CWA/USW Health, Safety and Environment Conference Scheduled for March

The 2015 CWA/USW Health, Safety and Enviroment Conference will be held March 9-13, at the Pittsburgh Convention Center and Westin Hotel in Pittsburgh, PA. Designed for participation by local union occupational health and safety activists, the conference will emphasize increasing participant knowledge and skills and developing strategies to improve day-to-day member working conditions.

The joint conference convenes on Monday, March 9, with an all-day, union-only session. Monday's plenary session and workshops will be followed by a special CWA meeting. All plenary sessions and workshops afterward, from Tuesday, March 10, through Friday, March 13, will be joint labor-management (per collective bargaining agreements between the USW and represented employers, management health and safety representatives participate in the conference.)

Workshop sessions conducted Tuesday through Friday will target various specialized topics such as a Union Approach to Health and Safety Committees, Industrial Hygiene, Ergonomics, Heat Stress, Lead, and Labor and the Environment. Occupational and environmental health and safety remains a key concern for our members and the joint conference will expand our opportunities to improve the Union's health and safety programs.

The conference will end at noon on Friday.

Click here for the registration website and conference logistics.