The Federation's Ergonomic Training Project gives local union members the knowledge they need to work with their employers to make jobs safer. Under an Occupational Safety and Health Administration grant, the Federation trained 46 union members to take the message of ergonomics back to their co-workers and local unions. In turn, these trainers have shared their knowledge with several hundred activists in workshops on the job or at the union hall, and more workshops were scheduled through the summer months. Erica Rios of Working Partnerships trained temporary workers in San Jose. Dane Sheldon and James Lindsay of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1277 in Los Angeles trained the stewards of their local.
Some trainers are available to work with other unions.
San Jose Calif. School Employees Assn.