Train the Trainer Program on Workplace Health and Safety For

Bi-Lingual (Spanish-English) Union Trainers

Co-Sponsored by the Labor Safety and Health Training Project of the

George Meany Center for Labor Studies – National Labor College

and

Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA)

February 8 – 13, 2004

10:00 a.m. Sunday – 4:00 p.m. Friday

George Meany Center for Labor Studies, Silver Spring, Maryland

WHAT: A six-day “train the trainer” program on workplace health and safety using a participatory popular education approach. The program will be conducted primarily in English; Spanish language materials will be provided. Participants will learn the fundamentals of workplace health and safety, with a focus on the topics below. They will also learn how to teach or facilitate classes on these subjects for other union members. Specific topics to be covered include:

  • Worker and Union Roles in Workplace Safety and Health
  • Identifying Hazards in the Workplace
  • Legal Health and Safety Rights of Workers and Unions
  • Recordkeeping (OSHA 300 Log) Requirements
  • Introduction to Ergonomics
  • Effective Health and Safety Committees

WHO: This program is for bilingual (Spanish – English) union activists, staff, and local union health and safety representatives who would like to teach their Spanish-speaking membership about workplace health and safety issues. The program will have approximately 20 participants. Participants must be sponsored by their union or organization and must agree to facilitate safety and health training in their union or organization. The union or organization must make a commitment to support the participant in doing health and safety training for its members.

WHERE: George Meany Center for Labor Studies in Silver Spring, Maryland.

WHEN: February 8 – 13, 2004. The program will begin on Sunday at 10:00 a.m. and will run through 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Participants are expected to arrive on Saturday, February 7.

COST: $1000, which includes a single room for six nights (Saturday-Thursday) and all meals (cost per person for a double room is $730). For commuters, the cost is $250, which includes lunches and dinners. There is no charge for tuition or materials.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: Financial assistance is available; see information on application form.

HOW TO APPLY: Fill out the attached application form, sign it and also have your sponsoring organization sign the application.

WHEN TO APPLY: By December 20, 2003.

QUESTIONS: Contact Sharon Simon at the George Meany Center at 301- 431-5414, or at .

ENROLL SOON – SPACE IS LIMITED!