Dear Health and Safety Activist:
The National COSH National Conference on Worker Safety and Health will take place in Baltimore, MD, on June 2-4, 2015. This conference has become the preeminent forum to bring activists from unions and advocacy organizations together to discuss strategies and next steps to advance worker health and safety.
We are now reviewing possible workshop topics based on current and crucial topics in safety and health. We’re also reviewing comments from previous conferences to identify our 2015 line-up. The list of topics currently under consideration is below. Please let us know of any other topics that should be included and/or if you want to propose facilitating a workshop.
Suggestions for workshop topics or proposals to facilitate a workshop should be submitted to Peter Dooley by December 31, 2014, at . Please complete the attached form if you are proposing to facilitate a workshop.
We look forward to working together to make this conference a great success.
National COSH Team
Mary Vogel, Jessica Martinez,
Peter Dooley, Roger Kerson
Tracks on the agenda: Wednesday and Thursday [4 sessions each]
1. Organizing and Health and Safety Track
2. Spanish Track
Other elective workshops:
1. Legal Rights [Basic and Advanced]2. H&S Committees – How can they be effective?
3. Third Party Lawsuits
4. Systems Approach to H&S Programs
5. Workplace Violence
6. Temp Worker H&S Issues
7. Young worker H&S Issues
8. Promoting Responsible Contractor Policies
9. Joint Employer Responsibility in H&S Compliance
10. Fatality Data - Public Access and Activist Response
11. Families of Lost Loved ones Participation
12. Climate Change and H&S Policy
13. Post Disaster Emergency Response
14. Infectious Disease Protections for all workers / 15. Chemical Hazards Reduction and Protection
16. Ag Workers H&S
17. Workplace Wellness Programs- Pros and Cons
18. Safe Patient Handling
19. Worker Center H&S Speak-out for H&S
20. Heat Stress
21. Whistleblower / Retaliation protections
22. Organizational factors that ruin health and safety programs
23. International H&S Issues
24. Workers Compensation [Basic and Advanced]
25. Social Media Communications for H&S
26. Rapid Media Response to H&S disasters/opportunities
27. Workers Memorial Week of Actions and Reports
28. Criminal Prosecution
National Council on Occupational Safety and Health
2015 National Conference on Worker Safety and Health
June 2 — 4, 2015
Maritime Institute ■ Baltimore, MD
Call for Workshop Proposals
Lead Facilitator’s Name ______
Lead Facilitator’s Email ______
Lead Facilitator’s Phone ______Cell ______
Lead Facilitator’s Organization ______
Have you previously facilitated this workshop? □ Yes □ No
If you answered yes to the previous questions, who was your audience?
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Please provide a brief bio for the lead facilitator (limited to 100 words):
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Names of other proposed co-facilitators:
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Please provide brief bio for co-facilitators (limited to 100 words – include attachment if necessary):
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What is the title for your proposed workshop (15 words or less):
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Please give a brief description of your proposed workshop (250 words or less):
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Please list the intended outcomes for the participants of your proposed workshop:
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Please provide a brief outline of your proposed workshop:
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Please select days that you are available to facilitate your workshop:
(Please select all available options. The Workshops Team will do their best to accommodate your request.)
□ Tuesday, June 2, 3:15 pm – 5:15 pm
□ Wednesday, June 3, 10:45 am – 12:45 pm
□ Wednesday, June 3, 2:45 pm – 4:45 pm
□ Thursday, June 4, 10:15 am – 12:15 pm
□ Thursday, June 4, 2:15 pm – 4:15 pm
Are you interested in facilitating your workshop twice during the conference? □ Yes □ No
Please indicate the materials you would like for your workshop:
(We will do our best to meet your needs, but will let you know about our ability to fill this request closer to the date of the conference.)
□ None
□ LCD Projector
□ Internet Connection
□ Whiteboard and Markers
□ Other: ______
Please submit to Peter Dooley by December 31, 2014, at .