News

Search News

Topics
Date Published Between

For the Media

For media inquiries, call CWA Communications at 202-434-1168 or email comms@cwa-union.org. To read about CWA Members, Leadership or Industries, visit our About page.

CWA Occupational Health and Safety Conference

To: All Local Presidents

Subject: CWA Occupational Safety and Health Conference

The 2007 CWA Occupational Safety and Health Conference will be held March 23-25, 2007, at the Holiday Inn on the Hill in Washington, D.C. immediately before the Union's Legislative Conference, March 25-28, 2007.  This will allow our safety and health, and legislative activists to participate in both conferences.  Such participation will assist activists in broadening our work and linking occupational safety and health and legislative activities.

The Occupational Safety and Health Conference will focus upon issues such as CWA's Stewards Army: the role of occupational safety and health activists, union and labor-management workplace safety and health committees, occupational safety and health education and training, using your OSHA rights, and state initiatives.  Also, during the  Conference, panel sessions and workshops on "Occupational Safety and Health Strategies and Successes," "Electrical Hazards within the Telecommunications Industry," and "Using Workplace Safety and Health within the Collective Bargaining Process to Help Build and Strengthen the Union" will be held.

Please return the completed registration form and fee of $100 by Monday, March 5, 2007, to the attention of David LeGrande, the Union's Safety and Health Director.

Hotel reservations must be made directly with the hotel.  Room rates are $149 plus tax for single or double accommodations.  Hotel reservations must be made by February 22, 2007.

If you have any questions regarding the conference, please contact David, at the above address, E-mail: legrande@cwa-union.org, or via phone: 202-434-1100.

Larry Cohen
President

 

AGENDA

CWA Occupational Safety and Health Conference

Holiday Inn on the Hill

Washington, D.C.

March 23-25, 2007

                                                                                               

 

 Friday, March 23  
 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.  Conference Registration
 Pre-Conference Train-the-Trainer Sessions -  
 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

 

"Power Awareness Refresher Training-Electrical Safety"
Micki Siegel de Hernandez, Director, CWA District 1
New York State Occupational Safety and Health Program
Joe Dunn, Retiree, CWA Local 1123
Dave LeGrande, Director
CWA Occupational Safety and Health Department

"Emergency Response/Hazardous Materials"
Ken Oldfield, Instructor, Center for Labor Education and Research, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Charlie Barrett, CWA Representative
CWA Occupational Safety and Health Department

 
 2:45 - 3:00 p.m. Break
 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.  Conference Registration (continued)
 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.   

Conference Convenes

Call to Order- David LeGrande, Director
CWA Occupational Safety and Health Department

Welcoming Remarks
Jim Clark, President
IUE-CWA Division

Larry Cohen, President

 
 8:00 - 10:00 p.m.  Reception
 Saturday, March 24  
 8:30 - 8:45 a.m.

 

Conference Convenes
David LeGrande

 
 8:45 - 9:15 a.m.   Peg Seminario, Director, Safety and Health, AFL-CIO
 9:15 - 10:45 a.m. 

 

Panel:
"Electrical Hazards within the Telecommunications Industry"
Micki Siegel de Hernandez, Director, CWA New York State Occupational Safety and Health Program
Joe Dunn, Retiree, CWA Local 1123

 
 10:45 - 11:00 a.m. Break
 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

 

Panel:
"Indoor Air Quality"
Judith Murawski, Industrial Hygienist,
AFA-CWA Air Safety, Health, and Security Department
Mark Watson, Staff Representative, CCWA Local 1034
Charlie Barrett, CWA Representative,
CWA Occupational Safety and Health Department

 
 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Conference Luncheon
"Update on FMLA and ADA"
Mary O'Melveny, CWA General Counsel
 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.

 

Strategy and Discussion Sessions:
"Electrical Hazards"
Micki Siegel de Hernandez, Director, CWA New York State Occupational Safety and Health Program
Joe Dunn, Retiree, CWA Local 1123

"Indoor Air Quality"
Judith Murawski, Industrial Hygienist,
AFA-CWA Air Safety, Health, and Security Department
Charlie Barrett, CWA Representative,
CWA Occupational Safety and Health Department

"Using Your OSHA and Other Legal Rights"
Sharon Simon, Director, Occupational Safety and Health Program,
National Labor College
Dave LeGrande, Director
CWA Occupational Safety and Health Department

"Occupational Safety and Health Committees"
Helen Moss, Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program,
University of Oregon
Steve Gauthier, Chair, CWA Local 81201 Occupational Safety and Health Committee

"Ergonomics"
Joanne Wells, Chair, CWA Local 6201 Occupational Safety and Health Committee
John T. Young, Chair, CWA Local 9509 Occupational Safety and Health Committee

 
 3:30 - 4:00 p.m. Break
 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Strategy and Discussion Sessions (Continued)
 Sunday, March 25  
 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. 

 

Conference Convenes
David LeGrande

Panel:
Occupational Safety and Health Strategies and Successes to Help Build and Strengthen the Union"
Joe Petersen, CWA Representative and Co-Chair, CWA-Qwest Mutual Occupational Safety and Health Committee
Joanne Wells, Chair, CWA Local 6201 Occupational Safety and Health Committee
Dana McCarthy, Chair, CWA Local 1168 Occupational Safety and Health Committee

 
 10:30 - 10:45 a.m. 

Jeff Rechenbach, CWA Executive Vice President
 10:45 - 11:00 a.m.

 

Wrap-up
David LeGrande

 
 11:00 a.m. Adjournment