Almost half of all American adults—90 million—struggle with basic reading, math, and reasoning skills. For example, many workers cannot understand the information in a Safety Data Sheet (MSDS), a key source of information about chemical hazards on the job. This resource was developed to: Introduce health and safety trainers to the experiences and training needs…
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Bargaining Language:
Worker and Union Rights
This page includes sample contract language taken from actual collective bargaining agreements to address or reinforce core worker and union rights in the contract. Use the index on the right to scroll through a list of the topics included. (NOTE: The 2024 update on this section is in process, and new language will be added…
Bargaining Language:
Specific Hazards
This page includes sample contract language taken from actual collective bargaining agreements to address a variety of specific health and safety hazards. It includes new language on emerging issues such as infectious disease, introduction of new technology, and hazards related to climate change. Use the index on the right to scroll through a list of…
Preparing for Bargaining
Building a contract campaign for health and safety Often, unions approach collective bargaining as a technical process led by experts in negotiations. When union leaders instead approach bargaining using an organizing campaign framework, it can most effectively build the union, increase member participation, and win concrete improvements on health and safety. A contract campaign –…
Workers’ Comp Reports
In theory, workers’ compensation benefits are provided to injured workers quickly and easily. Evidence in recent years, however, suggests that many occupationally injured workers have trouble obtaining the benefits that they are entitled to receive. Many of the workers’ difficulties stem from problems in fully understanding their rights and knowing what steps to take to…
LOHP History
LOHP was launched in 1974 by the Center for Labor Research and Education to assist the Northern California labor movement in understanding and exercising their rights under the new OSHA law that had just recently passed. In 2019, the Labor Occupational Health Program (LOHP) celebrated its 45th year of service to workers, labor and the…
Training for Action
A centerpiece of LOHP’s work over the last 48 years is direct worker engagement and leadership development to transform the role workers play in their worksites and communities. Our training programs build knowledge and skills that enable workers to take individual or collective action. We also build the capacity of unions and community organizations to…