Archive for category: Worker Wellness News

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 December 12, 2021

• Starbuck’s workers in Boston
• Kellogg’s strike update
• Wirecutter union in NY
• Becky Pringle and the NEA
• Dollar General & OSHA
• The new NLRB
• Tornadoes & Amazon
• STL Police’s contract & lawsuit
• Uber/Lyft drivers seek protection
• What is EQ?
• Tik-Tok & Teens’ eating disorders
• Fake pills / Fentanyl / Deaths
• Failing & Creativity
• COVID & Worry Burnout
• Signs of hearing loss
• Coming soon: OTC hearing aids
• More on NFL & CTE
• Judge rejects Sacklers settlement (1)
• Judge rejects Sacklers settlement (2)
• Substance use among teens down
• MH: A pandemic within a pandemic
• MH crisis & COVID in USA
• Omicron& Anxiety across the globe
• Leaving a digital legacy
• Song linked to reduction in suicides
• Happiness & Forgiveness
• A guide to stress relief
• 1 minute stress busters
• Rudeness & Child development
• Parental alienation
• Children & HPV vax
• Holiday help: Thriving
• Burnout & Your boss

 

 

 

 

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.

 

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 November 28, 2021

 

NLRB & Amazon in AL

 

MLB Lockout

 

MO teachers leaving

 

Are teachers asked to be therapists?

 

Teachers in triage mode

Inflation

 

College debt w/o High salaries

 

Older workers & Tech

 

COVID’s impact on employee training

How employers undermine trust

 

The new narco-state

MH in A-A communities

 

Is MH still taboo in the workplace?

Avoiding burnout

 

Recovering from burnout

Wellness / Social media / Misinformation

Illegal drug trade on Social media

Death & Hazing on college campus

Ketamine: MH threat?

 

Supervised injection sites

Sacklers abusing the legal process

US Surgeon General on Well-being

How to be more optimistic

Men & Loneliness

MH whispers

Alzheimer’s

 

Exercise & Brain health

 

Vets & MH crisis

8 tips for better MH

Schizophrenia & Smoking

 

IBS

Women’s health (1)

Women’s health (2)

Policing & MH (1)

Policing & MH (2)

 

Policing & MH (3)

 

Tiny homes & Homelessness

 

Cheap land?

Homeless in Seattle

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

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 November 14, 2021

Post-Hoffa era

John Oliver/Union-busting

 

Nurses’ salaries increasing

 

Apprenticing towards your wants

PTSD

Vets/PTSD/Depression

 

PTSD & Trauma

Reconnecting with old friends

Waiting on therapy?

Baby-boomers & therapy

 

Dopesick: Seeking help

Fentanyl deaths (1)

 

Fentanyl deaths (2)

OD deaths exceed 100,000

Suicide research

 

New suicide prevention hotline

 

On taking MH days

STL high school takes MH days

High school’s peer support program: Suicide

Students want to discuss MH

 

African-American children & suicide

Children & mourning

 

Childhood & ACEs

 

911 / Police / MH

 

Expanding CBT

 

Resilience skills

Foods & Moods

Can’t fall asleep?

Stress-reducing Yoga

 

Caregiver burnout

Boys & eating disorders

 

Webinars-

Youth & Adult MHFA

 

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 October 31, 2021

 

4-hour workweek?

Who benefits from higher pay?

 

Boston’s unions & DEI

COVID & retirements

Military & suicides

White House’s plan on gun suicides

You & daylight savings time

 

A case for advanced planning

Will MH benefits continue after COVID?

MH & college kids

 

High school & MH self-care

 

Impact of online learning

New Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 9-8-8

SUD & COVID

 

Impact of fentanyl & meth on US communities

 

The evolving opioids crisis

Congress & Opioids

 

Helping Vietnam Vets and then some

Vets / PTSD / MDMA

 

Does ketamine work for depression?

Depression / Anxiety / Pain

Prolonged grief

Telemedicine / Older adults / Addiction

Medicine vs Wellness?

What your smell says

What your hair says

Weight loss & Tea

Stretching & Energy/Mobility

Detrimental (forced) Mindfulness

 

Toxic positivity

 

Brain health

 

CBT’s Dr. Beck

 

 

 

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.

 

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 October 17, 2021

 

OSHA takes action

Feds take action

 

Does a college degree matter?

Tech workers & the cost of speaking out

 

Fixing burnout

NFL & ending race -based adjustments

 

Alleviating homelessness

 

Mental illness & de-policing?

Link between MH & workers’ quitting?

Teachers get a MH week

Kids & MH crisis (1)

Kids & MH crisis (2)

 

Kids & MH crisis (3)

 

Moms & mindfulness

Stigma & access to MH care

 

Why more Asian-Americans seek therapy?

Healthcare workers refusing vax risk jobs

 

Sitting & MH

Walking & MH

 

Update: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (9-8-8)

Fentanyl is roaring back

 

Families & child care issues

 

Seniors & preventing falls

Seniors & driving

 

Webinar: COVID Updates

 

Warning: Essential oils & recent deaths

 

 

 

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.