CWA Occupational Health and Safety Conference
January 19, 2007
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: 202-434-1160.
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 |
