ILGWU, Health and Safety Department, 1986-1988

File — Box: 2, Folder: 14

Scope and Contents

Minutes of Occupational Health and Safety Forum (also called Occupational Safety and Health Forum) Meeting, June 7, 1989, with list of attendees, mission statement, accounting statement; paper submitted to forum re drug abuse in the workplace by Chrysler Motors’ director of Occupational Safety and Health Services, April 25, 1989; memo from ILGWU Health & Safety director Betty Plattus asking to distribute information on new OSHA formaldehyde standards to all regional managers; training contract with NYS Dept. of Labor and production agreement with Shop Talk Productions for educational videotape in English, Spanish, and Chinese re fire hazards and musculoskeletal hazards; materials related to mental health and stress in the workforce: “New Options for Reducing Blue-Collar Stress,” by Arthur B. Shostak, professor of psychology, Drexel University, May 1984; brochure, participant list, bibliography for conference, “Workers and Their Mental Health: Strategic Planning for the Next Decade,” Columbia University School of Social Work, April 1986; press releases from U.S. Dept. of Labor re OSHA; memo to Mazur from Plattus re affiliation with Union Health Center, October 1, 1986

Dates

1986-1988

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

The ILGWU Records, except for publications and materials produced for publication, are restricted. Materials created prior to twenty years from the current date are open to researchers only with prior written permission from the Director of the Kheel Center; materials created during the past twenty-years are closed; the minutes of the General Executive Board are closed. For more information contact the Kheel Center.