By Laura Walter A new workplace violence prevention reference card from the Security Research Group offers a list of tips to assist in preventing and addressing workplace violence, from identifying behavioral indicators to outlining an action plan for responding to an active shooter. The free Workplace Violence Prevention reference card, which is available as a …
Back in the 1990s, “Not Your Father’s Labor Movement” was meant to signal organized labor’s break with the past—its bid for a new generation of workers, men and women, and for a new identity as a movement of multicultural, feisty vitality.
In 2012, it feels like an epitaph: at least our fathers’ labor movement had some power.
By Katherine Cabaniss This week, another shooting incident captured the attention of the country. The violence at the Empire State Building — a national landmark — in New York became the latest in a national list of tragedies of this type. Preliminary reports indicate that the shooter’s intent was to kill a former co-worker. The …
By Luke Williams The Federal Workplace Bullying Inquiry has been told Australian workers are getting soft and will litigate by the truckloads if new workplace bullying laws are introduced. ‘In every decade, there is a buzz word for some activity or malady within the workplace. In the 1980s, it was repetitive stress injury. Today RSI …
By Rita Papazian It is amazing how random acts of violence grab our attention and keep us mesmerized. We read every word in newspaper accounts or switch channels to hear repeated news reports. On the internet, we Google names to read more news accounts and commentary, and we scroll through the gruesome photos of bodies …
