This holiday season, the Healthy Work Campaign urges employers and the public to have consideration and to express gratitude for the many workers whose work becomes highly demanding and stressful during the holidays. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics in...
Why Workplace Suicide Prevention Efforts Need a Healthy Work Strategy
Marnie Dobson Zimmerman, Ph.D. and Paul Landsbergis, Ph.D. Suicide: A growing US crisis September was Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month. Globally, more than 700,000 people die of suicide every year, and many more attempt suicide or have a serious mental health...
Total Worker Health® 3rd International Symposium Oct 11-Oct 14, 2022
The 3rd International Symposium to Advance Total Worker Health® begins Tuesday October 11 through Friday October 14, 2022. HWC co-directors Marnie Dobson and Peter Schnall are making a virtual presentation from the Healthy Work Campaign on Wednesday, Oct 12 at 2pm...
Will Gavin Newsom Stand With Workers?
Fast food and farm workers are fighting for healthy working conditions, including living wages and better treatment. Advocates of California Assembly Bill 257 and Governor Gavin Newsom California Assembly Bill 257, known as the FAST Recovery Act, is legislation that...
John Froines – From Chicago 7 to Work Organization Champion
“…Dr. John Froines was also an environmental and occupational health scientist, deeply committed to improving the health and safety of working people. Our HWC Director, Dr. Peter Schnall, and our Labor Outreach Strategist, David Le Grande, both knew and worked with Dr. Froines. We interviewed them and found out that John was also a great supporter of healthy work organization.”
Workers die after being prevented from leaving work despite tornado warnings.
During an historic storm of tornadoes that hit the Midwest U.S. this weekend, multiple workers lost their lives needlessly when a candle factory in Kentucky and an Amazon warehouse in Illinois were destroyed by the tornadoes. Investigations are underway over reports...