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Labor Industry Networking Group

Industry Networking Groups provide member benefits and advantages...
As a National Safety Council member, you can play a safety leadership role in YOUR industry! The council has industry networking groups that are always looking for the expertise of safety professionals in a wide variety of industries. These groups provide many ways for you to network with professionals in your field, and share your safety knowledge with peers to help make your industry safer. Become a Member Today!

Purpose

Members of Labor Division work with hundreds of other union-based safety professionals and government regulators through administrative, professional and special interest committees to target various safety and health concerns within the labor community. Click here to learn more about the Labor Industry Networking Group. To learn about becoming a member of the National Safety Council and the Labor Industry Group, click here.

News & Events

Protecting Workers’ Lives Book

Written for union workers by union workers, Protecting Workers’ Lives: A Safety and Health Guide for Unions details how to recognize and eliminate hazards to protect yourself from occupational disease and injury. Learn how occupational safety and health committees work and how to utilize collective bargaining and your union contract to help improve workplace conditions. In addition to off-the-job safety information, the 3rd edition offers an extensive glossary of terms, index, and companion resource CD.

The companion CD contains the text’s appendixes with additional resources such as printable tables, forms and charts, links to industry websites, voluntary standards, as well as environmental policies.

Click here for more information on the Protecting Workers’ Lives Book

Labor Division Fall Meeting

Plans are under way for the 2008 Fall Labor Division Meeting, September 19-21 (IBEW Caucus – September 18). In addition to Division and Committee meetings, there will be several hours of safety & health training sessions available.

As always the Fall Labor Division meeting is a separate meeting in conjunction with the National Safety Council Congress and Exposition (Sept 22-25) and we encourage Division members to attend if possible. The Division is sponsoring and presenting valuable training sessions at this year’s Congress and you are encouraged to participate.

These are two separate meetings held in conjunction of each other and require separate registrations:

1. LABOR DIVISION FALL MEETING REGISTRATION
Fri - Sun, Sept 19-21:
ONLINE: http://www.congress.nsc.org Congress Registration Form, Blocks #1-4 & 8
$ 130 EARLY (BEFORE AUG 15)
$ 140 LATE (AFTER AUG 15)
Spouse Reception Only - $25.00
Spouse Reception and Luncheon - $75.00
(Refund requests for meeting registration must be received in writing on, or before, August 20)

2. NSC CONGRESS AND EXPO REGISTRATION
Monday - Wednesday, Sept 19-21
(This registration may be filled out on the same form at the same time as the Labor Division registration)
ONLINE: http://www.congress.nsc.org Congress Registration Form, Block # 1-5

HOTEL RESERVATIONS for either/or both events - Sheraton Park:
$173 SINGLE/DOUBLE HOTEL RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE BY AUGUST 15

ONLINE: http://www.congress.nsc.org Housing Registration Form
PHONE: 866-575-4156
EMAIL: nsc@ambassadors.com
FAX: 404-584-0685

MAIL: NSC Hotel Reservation Services c/o Ambassadors, 240 Peachtree St., Suite 22S10, Atlanta, GA 30303

QUESTIONS: CONTACT JUDY BERNARDI AT 630-775-2188, judy.bernardi@nsc.org

Division Projects & Report

The Labor Division presented at their meeting a presentation on Electrical Incidents and Fatalities. This presentation provided a detailed breakdown of injuries and fatalities caused in the labor industry by electrical current failure, exposure, fire and explosion, etc. Visit the Members only section to access the full PowerPoint presentation.