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PSC Health and Safety
Coordinators/ 2009-2010

Joan Greenbaum, Co-Chair

Jean Grassman, Co-Chair

Jacqueline  Elliot

Bob Wurman

Contact us at:

Email: hswatchdogs@pscmail.org  

Telephone: 212-354-1252  (Ask for Health and Safety)

NEWS:

• BCC Hall of Shame

  Bronx Community College faculty, staff and students face all kinds of health and safety problems on campus – not enough potable water, too many squirrels living in their offices, not enough heat, too much heat, unclean bathrooms… and more. On Tuesday, November 24th they catalogued some of the problems on a “Hall of Shame” and encouraged their colleagues and classmates to sign petitions to the legislature.  Photo Story.

  The January 2010 Clarion has a feature story on the BCC health and safety problems (page 12).  Click the image to the left for the January Clarion. UPDATE:  In response to the pushback from the BCC chapter, the BCC administration has begun to take remedial steps.  Click here for a memo from Mary Rogan, the labor designee,to Chapter Chair Nikki McDaniel

   
• Swine Flu: Is the University Ready?
  
  The Health and Safety Committee now has a H1N1 Taskforce. Click here for overview on how to protect our campuses.
  
  The PSC is pushing City and CUNY officials to do more on H1N1 prevention and preparedness. PSC President Barbara Bowen gave testimony before a NYS Assembly committee on Tuesday, 10/13. The union is asking members to report on swine flu preparedness on every campus – help us by reporting your conditions here.
  
  Click here for article in the September '09 Clarion and here for an update in the October '09 Clarion.

Two Important websites:

New York City Department of Health information, including a locator for local health services and information about the vaccines.

The Center for Disease Control’s website is extremely useful about flu in general and the strand of H1N1.  The link  takes you to the specific recommendations the CDC makes for institutions of Higher Education.  These are the things that CUNY should be doing on campuses.

INCIDENT REPORTS:

• How to report health and safety problems at your campus and/or workplace

RESOURCES:

• Health and safety links

CALENDAR:

• PSC Green Team, Wednesday, May 19, 6 pm, PSC Union Hall, 16^th floor. Light dinner will be served.
  
  Special Guest Speaker, Kenneth Gould, Chair, Department of Sociology, Brooklyn College. 
  
  Topic: Sustainability Requires Environmental Justice - How Unions Can Play a Role. 
  
  To reserve a space or for additional information contact the PSC/CUNY Environmental H&S Watchdogs at hswatchdogs@pscmail.org or 212-354-1252.

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