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ICWU Center for Workers Health and Safety Grand Opening

ICWUC Center for Worker Health and Safety Education Expands

In 1988 the ICWU Center for Worker Health and Safety Education opened its doors and began training members of the consortium partners, ICWU and USWA. Back then it was a partnership of two labor organizations and the University of Cincinnati with just a few training sessions a year. Today the consortium has grown to seven labor groups with more than seventy five training sessions so far this year. The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences offers the primary federal grant funding to ICWUC and other grantees to train workers, employers and communities primarily in chemical emergency response.

The consortium partners today are International Chemical Workers Union Council (ICWUC), United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW), Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU), American Federation of Teachers (AFT), American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), National Nurses United (NNU), American Nurses Association (ANA), and the University of Cincinnati (UC). 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The NIEHS Worker Education Training Program (WETP) uses workers to train workers in health and safety related issues and interactive adult education techniques. The majority of the Center’s full time staff comes from workplaces represented by the consortium partners and the backbone of the training program success is the worker trainers. After worker trainers attend training sponsored by the Center they then participate in extensive train the trainer training. The worker trainers then are charged to provide training at the local level, for their employer or in the communities in which they live. The worker trainers also offer the consortium partners and government agencies like NIEHS, FEMA, DOT and others a network of quality trainers across the country.   NIEHS also funds a Department of Energy and Disaster grant with other funding from the DOT, Knoxville, TN and OSHA grants.

From a fulltime staff of five back then to sixteen today; from no worker trainers back then to hundreds today the Center has become a nationally recognized leader in occupational safety and health training.

On June 30 official ceremonies were held dedicating new space on the second floor of the same building where ICWUC Center for Worker Health and Safety Education began.  We still occupy the sub-basement where chemical spill response simulation training is conducted, and the basement for the primary classroom as well as office space for some of the staff.

The new second floor space, which cost approximately $200,000, offers an eighteen station computer lab for PLUME Mapping/CAMEO/ ALOHA software training, Incident Command training and other computer related safety and health training.  Also located on the second floor are a conference room, dedicated space for high volume printing/copying and additional office space for staff.  This means that the ICWUC/UFCW has the facility and staff that can provide our members, as well as our consortium partners, the most advanced health-and-safety training for years to come. 

Hallway and breakout space pictured above	Computer Lab pictured above
Looking out at Fourth & Race in Cincinnati pictured above	Conference Room pictured above

 

Click here for more photos from the dedication.