Worker Wellness Weekly December 12

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.