Ensuring That Green Jobs are Good Jobs
@article{Beard2009EnsuringTG, title={Ensuring That Green Jobs are Good Jobs}, author={S. Beard}, journal={NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy}, year={2009}, volume={19}, pages={163 - 165} }
A priority of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences' (NIEHS's) Worker Education and Training Program (WETP) is to make sure that green jobs are good jobs: they must be safe jobs and must include strong safety training programs. The Laborers AGC Education and Training Fund (LAGC) of the Laborers International Union of North America has been a grantee of the WETP for years and has developed hands-on, peer-focused, state-of-the-art health and safety training for laborers in the… CONTINUE READING
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