141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

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Collective Action - Next Steps for Worker Health and Safety

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Oral
This late breaker session will focus on the most current topics in occupational health and safety policy. These include OSHA's recently proposed rule on crystalline silica, protections for temporary workers, and injury and illness prevention programs.
Session Objectives: List at least two hot topics in worker safety and health. Describe activities engaged in by government agencies, community-based organizations and labor unions related to those hot topics.
Panelists:
Moderator:
Linda Delp

10:30am
Key OSHA initiatives   

David Michaels, PhD, MPH
10:50am
Views from Organized Labor   

Peg Seminario
11:10am
Views from Community Coalitions   

Tom O'Connor
11:30am
Enhancing collective action   

Linda Rae Murray, MD, MPH

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Occupational Health and Safety

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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