Yoga

Raising Happy Toddlers

Vaccine Event

Emergency Rental Assistance

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

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Wellness & Well-being Highlights Week of August 2

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.

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

for the

Week of August 2, 2021

How to talk to your employer about MH


MH reading list


Workplace counseling?


Religious leaders & MH

 

Taking a MH “day”


S Biles & MH (1)

 

S Biles & MH (2)


S Biles & MH (3)


S Biles & MH (4)

 

S Biles & MH (5)


It’s OK not to be OK

 

How athletes cope with pressure

 

Providing support when someone struggles

 

Sitting & MH


Student well-being 

 

Empathy 

 

How to start exercising

 

Gender equality

 

Opioids settlement (1)

Opioids settlement (2)

 

Opioids settlement (3)

 

MO’s opioids settlement (1)?

 

MO’s opioids settlement (2)?

 

Epidemic inside a pandemic 

 

Canada’s approach to harm reduction

MH self-care


Joy takes practice

Taking back your sex life

MO’s need for a public health overhaul?

Labor shortage? 

 

Future of 4-day workweek


No jerks policy 

 

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.

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Missouri AFL-CIO Launches New Workforce Initiative

The Missouri Works Initiative aims to provide economic opportunities to Missourians.

Jefferson City, MO: The Missouri Works Initiative has been formed to eliminate barriers to economic opportunities by connecting Missourians to the necessary resources to build life-sustaining careers. Serving as a non-profit organization affiliated with the Missouri AFL-CIO, the Missouri Works Initiative is strategically positioned to address the state’s changing workforce needs. The initiative aims to address workers’ needs by creating health and recovery friendly workplaces, connecting laid off workers with job-search or upskilling resources for future employment, or collaborating with community partners to offer innovative points of entry to traditional apprenticeship opportunities.

“The Missouri Works Initiative is a big step in lifting up all workers across Missouri,” stated Greta Bax, Executive Director of the Initiative. “Our expert team, network of labor professionals, and community-based organizations stand ready to work toward the shared goal of creating economic opportunities for all Missourians.” 

The Missouri Works Initiative includes four major programs:

  • The Missouri Apprentice Ready Program is a collaborative partnership with the Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development that will offer a 5-week introduction to the construction industry to qualified participants in Kansas City and Springfield, working toward the goal of increasing the number of Missourians participating in registered construction apprenticeship programs. 
  • The Building Union Diversity (BUD) St. Louis Program aims to address the growing need in the construction industry for a skilled and more inclusive workforce. The BUD Program was established in 2014 and has successfully graduated 21 classes. 
  • The Worker Wellness Program will work to ensure that all workers have access to timely information regarding mental aspects of safety on the job and in the community.
  • The Dislocated Worker Program connects dislocated workers to resources and assistance they need to re-enter the job market quickly following a closure or layoff. The Dislocated Worker Program has been a project of the Missouri AFL-CIO for over 20 years. 

“Missouri Works Initiative is uniquely positioned to take on the role of expanding pre-apprenticeship programs statewide because of its partnerships and connections across Missouri with Organized Labor, registered apprenticeship program coordinators, contractors and employers,” stated Missouri AFL-CIO President Jake Hummel. “I am excited to expand upon the years of success the AFL-CIO has achieved for workers.”

For more information about MWI’s programs and staff, please visit moworksinitiative.org or follow us on Twitter @MissouriWorks and on Facebook @Missouri Works Initiative.

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