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/For 28 years, the USWTMC has received Nuclear Worker Training Program grants from the NIEHS and the DOE to train current and future atomic workers./
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For 28 years, the USWTMC has received Nuclear Worker Training Program grants from the NIEHS and the DOE to train current and future atomic workers.
For 28 years, the USW’s Tony Mazzocchi Center (TMC) has received Nuclear Worker Training Program grants from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to train current and future atomic workers.
For 28 years, the USW’s Tony Mazzocchi Center (TMC) has received Nuclear Worker Training Program grants from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to train current and future atomic workers.
Atomic workers have specialized training so they can protect themselves and the public from exposure to hazardous and radioactive substances being removed from former nuclear weapons sites, used in the production of nuclear fuel and deposited in an underground salt repository in Carlsbad, N.M.
Atomic workers have specialized training so they can protect themselves and the public from exposure to hazardous and radioactive substances being removed from former nuclear weapons sites, used in the production of nuclear fuel and deposited in an underground salt repository in Carlsbad, N.M.
For 28 years, the USWTMC has received Nuclear Worker Training Program grants from the NIEHS and the DOE to train current and future atomic workers.
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/For 28 years, the USWTMC has received Nuclear Worker Training Program grants from the NIEHS and the DOE to train current and future atomic workers./
For 28 years, the USW’s Tony Mazzocchi Center (TMC) has received Nuclear Worker Training Program grants from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to train current and future atomic workers.
For 28 years, the USW’s Tony Mazzocchi Center (TMC) has received Nuclear Worker Training Program grants from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to train current and future atomic workers.
Atomic workers have specialized training so they can protect themselves and the public from exposure to hazardous and radioactive substances being removed from former nuclear weapons sites, used in the production of nuclear fuel and deposited in an underground salt repository in Carlsbad, N.M.
Atomic workers have specialized training so they can protect themselves and the public from exposure to hazardous and radioactive substances being removed from former nuclear weapons sites, used in the production of nuclear fuel and deposited in an underground salt repository in Carlsbad, N.M.
Worker involvement drives Tony Mazzocchi Center training
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Worker involvement drives TMC training
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For 28 years, the USWTMC has received Nuclear Worker Training Program grants from the NIEHS and the DOE to train current and future atomic workers.
For 28 years, the USW’s Tony Mazzocchi Center (TMC) has received Nuclear Worker Training Program grants from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to train current and future atomic workers.
For 28 years, the USW’s Tony Mazzocchi Center (TMC) has received Nuclear Worker Training Program grants from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to train current and future atomic workers.
Atomic workers have specialized training so they can protect themselves and the public from exposure to hazardous and radioactive substances being removed from former nuclear weapons sites, used in the production of nuclear fuel and deposited in an underground salt repository in Carlsbad, N.M.
Atomic workers have specialized training so they can protect themselves and the public from exposure to hazardous and radioactive substances being removed from former nuclear weapons sites, used in the production of nuclear fuel and deposited in an underground salt repository in Carlsbad, N.M.
For 28 years, the USWTMC has received Nuclear Worker Training Program grants from the NIEHS and the DOE to train current and future atomic workers.
For 28 years, the USW’s Tony Mazzocchi Center (TMC) has received Nuclear Worker Training Program grants from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to train current and future atomic workers.
Atomic workers have specialized training so they can protect themselves and the public from exposure to hazardous and radioactive substances being removed from former nuclear weapons sites, used in the production of nuclear fuel and deposited in an underground salt repository in Carlsbad, N.M.
The Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers (OCAW) union first applied for the grant in 1992 because it represented thousands of workers in DOE’s nuclear complex. After the union underwent two more mergers, TMC was created and continued applying for and administering the grant.
Ashlee Fitch, TMC’s director, develops relationships with NIEHS and DOE, and explains to officials that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) can only do so much to improve workplace conditions; additional health and safety training is needed as well to help prevent incidents from occurring.
The TMC re-applied for the five-year grant last fall, and requested funds to maintain its training program and to protect members against emerging health and safety issues like opioid addiction, Fitch said. A decision on the amount of funding will come this May.
“NIEHS and DOE know that worker-led health and safety instruction and worker involvement in this training help convey that health and safety is important and that training can help change happen at the site level,” she said.
Local union involvement
Atomic locals develop relationships with their contractors, see which resources are needed to protect their members, and advocate for TMC training. Some contractors like computer-based training because the DOE reimburses them for it, but the locals point out the benefits of person-to-person and hands-on training: People retain what they learn better because they are active participants in their learning.
“I think that members and their local unions also understand the need for the next generation of workers to be aware of their rights and the health and safety hazards at the sites. That’s their motivation for doing health and safety training in their communities,” Fitch said.
Atomic locals at Portsmouth, Ohio, Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Erwin, Tenn., have conducted health and safety classes in their communities to help prepare future employees for careers at their sites.
More classes offered
Later this year, the TMC is conducting its second class for nuclear health and safety representatives. The first one,...
