Wellness & Well-being Highlights June 19
Wellness & Well-being Highlights
for the
Week of June 19, 2023
This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics from Illinois’ top psychiatrist sharing his vision for improving the mental health “system” to how Russia cannot find enough workers due to the exodus related to their invasion of Ukraine…meanwhile, China cannot supply enough jobs for their recent college graduates to how nearly 30% of FATHERS prefer WFH arrangements in order to establish better work-life balance. Today, I wish to shed some light on the issue of peer support in the construction industry. Earlier this past week, STL Public Radio’s “St. Louis on the Air” show provided a full hour coverage on how STL Laborers Locals 42 & 110 are addressing the mental health needs of their members and their dependents. I tip my hat to Don Willey, Diana Marburger, and the Laborers Health & Welfare Trust funds’ trustees for being pioneers in this much-needed space of addiction awareness and suicide prevention. The STL LEAN (Laborers Escaping Addiction Now) model is based on a 24/7/365 program in Massachusetts that has been operating for several years now. My hopes are that other trades and industries design and implement similar programs for their members/workers. In the meantime, let’s also consider how technology may play a part in our outreach efforts.
Sources: https://www.constructforstl.org/how-lean-stl-helps-st-louis-laborers-fight-addiction/
Dr Lancia’s blueprint for improving MH
How STL Laborers are providing peer support
More on peer support in the construction industry
Harm reduction: MOBILE treatment for opioids
Who is fighting the opioids settlement?
Where are the opioids settlement funds???
Reneging on the opioids settlement!
What is Congress doing about Fentanyl’s future?
Is Syria a bigger drug dealer than Mexico?
Are lower levers of alcohol consumption good for you?
Banning Snap Chat for younger teens?
Ozempic & Nature’s substitute?
Update: West Coast Dockworkers talks
Violence against teachers on the rise
Rethinking our relationship w/ work
Layoffs & Good employees exiting
On military spouses & transporting their professional licenses
EEOC / Construction Industry / Discrimination
Upcoming webinars, etc.:
Drug OD Prevention (Self-paced courses)
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.
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