NYCOSH 2017 SAFETY & HEALTH SERIES: Forum on Bathroom Rights: Equitable Access and Health Risks in the Workplace
Thu, May 11, 2017 at 10:00 AM
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NYC CLC-NYCOSH 2017 SAFETY & HEALTH SERIES - Bathroom Rights: Equitable Access and Health Risks in the Workplace
While employers are required to provide bathrooms for workers, issues with access to bathrooms are commonplace. This is especially true for workers who work at mobile or transient workplaces, such as transit workers and construction workers (especially women). Many worker populations face diverse challenges with access to a bathroom, notably: injured and disabled workers; transgender and gender non-conforming people; and older workers at stationary work settings. Beyond this issue as a worker’s right, there are health concerns. This forum will explore the issue of access to the bathroom and the health risks associated with “holding it in.”
Thursday, May 11, 2017
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
UAW Region 9A
256 W. 38th Street, 12th Floor
(between 7th & 8th Avenues)
Manhattan
Panelists:
Ismail Nabeel, MD, MPH Dept of Environmental Medicine and Health, Mt. Sinai
Robin Gillespie, Consultant, Amalgamated Transit Union
Erin Sullivan, IBEW Local 3 Shop Steward
Sponsored by the New York City Central Labor Council (NYC CLC) and the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH).
These training sessions are made possible, in part, by a grant from the New York State Department of Labor, Contract #C150482 USW 4-406