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Ruth Ruttenberg, PhD, George Meany Center for Labor Studies-National Labor College, 10000 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20903, 301-431-5448, rruttenberg@georgemeany.org, Don Dudley, BA, George Meany Center-National Labor College, American Flint Glass Workers Union, 10000 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20903, Irwin Gill, BA, George Meany Center-National Labor College, Public Services International Union, 10000 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20903, Ed Kasper, BA, George Meany Center-National Labor College, Sheet Metal Workers International Association, 10000 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20903, and Jane Wolski, BA, George Meany Center-National Labor College, International Association of Machinists, 10000 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20903.
Four recent alumni of the George Meany Center for Labor Studies-National Labor College, with majors in occupational safety and health, present their senior thesis research. These students have unique access to the attitudes and activities of rank-and-file trade unionists, as they are members of trade unions themselves: American Flint Glass Workers, Public Services International, International Association of Machinists, and Sheet Metal Workers International Association. Each of these papers is both activist-oriented and scholarly – a unique blend of advocacy and original research meant to improve safety and health for themselves and their union brothers and sisters. Proposed for the 2004 meetings of the American Public Health Association is a panel of four student papers, moderated by a member of the college faculty.
Motivated by her own injuries, Jane Wolski developed a comprehensive guide of reservations computer work station solutions to prevent upper extremity injuries.
Irwin Gill, from Trinidad and Tobago, developed and tested a system to do safety and health audits at waste water treatment plants.
In order to reduce the risks of respiratory disease among welders, apprentice instructor Ed Kasper developed a teaching module for sheet metal apprentices.
Don Dudley documented the advantage in safety and health training when workers trained other workers at a glass factory in Louisiana.
Ruth Ruttenberg, the panel moderator, faculty, National Labor College, is responsible for advising students during the research and writing of their theses. She has worked and written in the field of occupational safety and health for 30 years.
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Keywords: Occupational Health Programs, Workplace Safety
Related Web page: www.georgemeany.org
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.