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PubMed1992

Hardware to hard hats: training workers for action (from offices to construction sites).

A university-based labor education program provides training to unionists, emphasizing the skills needed by workers and their representatives in order to promote their rights to health and safety on the job. The article describes two examples of this training approach. The first example is a training program for video display terminal (VDT) operators which prepares them to take a leadership role in advancing policies to regulate working conditions for VDT users. The second is a program designed to improve the quality of safety, or "tailgate" meetings in the construction industry by promoting an approach that encourages active worker participation in identifying potential hazards and developing solutions. The methodologies used to achieve action-oriented outcomes are described.

Accident Prevention↗
PubMed1993

Worker notification: viewpoint of the employer.

Prior to notifying workers of risk exposure, employers should first consider and weigh the psychological, physiological, and social costs as well as the potential negative impact on labor-management relations, community resources, and the costs of false negatives and false positives. Only if the contributions of notification override and outweigh the composite costs should employers feel compelled to notify workers.

Communication↗
PubMed1993

Experiences of a state-sponsored notification and screening program for asbestos workers.

Worker notification can involve a broad range of activities including medical screening, personal and mass communications, cohort identification and tracing, and even litigation. The inclusion or exclusion of various supporting activities in a worker notification program may pose significant medical, public health, financial, logistical, and even legal implications for targeted individuals as well as for the agencies involved. This report describes some experiences in a state-sponsored notification and screening program of approximately 4,500 asbestos workers in Minnesota. In this program, a variety of factors led to the decision to provide medical screening to 1,101 workers and 451 spouses. It is anticipated that another 3,400 workers will be notified but not screened. A follow-up survey of notified workers showed overwhelming support for this program. It is estimated that this program will cost more than $650,000 by its completion. The decision to institute medical screening and other support activities should be made with careful consideration of the diverse implications of these activities to the individuals, communities, and agencies involved.

Asbestos↗
PubMed1993

Remedies to the problem of child labor: the situation in the apparel industry.

When you realize how long the problem of child labor has been around, anyone who ventures into the terrain of remedies obviously needs a long memory and not a little optimism. What have we tried? What has worked? And what has not worked? To answer these questions, we must first look at how we have diagnosed the problem. Some say that the return of child labor is due to the present recession. Hard-pressed businesses are looking for cheap and cheaper labor. Sweatshops proliferate. When the recession recedes, so will child labor. If it were that simple, we could all congratulate ourselves on having conducted this enlightened symposium and go home without worrying much more about the problem. The magic hand of the market, in due course, will straighten it all out. Let me tell you something about the apparel industry in New York where new laws and strict enforcement make the only difference. Over 80% of OSHA inspections were triggered by the state's Apparel Task Force.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2005

The Sociological Department at the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, 1901 to 1907: scientific paternalism and industrial control.

The Colorado Fuel and Iron Company's Sociological Department represented an industrial welfare plan based on an early understanding of applied sociology. The Department was created as a response to the demands of integrating coal and coke production with steel manufacturing, and the necessity of combating strikes among the immigrant workers. The "settlement house model" used by the Sociological Department was intended to foster labor stability by transforming the lifestyles and habits of the immigrant workers and their families. It is concluded that the industrial welfare programs that were intended to inspire loyalty to the company merely added to the workers' grievances with the company.

Colorado↗
PubMed1983

Work satisfaction among rural mental health staff.

Previous studies demonstrating low levels of work satisfaction among mental health staff have failed to investigate specific correlates such as employment status, educational and caseload characteristics or to consider differences in a rural organizational context. Responses on 11 work satisfaction items were compared on 16 work and educational characteristics for 47 clinical staff in rural mental health facilities. The correlates of work satisfaction identified are compared to previous job satisfaction studies, and profiles of least and most satisfied staff are discussed.

Adult↗
PubMed1978

Is there job satisfaction in community mental health?

After discussing the importance of job satisfaction, this paper presents data concerning current levels and sources of job satisfaction in community mental health centers. Data came from a survey completed by 164 staff members working in 22 different programs located in Michigan. The return rate was 94%. Results indicated that compared to workers in other occupations, the staff were about average in satisfaction with co-workers and supervision, but low in satisfaction with the work itself. The two major sources of job satisfaction reported by staff were the level of accomplishment experienced in the work and the degree of clarity in organizational goals and policies. The paper concludes by suggesting ways in which job satisfaction in community mental health could be increased.

Achievement↗
PubMed1988

Responses to collective risk: appraisal and coping among workers exposed to occupational health hazards.

Appraisals of occupational health risks and coping alternatives were examined in a study of 670 steelworkers. Three forms of coping were considered: emotion focused, problem focused, and system oriented. Path analysis was used to test a model of coping as a function of primary appraisals of occupational exposures, secondary appraisals of coping options, reappraisal of health concerns, and background characteristics. Results show that each element in the proposed model contributes significantly to all three coping types. In addition, distinctive patterns of secondary appraisal were observed for each type of coping. Future use of the concept of system-oriented coping is suggested for investigating problems not easily solved by individual action.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1991

International approach to the assessment of chemical risks.

One of the main objectives of the International Programme on Chemical Safety, a joint venture of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Environment Programme and the International Labour Organization, is to carry out and disseminate evaluations of the risk to human health and the environment from exposure to chemicals, mixtures of chemicals, or combinations of chemicals and physical and biological agents. These evaluations, performed by groups of internationally reputed and independent experts, provide a scientific and objective basis that national authorities may be able to use for planning and for the development of control measures, such as the establishment of exposure limits for chemical pollutants.

Environmental Pollution↗