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If you are a representative of a labor organization or a worker health and safety group, or other worker advocacy organization and you are interested in using the survey with a group of workers\/members, please complete this <\/span>short form<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We will then email you a unique and confidential link to the HWS with guidance about how to administer<\/a> the online survey. After your group completes the survey, we will email you an anonymous, automatically generated, aggregate\/group-level report. You can see how the results for your group or organization compare to scores on major work stressors from the NIOSH QWL national U.S. population survey.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,2_3″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.healthywork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Firefighters-1135504628.jpg” title_text=”Team of firefighters listening to instructions” _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n An essential step any union\/worker advocate organization can take to protect the health & safety of members is to identify stressful and health-harming working conditions, based on the first-hand experiences of workers. This tool will allow you to start that process. The Healthy Work Campaign also provides additional tools and <\/span>resources<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to guide you in working with workers\/members to develop ideas for reducing work stressors and making workplace improvements.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_toggle title=”What has stress got to do with health & safety?” module_class=”toggle-no-box” _builder_version=”4.9.4″ title_font_size=”20″ saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Unions and other worker advocates have always organized to protect the health and lives of workers. While we need to continue to address the physical hazards in the work environment to prevent accidents, injuries, and exposures to toxins and infectious diseases, we now also know how important it is that we address work-related psychosocial stressors (sources of stress at work or \u201cpsychosocial hazards\u201d), such as high job demands\/workload, long work hours, low job control, low supervisor support, work-family conflict, bullying, harassment, discrimination and low rewards.<\/span><\/p>\n Research studies<\/span><\/a> document that when we experience stressors like these at work, over a long period of time, the chronic stress that results takes a toll on our bodies and minds. The stress we experience is not just in our heads but in our bodies as well and it is caused by the policies, practices and demands in the workplace. Eventually, chronic exposure to work stressors can lead to burnout and depression, as well as high blood pressure and heart disease.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”What can you do with this survey data?” module_class=”toggle-no-box” _builder_version=”4.14.4″ title_font_size=”20″ hover_enabled=”0″ saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n The HWS is just one tool in a toolbox for learning about work, communicating with workers\/members and creating conditions for changes in the workplace. Membership meetings, workshops, interviews or focus groups can also be used to collect important information about issues at the workplace. The HWS can be used along with all these other tools.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n After a group completes the HWS, an automated report of the results is generated and sent to a designated representative. This report identifies harmful working conditions (psychosocial hazards) and can serve as a basis for discussion with workers\/members about problems in the workplace. It can be presented during a membership meeting or a\u00a0 workshop, in an Executive Board meeting, or as part of a health and safety or labor-management committee meeting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The Healthy Work Campaign (HWC) provides <\/span>tools<\/span><\/a> and various <\/span>strategies and resources<\/span><\/a> showing examples of organizations (including labor unions and worker centers) that have successfully organized to change and reduce work stressors. These interventions<\/a> aim to improve workload\/staffing and reduce bullying, work-family conflict, poor job security, and low supervisor support.<\/span><\/p>\n The HWC has also identified existing evidence-based guidelines (e.g., see the <\/span>Healthy Workplace Participatory Program<\/span><\/a>) for how to establish <\/span>work groups\/committees<\/b> to address healthy work that include workers\/members and other representatives. The intent of these work groups is to come up with ideas, or to <\/span>design programs or policies<\/b> that can address issues related to reducing work stressors. Workers have front-line knowledge of these issues and are often situated in the best location in an organization to problem solve. True worker participation in decision-making is also an important tool to enhance health and well-being.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”What kinds of questions are in the HWS?” module_class=”toggle-no-box” _builder_version=”4.9.4″ title_font_size=”20″ saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Job control<\/b><\/p>\n Workplace social support<\/b><\/p>\n Work-family conflict<\/b><\/p>\n Rewards<\/b><\/p>\n Safety climate<\/b><\/p>\n Work Status\/ Arrangements<\/b><\/p>\n Emotional Labor<\/b><\/p>\n Physical environment<\/b><\/p>\n Precarious employment characteristics<\/b><\/p>\n Bullying\/Respect\/Justice<\/b><\/p>\n COVID-19 impact<\/b><\/p>\n Self-reported health\/Chronic health conditions<\/b><\/p>\n Sociodemographics<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n (only reported if >50 participants)<\/span><\/p>\n *These items do not represent all or the exact wording of HWS questions.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Intro to the HWS for Unions Flyer<\/a> [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Healthy Work Survey For Unions & Worker Advocates Request AccessWhat is the Healthy Work Survey (HWS)? A free, online tool developed by the Healthy Work Campaign – identifies work- related causes of common mental and physical health problems.\u00a0 Measures work stressors (sources of stress at work, also called psychosocial hazards)\u00a0 for individuals, organizations, groups […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":218908,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"Why use the HWS?<\/b><\/h4>\n
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<\/span>How to administer the HWS<\/a>
<\/span>HWS for Unions – What do we do with the results?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\nHealthy Work Survey<\/h2>
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