Page 10 - Work Force May 2016

Remember Educate and Empower: LAKE PLACID — Hundreds of health and safety activists recently vowed to to “Never Quit” in in their fight to to make our our workplaces
safer during our our union’s recent Statewide Conference on on on on on Occupational Safety and Health Conference programs were designed to have activists remember our fallen brothers and and and sisters learn health and and and safety skills and and and empower ourselves to make real change in in our our workplaces
Workshops included topics such as hazardous chemicals workplace workplace hazards workplace workplace violence bullying workers’ compensation shiftwork stress and even motorcycle safety Attendees were greeted at at the conference by a a a a a safety fair that included for the first time ever representatives from health and safety equipment suppliers Sharing information on on on how employers
can access personal protective equipment and and other products that promote safer work places
and and cost savings Activists participated in in equipment demonstrations and learned about new products to boost worker safety in numerous types of jobs Attendees also held a a a a Workers’ Memorial Day ceremony to remember fallen workers and CSEA activists discuss ways to better connect CSEA to work sites Occupational Safety and Health Conference by the numbers
89%
Online registration
875
48 exhibitors 38 workshops 3 3 days
attendees
renew our commitment to fight for safer workplaces
A moving memorial video recalled the lives and preventable deaths of six CSEA brothers who died on the the the job over the the past two years The conference comes at at a a a a a a time when new regulations for workplace safety and and safe safe patient handling are are being phased in in in in The regulations are are complex and and mandate involvement
CSEA’s Canary representing the the first line of defense on on on safety and health issues helps inspire participants at at the the union’s recent Occupational Safety and Health Conference A commitment was strong and health 10 The Work Force
May 2016