August 2016
WEConnect Newsletter Archives
2016 09/14/2016 WEConnect: Stop TPP, Annual Awards Dinner, New Industrial Hygienists, Member Survey Reminder 08/10/2016 WEConnect: Oil Trains, Awards Honoree Profile, Chemical Safety, Intern Announcement 07/14/2016 WEConnect: 2016 WEC Awards Dinner, PEOSH update, Oil Train [...]
Privatizing Public School Custodians and Facility Management
With the average age of New Jersey's public schools at more than 50 years old and with many schools dating back to the turn of the 20th century, we are concerned that custodian privatization will [...]
New OSHA Silica Standard Must be Enforced
Right in the shadow of the New Jersey Statehouse, the workers were dry cutting the sidewalk concrete, unwittingly putting themselves and the public in danger. Silica exposure impacts thousands of workers; in New Jersey more [...]
Will EPA’s Updated Chemical Security Rule Make NJ Safer?
EPA should seize the opportunity to act to protect public safety and the environment from toxic chemical disasters. But will it apply the lessons learned in New Jersey? This spring, EPA proposed amending its Risk [...]
July 2016
Labor, environmental and community organizations join Senator Weinberg calling for oil train bill
Legislators and an alliance of concerned groups rallied to call for passage of legislation that would require transparency so the public would know about high hazard cargoes traveling through their communities. "The costs of a [...]
New Healthy Schools Now Campaign Organizer
The New Jersey Work Environment Council is pleased to announce the appointment of our new Healthy Schools Now Campaign Organizer. Jerell Blakeley most recently taught Civics and History at his alma mater, Trenton Central High [...]