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Also in Spring 2016
- Fighting Back: CWA Activists and Allies Are Taking on Wall Street and the 1 Percent
- Taking on Wall Street
- CWA Members Die On the Job
- CWA, Members of Congress, Allies Keep up the Fight Against the TPP
- Senator Sanders Pledges That as President, He Will Refuse to Sign the TPP
- We’re Holding Members of Congress Accountable for Their Votes on TPP
- Flight Attendants Fight for 10
- Piedmont Ramp Workers Focus on Safety
- CWA Health and Safety Training
- NY Nurses Push for ‘Safe Staffing’ Bill
- Appliance Park Lean Manufacturing Saves Jobs, Safeguards Workers’ Health and Safety
- NJ Governor Vetoes Leah's Law
What’s the Most Stressful Job in America? Ask a CWA Member
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CWA members do many of them, from emergency dispatchers and first responders (Number 1) to call center workers and telephone operators (Number 3) to social workers (Number 8) to probation officers (Number 16). The list was compiled for Business Insider using US Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET OnLine data.
A Health magazine survey found that nursing home and child care workers, social workers, health care workers and nurses face the highest rates of depression, with jobs that are heavy on stress, unpredictable or long hours, or little control.
Other surveys of the most stressful occupations included newspaper reporter, airline professionals, broadcasters, taxi driver and other jobs done by CWA members.