Worker Wellness Weekly December 19

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 19, 2021

• Labor lesson from a previous pandemic
• Kellogg’s strike ends (1)
• Kellogg’s strike ends (2)
• Amazon & Labor (1)
• Amazon & Labor (2)
• Amazon & Labor (3)
• Amazon’s warehouse culture
• China’s forced labor
• 60k STL jobs not coming back soon
• Stress / Burnout / Resignations
• Proper PPE for Women
• MO teachers in distress
• Anxiety & Office delays
• Prison & Talent
• Amazon & Worker suicides
• College & Student suicides
• Judge overturns Sackler settlement
• Children’s MH & Pandemic
• Death & Distress in America
• COVID testing, etc.
• Mental Illness & COVID
• Non-COVID patients are struggling
• Proof of vax makes jobs easier
• The power of Fun & COVID
• Sober & Curious: Mindful drinking
• MH / Trauma / Invisible bruises
• Tips for restful sleep
• Info overload & Well-being
• Stopping negative self-talk
• Declutter your mind
• Holidays & Grief (1)
• Holidays & Grief (2)
• Lessons from grief
• Grief is love
• Student loan payment extension
• Are we cursing more?
• Non-pro athletes & CTE
• esports & Your kids
• Upcoming webinar: Chair yoga

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.