Monthly Archives: September 2011

Corporate Efforts to Remove Workplace Safeguards Threaten Health, Safety, Quality of Life

Do you trust Wall Street and corporate CEOs to protect our jobs, living standards and clean air and water - or do you think public oversight is needed? Full Article by John Shinn, Director, District 4, United Steelworkers and a member of WEC Board of Directors September 21, 2011 - The Star Ledger

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New Jersey Issues Strong New Safeguards to Protect Health Care Workers and Patients from Lifting Injuries and Violence

On September 6, 2011, the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) issued landmark New Jersey regulations for safe patient handling and violence prevention in hospitals and nursing homes. See the Press Release here

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Work Environment Council

The New Jersey Work Environment Council (WEC) is an alliance of labor, community, and environmental organizations working together for safe, secure jobs, and a healthy, sustainable environment.

WEC links workers, communities, and environmentalists through training, technical assistance, grassroots organizing, and public policy campaigns to promote dialogue, collaboration, and joint action. Formed in 1986, WEC is the nation’s oldest state labor/environmental (or “blue/green”) coalition.

State affiliate of:

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CONTACT INFO

New Jersey Work Environment Council
172 W State Street
Second Floor
Trenton, NJ
08608

Phone: 609.882.6100
Email: [email protected]

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