A new paper explores the relationship between paid leave among manual laborers and preventive care, including dental services.
Public Health Practice
Journalist Ken Ward, Jr. awarded prestigious “genius grant,” community health and worker safety his forte
I’ve often thought of journalist Ken Ward, Jr. as a genius. Now it is official.
Worker Health & Safety
Bryan, Texas: Protesters wearing diapers demand bathroom breaks for poultry workers
Poultry workers at Sanderson Farms in Bryan, Texas want better working conditions, including access to the bathroom when their bladders and bowels demand it.
Worker Health & Safety
Perils of working in somebody’s house: Home care aides and slips, trips, falls
A new paper examines the experiences of home care aides with on-the-job slips, trips, and falls. Effectively addressing the hazard might require the aide to cajole a client’s family to change their behavior.
A new book features 500 photographs by Earl Dotter that capture the dignity, pride and hazards of work.
Focus groups involving non-union casino hotel workers in Las Vegas reveal longevity at their current jobs while also experiencing conditions that negatively affect their health and safety.
Labor Rights
Senator asks Supreme Court nominee “What’s the dirtiest, hardiest job you ever did in your life?”
Harsh working conditions in meatpacking plants set the scene for questions by Senator Dick Durbin of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
For the seventh consecutive year we prepared a yearbook to recount the best journalism, peer-reviewed literature, and reports from organizations on worker health and safety topics in the U.S. The yearbook was released on Labor Day 2018.
Worker Health & Safety
States, localities at forefront of new worker safety and health protections, OHS yearbook profiles many of them
The “Year in U.S. Occupational Health & Safety,” which was released on Labor Day, profiles more than a dozen victories in states and localities to advance protections for workers.
Worker Health & Safety
New federal policies on worker health and safety, enforcement action recapped in OHS yearbook
The “Year in U.S. Occupational Health & Safety,” which was released on Labor Day, recaps the significant federal policy changes and activities over the past 12 months that affect injury and illness protections for workers.