Monday, May 13, 2024

Mental Health Equity & The Labor Movement


From the AFL-CIO: 

Top Cut:
On Wednesday, May 15, the Illinois AFL-CIO is uniting with labor activists from across the country for a webinar to discuss the relationship between mental health equity and the labor movement.

Why It Matters:
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and this webinar will offer thoughtful discussion on how union-negotiated contracts can ensure comprehensive mental health care for workers across industries. Panel members will touch on the importance of mental health equity, the resources that are available for workers and how union member-activists can use these tools to sustain movements for economic justice.

Cyndi Oberle-Dahm of the Illinois Federation of Teachers and Reggie Hubbard of Active Peace Yoga will moderate the panel. Participants will include Director of Leadership and Organizational Change Programs at the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization at Rutgers’ School of Management and Labor Relations Kasi Perreira (American Federation of Teachers [AFT]); Danielle Cook, firefighter, paramedic and member of the Associated Firefighters of Illinois Resiliency Committee; Paul Goodrich (Ironworkers), a founding member of Sobriety in the Trades; and Lorena Oviedo (AFSCME Council 31), a mental health clinician with the Chicago Department of Public Health.

Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Time: 4–5:15 p.m. CST
Where: Zoom webinar

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