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Abstract #17671

What do we know about stress in assembly line work?

Jackie Nowell, United Food and Allied Workers Union, Washington, DC, , jnowell@ufcw.org and Dorothy Wigmore, CAW-McMaster Work-related Health risks study, McMaster University/Canadian Autoworkers Union, McMaster University, KTH 720, 1280 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON L8S 4M4, Canada, 905-525-910 x 27781, wigmore@mcmaster.ca.

Learning Objectives: Participants will have: 1. Discussed current knowledge and experiences of occupational stress amongst assembly line workers in the auto and meatpacking industries; 2. Listed some lessons from these experiences; and 3. Discussed possible actions and activities unions and researchers working with them can take to use these lessons and prevent occupational-stress-related CVD

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: None
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA