Worker Wellness Weekly

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 22, 2021

Labor Rights Week

First Woman to Lead AFL-CIO

Union leader says MH is a priority

Suicide Prevention in the Construction Industry

OSHA joining forces to combat increase in worker suicides

Work is a false idol

Tracking your kids while away at college

Strained emergency workers

Students: Returning to School & Anxiety

Students, COVID, and MH

Teachers: Returning to School & Anxiety

Back to School & MH

Protection for the Sacklers?

Some states not joining opioids settlement

Sleep apnea

Aides for the Elderly

Why we shout when we are angry

How to think about trauma

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.