2019 Projects
Washington, DC Area
Injuries and hazards faced by public sector workers in beverage retail stores and warehouses in Montgomery County, MD
Students:
Josie Gauthier & Madeline Kramer
Hosts:
United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 1994
Philadelphia
Our bodies matter: job hazards and pain reported by women housekeepers in the Philadelphia hotel industry
Students:
Chelsi Defoe & Lillian Hunter
Hosts:
UNITE HERE!, Local 274
New York City
Curriculum development for a safer cleaning awareness program for immigrant Latinx domestic cleaners
Students:
Jasmine Olivera & Gloria Perez
Hosts:
Make the Road New York and National Domestic Workers Alliance
Hartford, CT
Investigation of violence and assaults on transit workers
Students:
Julia Doncaster & Nina Franzen
Hosts:
Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 425
Boston
Development of a comparative health and safety survey for public employees
Students:
Eleanor Prickett-Morgan & Sheba Saji
Hosts:
Service Employees International Union, Local 888
Paducah, KY
Investigation of USW members’ exposure to lead and other hazardous substances at Paducah DOE facilities
Students:
Inga Furuness & Janelle Nystrom
Hosts:
United Steel Workers, Local 8-550
Cincinnati
Discussion of the concerns to potential occupational opioid exposure among workers employed at a Veteran Affairs health center
Students:
Yared Melesse & Liana Dixon
Hosts:
American Federation of Government Employees, Local 2031 and ICWUC
Chicago
Investigation of fast food industry hazards in Chicago
Students:
Esther Bier & Inez Dufresne
Hosts:
The Fight for 15
SF Bay Area
Prevention of Valley Fever in construction workers
Students:
Savannah Hunter & Ricardo Ramirez
Hosts:
State Building and Construction Trades Council of California
SF Bay Area
Investigation and prevention strategies of health and safety issues that day laborers face while waiting on location to be hired
Students:
Rubi Ramirez & Mariana Castro
Hosts:
Street Level Health Project
Las Vegas
Hazard assessment in the casino hotel industry
Students:
Sharee Lopez & Janet Herrera
Hosts:
Culinary Workers Union, Local 226
Los Angeles
Determining electro-magnetic frequency (EMF) wave exposures among set lighting technicians on television and motion picture sets
Students:
Eric Tu & Gabriel Lozano
Hosts:
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Local 728
Los Angeles
Investigation of health and safety concerns in the cannabis industry
Students:
Rosario Majano & Mason Wolf
Hosts:
United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 770