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Wellness & Well-being Highlights December 18

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

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Week of December 18, 2023

This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics concerning the rise of homelessness across the USA, in general, but more specifically regarding our Vets to how a prominent pharmacist promotes the crucial role NARCAN now plays in our country to how some common US military training exercises have not only been detrimental to soldiers’ brains but society as well. Today, I wish to shed some light on a recent announcement from OSHA that mandates ALL of their construction inspectors begin using Safety Helmets vs hard hats on job sites. As noted previously in this blog, according to the CDC (2016), from 2003-10, TBIs (traumatic brain injuries) made up nearly 25% of all construction fatalities…the most of ANY category! Let’s hope that by OSHA modeling this evidenced-based behavior others across the industry will soon follow. I personally thank the likes of Alberici, McCarthy, Milwaukee Tool, and ASCC for taking the lead on this key safety matter! Change always seems to bring about pushback…due to fear of the unknown. Over time, the industry has and will adapt not unlike it did for drug testing, safety glasses, safety vests, etc. As a retired Carpenter, speaking from experience, I wish hearing protection was mandatory and enforced +40 years ago.

Sources: https://blog.bluebeam.com/safety-helmets-hard-hats-construction/

https://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/24824-osha-staff-switch-to-safety-helmets-from-hard-hats

https://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/trade/12112023

US Homelessness hits New Record

Rise in Homelessness for Vets

MH services lacking in MO jails (1)

MH services in MO jails lacking (2)

Harry’s & Men’s MH

Seniors / Pickleball / MH

Book Bans / Librarians / MH

NYC / Teens / School ban on Cell Phones

NYC / Teens / Free MH app

How Ketamine alters the brain

UMSL / Addiction Team / Opioid Epidemic

Is NARCAN the new CPR?

Children / Fentanyl / Exposure Deaths

ODs in School

A mother’s journey to save her child

Safe disposal of unused medications

Opioids & Suicide

Opioid OD Victims’ 2^nd trauma: Being cheated out of lawsuit settlements

Older Men & Suicide

Living longer & Alzheimers

Postpartum Depression Treatment

On Giving & Care for Others

On Loss & Holidays

Is life expectancy increasing?

DANGER: Children & Melatonin

War Vets & Sexuality

Having a Mental Block?

Bragging about your career

Adults & Spirituality

Unions BIG wins in 2023

US steel & Back Pay in IL

Labor / Apple / India

Megafactories / Workers / Recruiting

AI & Energy Consumption

Educators go door-to-door

Gen Z & Trust in the Workplace

KC Builders Assoc New President

Wellness & Well-being Highlights December 11

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

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Week of December 11, 2023

This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics concerning how suicide deaths increased in 2022—especially when it comes to elderly men—to the matter of the Sacklers bankruptcy move to protect their personal assets now landing before the US Supreme Court to how a small medical trial shows some promise for people who suffered traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) by means of an implanted electronic stimulation device. Today, I wish to shed some light on the topic of PISA test scores. Earlier this week, the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development) released the findings from the Program for International Student Assessment in 2022. In general, this is a test that samples 15-year-olds’ subject matter knowledge (reading, science, and math) in nearly 40 counties across the globe. The OECD last tested students in 2018. Needless to say, COVID-19 is suspected to have played a large role in the decline in learning among most countries’ students with the exception of Canada, Estonia, and Japan (all of which saw improvement in each subject area). More specifically, while US students held their own when it came to reading and science their math scores decreased by 13 points (20 points is considered to be equivalent to a year’s worth of learning)…ranking the US 28^th out of 37. So, why is this topic important to us as an industry, community, or nation? Because experts suggest that math nurtures critical thinking and problem-solving skills…essential for children’s mental development. In essence, decreases in our students’ math scores may not only put our nation at a competitive technological disadvantage but can also result in overwhelming implications for mental health. If the pandemic has taught us a few lessons, one is that those in the workforce development space can no longer afford to silo hard skills and soft skills!

Sources: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/pisa-2022-results-volume-i_53f23881-en

https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/pisa-2022-results-volume-ii_a97db61c-en

Children / War / Trauma

MH during the Holidays

2022: Record for Suicide Deaths

Guns & Suicide

Elderly Men & Suicide

MH / Pilots / License

Scotland & MH

Opioid Epidemic / Treatment / Racial Disparity

US Senate & Opioid Legislation

Addiction & Cinema

US Treasury on Fentanyl & Mexico-China

US Treasury on Fentanyl & Mexico

Sacklers / Bankruptcy / US Supreme Court (1)

Sacklers / Bankruptcy / US Supreme Court (2)

Sacklers / Bankruptcy / US Supreme Court (3)

Sacklers / Bankruptcy / US Supreme Court (4)

Sacklers / Bankruptcy / US Supreme Court (5)

Fentanyl / AI / Border Patrol

Are states striving to distribute Narcan?

ATL bars & Narcan

Canada & Narcan

Wellness & Well-being Highlights December 4

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

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Week of December 4, 2023

This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics concerning how people can learn to grow after experiencing trauma (PTG) to the important roles that women play in the workforce to how AI (artificial intelligence) can serve both good and evil in our society. Today, I wish to shed some light on the topic of child labor. Have you ever considered to how our love for sweets—specifically chocolate—might fuel the child labor “industry” in developing countries? Sadly, one does not need to look overseas to find politicians and companies fueling this desire to exploit children…all in the name of cheap labor. Recently, the state of Florida placed into consideration the lowering of the legal age one can be to work on a construction job site. This is a flagrant violation of the federal rules under the FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act) which prohibits 16-year-olds from performing tasks deemed too dangerous…like ROOFING. If one looks closer at the FL proposal (SB460), it does not take too much to uncover the bait-and-switch at hand. Wrapping this legislation in the need to address a worker shortage is nothing short of duplicity…furthermore, it comes at a very high price. One that Frances Perkins confronted over 100 years ago!* To suggest that minors with OSHA 10 certifications perform commercial and residential roofing work, as long as a worker who is 21 or older with two years of experience and the same certification supervises undermines both US-DOL safety and apprenticeship protocols long-established across the USA. Case in point, it takes a skilled roofer ~4 years to complete a registered apprenticeship program. Last I checked, current US child labor laws only allow for exceptions when someone under the age of 18—working in/around dangerous settings—be under CONSTANT supervision of a SKILLED tradesperson. So, once again, I ask: When will those who are trusted with the care of our future STOP putting profits over people?

Sources: www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/children-harvesting-cocoa-used-by-major-corporations-ghana/

www.constructiondive.com/news/florida-bill-minors-roofing-work/700823/

*https://www.osha.gov/aboutosha/40-years/trianglefactoryfire

https://rooferslocal2.com/apprenticeship.aspx

A Mom’s War Against Opioids

Combatting opioid ODs w/ Narcan

Pushing to mandate Narcan on US commercial flights

URGENT: We need YOUR voice!

MH / Hair Salons / Africa

MH & Lost Working Days

PTG: Finding Joy after Tragedy

Helping parents prevent childhood trauma

Questions for Childhood Trauma

Meta & Teen Vulnerabilities

Facebook & Pedophiles

Are Google’s abuse policies flawed?

Farmers / Pesticides / Parkinsons

Replacing Lead Water Pipes

Does cancer treatment cause cancer?

When women don’t work….

Women MH / UK / Prisons

An Eastern European Cold Remedy

Loss & Holidays

Coping w/ Loneliness

A Dopamine Detox

Exercise & Vagus Nerve

Forgetfulness & ST Memory

Dogs / Drugs / Longevity

Seniors & Affordable Housing

Why we fight about money?

Why do we seem so disconnected?

The Psychological Autopsy

Fighting ALS

Construction ULPs on the rise

Update: Portland Teachers’ Strike

Update: NYC Ballet Strike

Update: Granite City Steel Union

Child Labor & Cocoa

FL seeking to allow minors on Roofing projects

Update: McKee & STL Carpenters

DANGER: Impact of Air Traffic Controller shortage

As promised, UAW launches organizing drive

The passing of the 1^st woman US Supreme Court Justice

The cost of E-Waste

New Apprenticeship Programs for HC

AI’s first birthday

AI in the workplace

Wellness & Well-being Highlights November 26

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

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Week of November 26, 2023

This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics from a former First Lady’s groundbreaking work on mental health issues to how a mayor in Canada is tackling MH and homelessness at the local level to how companies and unions are re-considering the “usefulness” of PBMs (pharmacy benefit managers). Today, I wish to shed some light on the topic of The Alliance for Naloxone Safety in the Workplace (ANSW). Since last January, a team of construction industry subject matter experts, across the USA, have been designing and developing a database consisting of policies, training materials, resources, etc. to advocate for the safe bringing of Naloxone (Narcan) on construction jobsites nationwide. I am proud to say we just recently launched the website for your review and usage.* Rationale: As I have mentioned in previous blogs, the CDC indicates that this industry is #1 when it comes to opioids misuse! In fact, in 2020, NYC lost nearly 300 construction workers due to overdoses. By now, we ALL should have First Aid kits and AED devices on our jobsites. Why not Narcan? Please share this information with other sectors of our economy as you see fit. Thank you!

Sources: *www.ANSW.org

https://www.constructiondive.com/news/nyc-overdose-deaths-construction-new-york-city/699916/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue:%202023-11-20%20Construction%20Dive%20Newsletter%20%5Bissue:56621%5D&utm_term=Construction%20Dive

The passing of a Mental Health champion

The impact of pollution

Vets & Toxic Exposures

Farmworkers / Cancer / Pesticides

Teen boys / Snapchat / Scam

Childhood Trauma

NYC / MH / System Breakdowns

Wellness & Well-being Highlights November 19

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

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Week of November 19, 2023

This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics concerning how the gap has widen between men and women’s life expectancy (mainly due to the opioids crisis) to labor’s return of utilizing the Social Gospel to a plea for those of you over the age of 40 who played tackle football or soccer (at ANY level) to participate in a survey. Today, I wish to shed some light on the topic of the misconduct in our nation’s capital. Whether it is a Congressman misusing campaign funds for personal grooming or Congressmen pushing and stoving in the hallways or a US Senator challenging a witness to a fist fight during a recent hearing, I would say third-graders do not even act this immature…but that would be an insult to third-graders! A true leader leads by example. And, let’s not forget that leadership begins at the top. To this end, we have more than one US Supreme Court Justice who has played fast and loose with what is legal vs what is ethical regarding the taking “gifts” from “donors” whose cases may one day appear before them. Allowing this bad behavior to continue without establishing laws with severe consequences does little to invoke confidence in the large, lower echelon of our increasingly haves and have-nots’ society. Closing thought: What would have our forefathers said about those people entrusted with enforcing rules not being held to the same standard? Possibly: “…when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.”*

Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/14/us/politics/supreme-court-ethics-code-clarence-thomas-sotomayor.html?searchResultPosition=2

*https://www.armytimes.com/off-duty/2018/07/03/why-did-the-us-declare-independence-from-britain/

Men’s Life Expectancy

Gender Disparities & Men

Wellness & Well-being Highlights November 13

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

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Week of November 13, 2023

This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics concerning how hospital emergency departments are taking a more active role in addressing adult suicide issues to how thunderstorms may be linked to asthma to how the diving tactics of a specific fish may help researchers better understand the science of concussions. Today, I wish to shed some light on the topic of how unions helped establish the middle-class by raising incomes and improving the work environment. As noted in the lead article linked below, 80% of workers cited that their job satisfaction is associated to non-wage benefits. To this end, since the 1940s, unions have played a large part in securing fringe benefits for workers which, in turn, has improved the well-being of union (directly) and non-union (indirectly) workers and their families. Not convinced? Then, consider how the recent negotiations between the UAW and the Big 3 have positively impacted workers—here and abroad—at firms like Toyota, Honda, Subaru, and Tesla! More importantly, when it comes to workplace fairness, “Unions promote within-firm equality by adopting explicit anti-discrimination measures, supporting anti-discrimination legislation and enforcement, and promoting wage-setting practices that are less susceptible to implicit bias.”*

Please check out the rest of this week’s blog: moworksinitiative.org/blog

Sources: * https://home.treasury.gov/news/featured-stories/labor-unions-and-the-us-economy

https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/toyota-gives-most-of-its-u-s-auto-factory-workers-9-pay-bump-following-uaw-gains-in-detroit-123664ff?mod=Searchresults_pos3&page=1

https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/honda-gives-u-s-factory-workers-11-pay-bump-following-uaw-wins-in-detroit-eb484398?reflink=integratedwebview_share

https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/tesla-raises-wages-for-german-workers-amid-union-pressure-9f916fe8?reflink=integratedwebview_share

Women / Military / Power & Violence

MH / Deployed Troops / Evacuations

Vets / Injuries & Sexuality

Children / MH / Hospitals

ER Inventions & Adult Suicide

Honoring Jose’s work

OSHA’s bilingual Safety PSAs

HC workers role & Opioid crisis

Fentanyl-laced Mail

Raising MH issues via PSA

Friends / Industry / Community

T-storms & Asthma

Ketamine & Depression

Loneliness / Isolation / Death

Dogs & Longer Lives

Exercise & Sore muscles

Thai Chi & Mental Sharpness

On People Who Lie

SAD & DST

Labor unions & US economy

Update: Actors strike

Tesla / Germany / Wages

UAW & Foreign Plants

Honda’s Pay bump

Toyota’s Pay bump

Vegas hotel workers’ tentative agreement

Garment workers clash

On Presenteeism

Update: Pilot Safety

Reverse Mentoring

Hybrid work & New normal

AI in the Classroom

Vets / Loans / Foreclosures

Knowing when to retire

Update: Davis-Bacon lawsuit

Jim Kelly’s Career & Conversion

Bomb blasts & Impairment

Wellness & Well-being Highlights November 6

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

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Week of November 6, 2023

This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics concerning how the change from Daylight Savings Time physically and mentally influences your life to about how marijuana may do more harm than good when it comes to anxiety to how ride-share companies have been called out for issues related to wage theft. Today, I wish to shed some light on the topic of understaffing pharmacies across our communities. Have you been to a neighborhood pharmacy lately? It is not a stretch to suggest that what you will find is akin to 1920s sweatshop conditions! Too often, I have observed 1 pharmacist overseeing 3-4 pharmacy technicians behind the counter with little time to assist me: the patient. Furthermore, mainly because of COVID, several chains have added duties to the pharmacist’s to-do list in order to generate additional revenue: Think vaccines. In turn, there is less time for the 1 doctoral-level professional on-duty to address the specific health needs of her/his patients in a thorough, compassionate manner…ultimately impacting the safety and quality of life of both patients and employees! So, once again, we are confronted with the issue of worker shortages. However, if you dig deep enough, you will find there are plenty of pharmacists in this nation but few who are willing to work under the aforementioned conditions. Therefore, not unlike the nurses who are leaving their profession in droves, we are losing more institutional knowledge in this realm due to a healthcare system that arrogantly continues to place profits over people!

Sources: https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/cvs-walgreens-pharmacy-employees-work-2bae98d2?reflink=integratedwebview_share

https://the1a.org/segments/pharmageddon-and-the-future-of-retail-pharmacies/

The DST switch (1)

The DST switch (2)

The DST switch (3)

Children / PTSD / War

FAA / Pilots / MH

OH / Families / Addiction Strain

White House & Narcan in Schools

Loneliness & Addiction

MH Parity Compliance?

Insurance Cos / White House / MH Care

Anxiety & Marijuana?

Paradox of Compassion

On Giving Compliments

Impact of short-staffing Pharmacies (1)

Impact of short-staffing Pharmacies (2)

Hospitals & Drug Shortages

Update: Sickle Cell & Gene Editing

Infant deaths on the rise

Understanding “Intersex”

Maine Shooting & US Reaction

TBIs in Construction

College students & Unionization

UAW’s Young Activists

Toyota Workers Get Pay Bump

Tesla v UAW?

Portland / Teachers / Strike

Wage Theft & Uber

Construction / Amazon / Noose

Defined Benefit Plans Revisited

What is “Quiet Cutting”?

Update: Parent Plus Student Loans

Upcoming webinars, etc.:

Fitness & Nutrition Mythbusters

QPR: 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.

November 6, 2023/by Braxton Payne

Worker Wellness News

Wellness & Well-being Highlights October 30

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

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Week of October 30, 2023

This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics on how the poor well-being of workers has been linked to chronic health conditions to how stigma continues to take a toll on both pilots and construction workers to how prisons are partnering with colleges to assist inmates with earning degrees. Today, I wish to shed some light on the topic of mental health and how non-traditional entities within our communities have stepped up to address a major public health crisis across the USA. During COVID, I noticed that St. Louis County Public Library offered a series of webinars covering aspects of mental health on a regular basis (i.e., stress management, nutrition, yoga, etc.). Having time on my hands, I participated in most of what was presented by various partnering regional agencies. To this end, it was no surprise that when I visited my local branch, a few weeks ago, they were providing Harm Reduction supplies (i.e., Narcan) as well as private appointments with licensed Social Workers free-of-charge. When I was I child, I never viewed my public library as a source for anything but books or a quiet place to study. Now, it warms my heart that an entity so remotely related to mental health (at least in my mind) is filling a much-needed void because federal government officials and/or agencies have failed to respond in a timely/appropriate manner. A sign of the times seems to be that teachers and police officers must ‘double-up’ as social workers, firefighters as paramedics, librarians as mental health supporters, and so on. Whether or not this phenomenon is due to a lack of funding, a worker shortage, or because humans are such complex beings a true professional can no longer remain occupationally myopic, I am proud to see that leaders in my community broke away from turf-mentalities and rigid job descriptions, in the name of the greater good, to serve their patrons…many of whom NEED—but cannot afford—these resources!

Source: https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/library-services-homeless-mental-health-e1f513b7

Public Libraries & Mental Health

Homelessness & Brutal Winters

Food Insecurity

Employers target HC costs

Employers & Harassment, etc.

Workers / Poor Well-being / Chronic Conditions

MH & HC Workers

MH / Struggling Pilots / Stigma

MH Stigma in Construction

Meta sued for MH harm to Youth

Teens / Parents / Tracking Phones

Update: Military Suicides

PTSD Support

Employers & Naloxone in the Workplace

Safe Drug Consumption Sites?

Suboxone & The crime of diversion

Babies Impacted by Opioids

Update: Tranq in Philly

>100k OD Deaths & Congress has NO answer!

New Movie: Pain Hustlers

Menopause Hormone Therapy & Dementia

Women & Stroke Risks

Healthy Short Runs

Climate Anxiety & Therapy

On increasing worker power

Final Rule on Davis-Bacon

Update: UAW & Ford

Update: UAW & Stellantis

Update: UAW & GM

OSHA Fines in Q3-2023: STL Contractor

RTO’s impact on Retirement

College Behind Bars (1)

College Behind Bars (2)

College Behind Bars (3)

College Behind Bars (4)

Russia & Prison Labor

Mixed message: Team v Me

Just leave me alone!

Gaming the H1-B visa program

Why employees ignore perks

Gen X’s differing benefits

Wellness & Well-being Highlights October 23

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

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Week of October 23, 2023

This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics on how the early 1980’s misguided “War on Drugs” has failed generations of US citizens to how aimlessly spending time on your phone (aka doomscrolling) is considered a new 21^st century addiction to how matters concerning race and ethnicity have changed over the past 200 years. Today, I wish to shed some light on the importance of YOUR input. I realize we all have limited time to deal with issues that at first may appear to be less urgent/important to one’s immediate wants/needs/desires. Today, if you are connected to the STL construction industry I respectfully ask that you participate in the first survey linked below. And, on any level, if you are involved with construction apprenticeship programs, I kindly ask that you participate in the second survey linked below. Believe me, input from our readers from past surveys has swayed how the construction industry moved forward. Case in point: Consider where we were 7 years ago on topics of mental health, opioids awareness, and suicide prevention vs where we are today. Earlier this past week I spoke with a couple of trusted colleagues/friends. When it comes to the construction industry, we agreed that the time has come to stop talking about DEI and start acting…based on evidence!

Sources: https://www.constructforstl.org/survey-benchmarking-construction-culture/

https://research.ifebp.org/s3/App24?utm_campaign=2024%20Apprenticeship%20-%20101923_Reminder&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua

Narcan on College Campuses

Fentanyl & Failed Policies

Opioids Settlement: Another Pharma Files Bankruptcy

Unintended use of Opioids Settlement funds?

MH / TikTok / Harvard

Troubled Teens: Trauma v Therapy

Helping Anxious Kids

Women / Inflation / MH

Gradual Onset Stress

Mindset Worker MH: Finances

Family Rituals & MH

Falling into the Doom Loop

Is Doomscrolling the new drug?

Inferiority Complex

Grief / Food / Community

The decline of US healthcare

Your max heart rate?

Your grip

Breathwork v Meditation

Myths about Sex

Helped, Heard, or Hugged?

Sleep & Yoga

Ergonomics & Pain Reduction

Pregnant Women / Drugs / Jail

Mobile V-Lab (Male birth control)

Medicare & Enrollment Risks

Insurers shortchange MH Parity

UAW & Grad Students

Prison Guard Strike?

Skills- v Degree-based hirings

Wellness & Well-being Highlights October 16

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

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Week of October 16, 2023

This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics on how a US bankruptcy court judge recently wiped $1b of settlement funds owed to the US taxpayers off of a major culprit’s accounting ledger to mental health stigma is still afoot in the workplace (especially the construction industry) in spite of recent efforts by employers to how immigrant labor was exploited during the construction phase of the 2022 Men’s World Cup. Today, I wish to shed some light on the issues of college degrees, careers, and life expectancy. Having spent nearly 40 years in differing roles related to workforce development, I can attest to the fact that to remain significant one must continue to learn. Sadly, for the past +30 years our nation has blindly placed too much emphasis on the “College for All” mantra…upon high school graduation. I would like to suggest that a better approach is college for all when the time is right. Not all 18-year-olds are ready to reap the benefits that college provides. Going to college for the sake of going—because that is what “everybody” does—is a bit misguided. Why? At the 30,000’ level: Student debt has ballooned to $1.7t…$0.5t more than the housing subprime debacle in 2007 that, in an economic sense, brought the world to its knees! At the 30’ level: We all do not learn the same way. I, for one, benefited from going through a US-DOL Registered Apprenticeship Program in Carpentry before ever earning a college degree. This social maturation process allowed me to immediately apply theory to practice that consequently opened career doors in the field, office, and university. To this end, is it any wonder why you now see universities across this nation marketing their degrees’ connections to the workforce? More importantly, employers have recently had an epiphany with regards to basing an increasing amount of their hiring decisions on what someone can do vs what someone may have learned. Furthermore, is it any wonder why you now see an explosion of industry-related micro-credentials (i.e., edX, Coursera, etc.)? Nevertheless, as a nation, we cannot ignore what contemporary research has revealed:

“Americans with four-year college degrees are flourishing economically, while those without are struggling;”
“Unhealthy behaviors are more common among people without college degrees…;” and
“…those without degrees [were] being targeted by the pharmaceutical industry in the first phase of the opioid epidemic.”

Need I say more?

Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/03/opinion/life-expectancy-college-degree.html?searchResultPosition=2

https://fortune.com/2023/10/11/companies-increasing-skills-gap-based-hiring-over-degrees/amp/

Life expectancy & College

Jobs linked to Overdoses

NY opioids settlement

Opioids settlement & “Court-approved” Bankruptcy

Immigrants / Overdose Deaths / Action

CA & Forced MH Treatment

MH stigma in Construction (1)

MH stigma in Construction (2)

Is MH improving in the workplace?

Steps to addressing MH in the workplace

Students / MH Crisis / Lack of Professionals

MH & Work-Life Balance

AI & Empathy

AI & Training

New study: Genetics & Suicide risks

Definition of Insanity

Smartphones / Porn / Teens

Safe house for women

An exercise mindset

Caring w/ Accountability

Lawyer-less Courtrooms?

Safety Boots

The Black Belt Brain

New Brain Atlas

NFL / Retirees / Disability Benefits

Suspended: Talks between Actors & Hollywood

UAW & Retirement Benefits

UAW: Wage comparisons

Tesla / Germany / Safety issues

The Walgreens Walkout?

Kaiser-Perm reaches a new deal

A doctors’ union?

Child Labor & Chocolate

World Cup & Exploiting Labor

Hiring: Skills vs Degrees

STL Worker Safety?

3D printed Housing

Upcoming webinars, etc.:

Roundtable: Better Job Site Culture

Addressing the Childcare Crisis

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.

October 16, 2023/by Braxton Payne

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