Title: APHA 2006 Annual Meeting Activities
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Section/SPIG: Occupational Health and Safety
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For a complete listing of OHS Section Sessions and Activities, visit the OHS Section Web site at: http://depts.washington.edu/oshalert/annual_meeting.htm. The full agenda should be available in a few weeks. All Section members will be notified. In the meantime, mark your calendars for the following:
Come To the Health & Safety Activist Summit
Nov. 4, 2006, 1:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Reception to follow till 9:00 p.m.
MASSCOSH Office Vietnamese American Community Center, 42 Charles Street, Suite F, 2nd Flr. Dorchester, MA 02122 (617) 825-7233
Come discuss, decide and participate in the H&S Activist Agenda
• What Actions can we plan for the following year to raise the bar for Worker H&S improvements?
• What Groups can work together in concerted activity to make a change for workers?
• How can we Collectively raise our voices to make a difference to stop dangerous working conditions?
Come participate in this forum, which builds on the momentum of the National COSH Network meeting (Nov. 1-4, 2006) and the start of the APHA OHS Section Business meeting (Nov. 5-8, 2006).
Participate with allies in Labor, COSH, Family Support Groups, Injured Worker Groups, Academic, Worker Training Programs, and Environmental Groups to plan and agitate for change.
Program includes:
• Guest Panel Discussion
• Participatory Breakouts
• Collective decisions to plan future actions There will be a reception from 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
The reception celebrates the early beginnings of the COSH movement. It is open to all.
Register today by sending an e-mail with your name, affiliation and contact phone number to: Laborsafe@aol.com.
Suggested donation is $20.