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Teens Lead @ Work
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TL@W Info Session #1
SEXUAL & RACIAL HARASSMENT
Teens Lead @ Work Bar-B-Q!
On International Women's Day, Harpers Bazaar wrote an article that paralleled L.A.'s garment workers campaigns' to get more workplace protections in the 21st century to the efforts of New York garment workers at the onset of the 20th century to do the same (in the strikes that would become known as the Uprising of the 20,000). Both groups comprised a majority of female and immigrant workers; both faced exploitation, threats, long workweeks, and piecework pay. Though most industry production now takes place abroad, the article explained how an estimated 45,000 laborers continue to work in hazardous workplaces. Citing a 2016 report from the UCLA Labor Center, the Garment Worker Center, and the UCLA Labor Occupational Safety and Health, the article explained that surveys from hundreds of garment workers indicated that a majority of them worked in spaces that were so overwhelmed by dust accumulation and excessive heat from poor ventilation that it made it difficult for them to work – and even breathe. To address these issues, writer Chelsey Sanchez points toward the Garment Worker Protection Act, a piece of legislation that State Senator María Elena Durazo and advocates have introduced in the California legislature as Senate Bill 62 in December 2020. The legislation would expand liability to retailers, prohibit the practice of the piece-rate pay system, and authorize the Labor Commissioner's Bureau of Field Enforcement to investigate and cite guarantors for wage theft.
We're Hiring Teens! Teens Lead @ Work Information Sessions: Jan 13th, Jan 17th, and Jan 19th. Sign up for a session!
JOINT WORKER'S SERIES: Workplace Violence Wednesday, January 26, 2022 @ 5:30PM-6:45PM A Joint Virtual Event with Tompkins County Workers' Center*
* Attendance at this event counts towards eligibility requirements for a $40 gift card and HERO Certification.  Limited gift cards are available to early registrants.
JOINT WORKER'S SERIES: Sexual & Racial Harassment Wednesday, February 2, 2022 @ 5:30PM-6:45PM A Joint Virtual Event with Tompkins County Workers' Center*
*Attendance at this event counts towards eligibility requirements for a $40 gift card and HERO Certification.  Limited gift cards are available to early registrants.
Past Training
JOINT WORKER'S SERIES: Controlling Hazards Wednesday, December 15, 2021 @ 5:30PM-6:30PM A Joint Virtual Event with Tompkins County Workers' Center
JOINT WORKER'S SERIES: Workplace Safety in the Time of COVID-19 Wednesday, December 1, 2021 @ 5:30PM-6:30PM A Joint Virtual Event with Tompkins County Workers' Center
Gladding Braiding Products, Seguridad Con Substancias Quimical, September 25, 2021, 7PM-9PM
Youth Farm Health and Safety Training, July 28, 2021, Noon to 1:30pm
Office Ergonomics, Home Office Remote Assessment, July 9, 2021 9:30 am
Workplace Safety and Healthy Workshop for Young Workers, July 7, 1-3pm, Vines Gardens, Binghamton, A virtual event.
Village at Ithaca Health and Safety Training, July 6, 2021, 2:30pm to 4:00pm
COVID-19 Training June 24th, 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Workplace Safety and Healthy Workshop for Young Workers, June 3, 2021, 4-6pm, A virtual event.
New Roots Charter School Sexual Harassment Training, March 3, 2021, 12:45pm-1:30pm
Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Diversity and Inclusion at Work, Health and Safety Training with Tompkins Workforce NY on February 11, 2021 from 4:15pm-5:30pm
Training for Trainers Workshop, February 8, 2021 from 6pm-9pm
Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Diversity and Inclusion at Work, Health and Safety Training with Tompkins Workforce NY on February 4, 2021, 4:15pm-5:30pm
Workplace Safety and Healthy Workshop for Young Workers, July 7, 2020 1-3pm, Vines Gardens, Binghamton, A virtual event.
Workplace Safety and Healthy Workshop for Young Workers, June 3, 2020 4-6pm, A virtual event.
National COSH
Milk Cows, Not Workers! A Report
Dairy Workers Suffocating
Sexual Harrassment &
Undemocratic Workplaces
Segregation in America
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