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AGENDA National Conference for Worker Safety and Health

2016 DAY 1: Tuesday, December 6

11:00am-1:00pm Conference Registration will continue till 7 PM 12:30pm-1:30pm Conference Opening Session

! Program Overview ! Language Justice Orientation ! Speak Out!

1:40pm-3:15pm WORKSHOP SESSION 1

1. Spanish Track: Building Our Movement! Organizing Campaigns Around Health and Safety Room A303 Alejandro Zuniga, Fe y Justicia Worker Center; Lou Kimmel, New Labor

2. Drug and Alcohol Testing in the Workplace – Things to Consider Lamont Byrd, Teamsters Room A111/1113

3. Disaster Preparedness and Response - Climate Change Room A302 Luis Vasquez, ICWUC; Jonathan Rosen, AJ Rosen & Associates LLC

4. Protecting Workers from Emergent Infectious Diseases Room A304 Panel: Bill Kojola, Retired AFL-CIO; Lisa Baum, NYSNA; Lula Odom, ICWUC; Patricia Strizak, MassCOSH

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5. Activist Campaigns Featuring Dairy Workers, Poultry Workers, Worker Fatalities - Organizing for Worker Power Classroom 2 Panel: Debbie Berkowitz, NELP; Alexandre Galimberti, OXFAM, Poultry Campaign; Bethany Boggess, Workers Defense Project, Worker Fatalities; Carly Fox & Rebecca Fuentes WJCNY, Dairy Workers; Moderator Linda Delp, UCLA-LOSH

6. Basic Track: Worker Health & Safety Rights Room A306 Mark Catlin, SEIU; Robyn Robbins, UFCW; Hector Flores, UCLA-LOSH

7. Advocates as Worker Representatives in OSHA Cases Deck A Randy Rabinowitz, OSH Law Project; Steve Sallman, USW; Andy Comai, UAW

8. Occupational Disease and the Dangers of Artificial Flavoring Chemicals Anne McGinness Kearse, Scott Hall and David Hoyle, Motley Rice LLC Room A307 Moderator: Richard Negri, Labor Side Communications

9. Roundtable Session 1: Diversity in OSH Work Classroom 3 ! Training Staffing Agencies to Protect Workers

Laura Stock, LOHP ! Language Justice & Worker Education

Deborah Rosenstein, UFCW ! Incorporating Cultural Competence into OSH Work

Jora Trang and Nicole Marquez,Worksafe; Gabriella Galicia, Street Level ! Sexual Harassment and Violence as an OSH Issue

Alejandra Domenzain, LOHP

3:15pm - 3:30pm BREAK

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3:30pm - 5:15pm Regional Roundtables Facilitated by COSH Representatives

1. New England Region - Tolle Graham, Brian Mitchell 2. New York – Germain Harnden, Nadia Molina 3. NJ, PA - Debbie Coyle 4. South - Jeanette Smith, Magaly Licolli 5. Midwest/Mountain 6. California- Doug Parker 7. Northwest - Jay Herzmark

5:15pm - 6:30pm Meet your OSHA Labor Liaison

Laura Kenny, OSHA Region 2; other Labor Liaisons; Jordan Barab 6:30pm - 7:30pm DINNER 7:00pm - 9:00 pm Workplace Health & Safety History Panel

Video Night - Recent H&S Activism Early OSH Movement Panel

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DAY 2: Wednesday, December 7 8:00am-9:00am Conference Registration 9:00am-10:30am Welcome and Conference Overview

Panel: Cutting Edge Issues and Taking Action Moderator: Linda Delp ! Climate Change, Roger Cook WNYCOSH ! Fatality Campaigns, Bethany Boggess, Workers Defense Project ! Young Workers in the OSH Movement, Rebecca Reindel, AFL-CIO ! Worker Center Campaigns, Martha Ojeda, IWJ ! Toxic Workplaces, Eve Gartner, Earth Justice

10:45am-12:45pm WORKSHOP SESSION 2

10. Spanish Track: Choosing Between Health & Survival: A Holistic Approach to Health & Safety for Day Laborers and Low-Wage Workers Gabriela Galicia, Street Level; Nancy Zuniga, IDEPSCA/SoCalCOSH

Room A303

11. Organizing Track: Health and Safety Tools in Organizing Campaigns Part 1 Basic Health & Safety for Organizers - Identifying Workplace Hazards and Workers’ Concerns Classroom 2 Eric Frumin, Change to Win; Tolle Graham MassCOSH; John Kang, SEIU

12. Hands-on Campaign Communications: How Home-Made Video and Grassroots Publicity Can Help Workers WIN on Health and Safety Room A304 Mark Catlin, SEIU; Roger Kerson, RK Communications

13. Workplace Violence Prevention Room A300 PANEL: Wendy Hord, NYSUT; Cecelia Gilligan Leto, New Jersey Work Environment Council; Matt London, Northeast New York Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health; Jane Thomason, National Nurses United. Moderated by Jonathan Rosen, AJ Rosen & Associates LLC

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14. Advanced Track: Thinking About Health and Safety in a Completely New Way: Why Worker Engagement Is the Most Important [and Often Missing] Component of Any Health and Safety Program Room A302 Jim Howe, Bill Hoyle

15. Is It the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth? Making Sense of the "New" Data Sheets Room A307 Steve Schrag, SEIU; Dorothy Wigmore, Occupational Health Clinical Center, Syracuse NY

16. Basic Track: Looking for Trouble - The Elements of a Model Comprehensive Workplace Health and Safety Program Room A306 Nancy Lessin USWTMC; Jim Frederick, USW

17. Workplace Fatality Crisis and Campaigns - Organizing for Worker Memorial Activism Deck A Bethany Boggess, Worker Defense Project; Martha Ojeda, IWJ; Steve Sallman, USW; Jonathan D. Karmel, The Karmel Law Firm

18. Roundtable Session 2 - Protecting Specific Worker Populations ! Advocating for Safe Patient Handling Classroom 3

Emily Gardner, Public Citizen ! How to Protect Outdoor Workers and Advocate for Those Protections

Diane Matthew Brown, AFSCME ! Connecting Labor and Environmental Groups Through Campaigns

Debra Coyle, New Jersey Work Environment Council ! Immigrant Workers: Protecting Health and Safety Rights

Emily Tulli, OSH Law Project; Nadia Marin-Molina, NYCOSH

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1:00pm-2:30pm LUNCH 2:45pm-4:45pm WORKSHOP SESSION 3

19. Organizing Track: Health and Safety Tools in Organizing Campaigns Part 2 Reports from the Trenches: Presentations about Specific Campaigns Tolle Graham MassCOSH; Eric Frumin, Change to Win; John Kang, SEIU Classroom 2

20. Spanish Track: Workplace Disaster Preparedness - Are We Ready/ Estamos Listos? Room A303 Luzdary Giraldo, NYCOSH; Silvia Maritza Ortiz, New Immigrant Community Empowerment

21. Legal Clinic: The OSHA Inspection Process, The Process Before the Complaint is Issued, Walk Around Rights Deck A Steve Sallman, USW; Andy Comai, UAW

22. Basic Track: Health & Safety Committees Room A306 Nancy Lessin, USWTMC; Jim Frederick, USW; Jay Herzmark; Mike Wright USW

23. Respirator Fit Testing and Other Things You Should Know About How to Protect Your Lungs at Work Room A304 Luis Vazquez & Lula Odum, ICWUC, Mark Catlin, SEIU

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Esther Lopez, International Secretary-Treasurer, UFCW Language Justice & the Worker Rights Activism Movement

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24. Advanced Track: Is Your Accident Investigation Program Based on Blame or Learning Lessons and Improvement? Room A302 Bill Hoyle; Jim Howe

25. Temp Worker Health and Safety Room A300 Al Vega, MassCOSH; Lou Kimmel, New Labor; Marsha Love, UIC

26. Climate Change and Disaster Response Room A307 Roger Cook, WNYCOSH; Katie Tracy, CPR

27. Roundtable Session 3 - Combating Workplace Violence: Experiences in the Field Classroom 3 ! ABCs for Preventing Workplace Violence

Patricia Strizak, MassCOSH ! Workplace Violence Prevention for Healthcare Workers

David Pratt, NYSNA; Kathy Hughes, SEIU ! Workplace Bullying

Wendy Hord, NYSUT 7:00pm-9:30pm Social Hour & Awards Banquet

Music by Jonathan and Annie Rosen with Luci Murphy/ Dance Party!!!!!

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DAY 3: Thursday, December 8

8:30am- 8:45am Overview of the Day 8:45am -10:00am PANEL: Governmental Agency Panel Moderated by Peg Seminario, AFL-CIO

! David Michaels, OSHA ! Rick Engler, Chemical Safety Board ! Diana Florence, Manhattan District Attorney's Office;

10:15am-12:15pm WORKSHOP SESSION 4

28. Organizing Track: Health and Safety Tools in Organizing Campaigns Part 3 Where do We Go From Here? Networking to Build Worker Power Classroom 2 Richard Negri, Labor Side Communications; John Kang, SEIU; Tolle Graham MassCOSH; Eric Frumin, Change to Win

29. Spanish Track: Health and Safety Based Retaliation - Rights, Obstacles, and Solutions Room A303 Nicole Marquez, Worksafe; Fernando Tapia, UFCW

30. The Ergonomics Crisis in Healthcare—Campaigns to Win Safe Patient Handling Protections in CA and NY Room A304 Jane Thomason, National Nurses United; Germain Harnden & Roger Cook, WNYCOSH

31. Worker Center Health & Safety Activism Room A306 Carolyn Morales, Arise Chicago; Martha Ojeda, IWJ; Lou Kimmel, New Labor

32. Advanced Track: Is the Way Your Organization Measures Safety Misleading? Are New Measures Needed? Why "Lost Time Injuries" Does Not Indicate Whether a Workplace Is Safe or Not Room A302 Bill Hoyle, Jim Howe

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33. Tweeting for Change: How to Build Support For Your Campaigns Through Social Media Deck A Roger Kerson and David Isaacson, RK Communications

34. Tools to Track Workplace Injuries and Illnesses, Identify Hazards and Prevent Retaliation: OSHA and Beyond Room A300 Bill Kojola, AFL-CIO Retiree; Nancy Lessin, USWTMC

35. Creating Effective Cell Phone Health and Safety Photos Room A307 Earl Dotter [Limit - 12 participants]*

36. Roundtable Session 4: Health and Safety Tools Classroom 3 ! How to Protect Oneself from Exposures to Mold

Rick Rabin & Milagros Barreto MassCOSH; Luis Vazquez, ICWUC ! Impacts of Climate Change on Worker Health and Safety in the US

Katie Tracy, CPR ! Enhancing Peer Education “Train the Trainer” Programs

Joseph Zanoni, UIC

12:30pm-2:00pm LUNCH

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Bill Fletcher, Labor and Social Justice Activist Safe Workplaces and Our Fight for Social Justice: Common Themes and Common Struggles

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2:15pm-4:00 pm WORKSHOP SESSION 5

37. Workers' Compensation Basics: Advocating for Injured Workers Jonathan D. Karmel, The Karmel Law Firm; Michael Lax, MD, Occupational Health Clinical Center, Syracuse NY; Debbie Berkowitz, NELP; Jonathan Rosen, Moderator Classroom 2

38. Spanish Track: Worker Center Health and Safety Committees Room A303 Milagros Barreto, MassCOSH Worker Center; Magaly Licolli, Northwest Arkansas Worker Center

39. Creating Effective Cell Phone Health and Safety Photos Room A307 Earl Dotter [Limit - 12 participants]*

40. Advanced Track: Human Error Myths – Why “Blame the Worker” Safety Programs Are Guaranteed to Fail – Killing and Injuring Workers Room A302 Jim Howe, Bill Hoyle

41. Campaigns Around Criminal Liability for Health & Safety Violators Room A300 Nadia Marin-Molina, NYCOSH; Diana Florence, Manhattan District Attorney's Office; Moderated by Katie Tracy, Center for Progressive Reform

42. Legal Clinic – The Legal Process After the Citations Are Issued, Settlements Randy Rabinowitz, OSH Law Project; Jim Frederick, USW Room A304

43. Workplace Mapping for Organizing: Layers to See the Workplace with New Eyes Room A306 Dorothy Wigmore, Occupational Health Clinical Center, Syracuse NY; Mark Catlin, SEIU

44. Roundtable Session 5 - Worker Health and Safety Topics Classroom 3 ! Employer "Wellness" Programs - Good or Bad?

Nancy Lessin, USW

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! Whistleblower Protection and Strengthening OSHA Dan Berman, author of Death on the Job

! Flint Lead-in-Drinking-Water Crisis - Teatro de Plomo Luis Vazquez

45. Strategies to Build Alliances Between Labor and Environmental Groups Debra Coyle, New Jersey Work Environment Council Deck A

4:15pm-5:00pm Closing and Evaluations 7:00pm-9:00pm Networking Meetings