State health and safety training contract, July 1991 – June 1992

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STATE OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF LABOR [1] sectarian
CONTRACT SIGNATURE SHEET = non-Sectarian

CHARITY REGISTRATION # OR STATUS
FUNDING_305 Fund/pROGRAM_OSHT8E

SOURCE
90/91 $43,000 6/30/91

Year, Amount, Lapse Dat
91/92 $43,000 6/30/92 ;
Year, Amount, Lapse Date

Year, Amount, Lapse Date

607-277-5670

A. CONTRACTOR Tompkins/Cortland Labor Coalition Phone:
Address 109 West State Street, Ithaca, NY 14850
Liaison Person Carl Feuer/Robin Whittlesey Phone: 607-277-5670
Address 109 West State Street, Ithaca, NY 14850
B. NYSDOL
Liaison Person Ed Gynn Phone: 718-797-7677
Address One Main Street, Room 881, Brooklyn, NY 11201
S&S CONTRACTOR FUNDING $ gb .000
D. NYSDOL-NFA $
E. TOTAL OBLIGATION $ g6,000
F. CONTRACT DATES 7/1/91 Through 6/30/92
91/91 1 ORIGINAL 5.1
G. SUBMITTAL FY. ll MOD# [1 Modification to a Planning Grant

Type: | Formal LD In-house (AFB) [In-house (GM)

This Action ( x) Increases, ( ) Decreases, ( ) Does not Change the Amount of

Total Obligated Funds for this Contract by $ 43,000 to $,

Changes the Ending Date FROM _6/ 30/91 TO __ 6/30/92

AGENCY CERTIFICATION: “In addition to the acceptance of this contract, L also certify that original copies of this

signature page will be attached to all other exact copies of this contract.” -

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STATE OF NEW YORK )

County of ToM PAINS )

On the 10th day of June ; 1991

, before me personally came

Al Davidoff to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say

that he/she resides at Ithaca, New York , that he/she is

the Co-Chair

of _ Tompkins/Cortland Labor Coalition ,
(TITLE) (CORPORATE NAME)

the corporation described in and which executed the foregoing agreement, that he/she~
knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said agreement is such corporate

seal: that it was so affixed by order of the Board of Directors of said corporation, and that

he/sh€ signed his/hef name thereto by like order.

NOTARY PUBLIC

LINDA K. ANDREW
Notary —_ State of New York
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Qualified in ‘Tompkins ae
Commission Expires tytarel: 30, 1 oZ/
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APPROVED BY THE OFFICE OF THE APPROVED BY THE OFFICE OF THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF LAW 4 STATE COMPTROLLER, DEPARTMENT OF
AUDIT AND CONTROL

HAB-TE - 140 (5-91)

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TOMPKINS/CORTLAND LABOR COALITION

HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINING PROGRAM

Program Summary

This program is designed to assist in the elimination of
needless occupational health and safety hazards. This will be done
through a combination of activities:

training workers to identify, evaluate and protect themselves
against workplace hazards;

helping unions address workplace hazards and improve the
effectiveness of their safety and health committees;

implementing projects designed to reduce work-related
accidents and back injuries.

Program Design: Goals and Objectives
Activity I

ASSIST WORKERS TO IDENTIFY, EVALUATE AND PROTECT THEMSELVES
AGAINST WORKPLACE HAZARDS

GOAL #1: To educate office and clerical workers in Tompkins and
Cortland Counties about the occupational health and safety hazards
associated with office and clerical works and etosifrain these
workers about ways to reduce these hazards.

OBJECTIVE #1: To involve office and clerical workers in the
production and dissemination of a quarterly office workers
health and safety newsletter with a circulation of

approximately 1250.

OBJECTIVE #2: To expand connections between groups of
clericals, unorganized and organized, to further their efforts
to resolve health and safety problems.

OBJECTIVE #3: To conduct training sessions on an as needed
basis, dealing with the occupational hazards in office and
clerical situations, such as video display terminal usage,
stress and indoor air pollution.

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OAL #2: To educate teachers, school aides and other staff in area
schools about the health hazards in schools, and to assist these
workers in identifying ways to reduce these hazards.

OBJECTIVE #1: To hold a training conference dealing with the
health and Safety hazards in the schools. This conference
will be organized in conjunction with area unions, including
the Ithaca Teachers Association (NEA), the Cortland Union of
Teachers (AFT), the BOCES Employees Association, CSEA 812,
CSEA 855, and others.

GOAL #3: To Provide access to important health and safety

information to the general workforce in Tompkins and Cortland
Counties,

OBJECTIVE #1: To maintain and further develop a health and
safety resource center for use by workers in the two county
area. To respond to requests for assistance from individual
workers with health and safety concerns, and to act gas-.a
resource and referral service for these workers.

OBJECTIVE #2: To Provide on a regular basis articles on
important health and safety concerns for publication in the
Labor Coalition newspaper, as well as in other union

Coalition newspaper is distributed through Union channels to
7,000 workers in the two counties.

Activity II
ASSIST WORKERS TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THEIR HEALTH AND

SAFETY COMMITTEES AND TO ADDRESS WORKPLACE HAZARDS

GOAL #4: To assist in the formation and Ongoing effectiveness of
Union health and safety committees.

OBJECTIVE #1: To assist 175 forge workers represented by UAW
Local 1774 to strengthen their newly-formed union health and

safety committee, We will work with the committee on an
ongoing basis:

to ensure its effectiveness;
to maximize Participation by the rank-and-file;

to help create or strengthen mechanisms for resolving
health and safety Problems;

to help committee members gain access to the information
and resources they need;

to provide training on an as needed basis.

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OBJECTIVE #2: To assist other unions, as needed, who are
interested in establishing health and safety committees, or
who need help with the ongoing work of their committees.

OBJECTIVE #3: To develop and hold a Health and Safety Rep
Training course. This course will meet for four sessions and
cover such topics as: understanding and getting information
on workplace hazards: the regulatory framework for health and
safety; health and safety committees; contract language for
health and safety; getting action on health and safety
problems. This course will seek to train ten to twenty Health
and Safety Reps.

Activity III
ASSIST WORKERS TO REDUCE WORKSITE HAZARDS AND BACK INJURIES
GOAL #5: To provide assistance to at least three unions to reduce

worksite hazards and back injuries.

OBJECTIVE #1: To conduct three worksite training sessions for
workers represented by each of these unions.

OBJECTIVE #2: To work with the Unions to identify needed
changes in work design to reduce the possibility of back
injury, and to assist them in bringing these issues before
management.