2015 Projects

New York City

Assess the impact of the new mandatory sick leave policy on restaurant workers in NYC

Students:

Megan McConnell & Gladys Palaguachi

Hosts:

The Barry Commoner Center for Health and the Environment (BCCHE) of Queens College

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New York City

Identify impact of staffing levels, including overtime worked, on occupational injury and illness patterns in acute care hospitals in NYC

Students:

Thomas Cordon & Cristina Echeverria

Hosts:

SEIU United Healthcare Workers East (UHE)

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SF Bay Area

Investigate safety and health-related issues that airline service workers experience in their workplace environment at the San Francisco International Airport

Students:

Yvette Ramirez & Becky Tse

Hosts:

SEIU-USWW Airport Workers

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SF Bay Area

Investigate heat illness prevention among Laborer’s Union members

Students:

Mara Ortenburger & Aillen Zazueta-Bella

Hosts:

Laborer's Union Local 67

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SF Bay Area

Determine use of and access to paid sick days, and subsequent effects on occupational health and safety/workplace hazards

Students:

Anika Larson & Ornella Leukou Nzoutchoum

Hosts:

East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE)

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SF Bay Area

Evaluate the impact of nail salon owners and workers who have participated in the Nails Salon Collaborative to determine the benefits of working in a healthy nail salon

Students:

Tai Hoang & Lien Nguyen

Hosts:

Nail Salon Collaborative

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Los Angeles

Investigate sleep quality and H&S hazards of Pilipino home health aides while working in clients' homes

Students:

Citadel Cabasag & Rita Phetmixay

Hosts:

Pilipino Workers Center (PWC)

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Los Angeles

Identify “best practices” for implementing new H&S standards in healthcare and use findings to develop new curricula on Cal/OSHA’s new workplace violence prevention standard

Students:

Maria Camacho & Kareem Elzein

Hosts:

Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 121RN

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Los Angeles

Incorporate occupational health into care provision in community health centers

Students:

Josefina Flores & Sarah Jane Smith

Hosts:

St. John’s Well Child and Family Center

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Orange County

Investigate musculoskeletal disorders and other H&S concerns among hotel housekeepers and other staff

Students:

Julio Mora & Julissa Plascencia

Hosts:

UNITE HERE Local 11

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San Diego

Assess the working conditions of street food vendors in the City Heights area of SD

Students:

Bryan FitzGerald & Karen Munoz

Hosts:

The Employee Rights Center (ERC)

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Boston

Investigate occupational H&S issues and hazards facing immigrant and temporary agency workers

Students:

Carol Ochoa & Maia Rodriguez-Semp

Hosts:

Boston Workers Center/MassCOSH

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New Orleans

Investigate the labor and workplace conditions of Latino immigrant shipyard workers in Southeast Louisiana

Students:

Adam Kline & Dawn Surratt

Hosts:

New Orleans Workers’ Center, National Guestworker Alliance

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Chicago

Investigate hazards of temporary, low wage work in manufacturing and warehouse settings

Students:

Tessa Bonney & Samara Rivers

Hosts:

The Chicago Workers’ Collaborative (CWC), Warehouse Workers for Justice

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Marshfield, WI

Examine the different challenges of workplace H&S issues among immigrant workers in dairy agriculture

Students:

Elizabeth Steiner & Katherine Zielke

Hosts:

National Farm Medicine Center (NFMC)

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