Dolores Huerta Labor Institute

YOUNG WORKER LEADERSHIP ACADEMIES TO BE HELD IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY OF 2010

 

The University of California at Los Angeles and Berkeley, along with the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers Compensation, are once again sponsoring two 3-day all-expense-paid Young Worker Leadership Academies: January 28-30, 2010 (Berkeley) and February 25-27, 2010 (Los Angeles). These Academies offer a unique opportunity for young adults to become leaders and advocates for teen labor rights and health and safety.

 

Each Academy will bring together six teams of high school-aged youth (4 youth per team, plus an adult sponsor) from diverse communities in California. Participants will learn about how and why youth are injured at work, their rights on the job, and how youth can have an impact on public policy, at both the local and state level. As a first step, each team will plan a local action to promote teen worker safety during May 2010, Safe Jobs for Youth Month.

 

The organizers write, "Please encourage students you want to support for the Academy to form a team, and then complete and send in the application to our office by November 12, 2009. Each team must also have an adult sponsor who will attend the Academy and provide support to the team in planning and conducting their local activity. The application must also include the Adult Recommendation and Commitment form."

 

Go to www.youngworkers.org or to www.losh.ucla.edu to download the application materials. For information, please contact Diane Bush at (510) 643-2424 or dbush@berkeley.edu or Nancy Morales at (310) 794-5996 or moralesn@ucla.edu.

 

"SAFE JOBS FOR YOUTH MONTH" POSTER CONTEST and PSA CONTEST ANNOUNCED

 

The California Partnership for Young Worker Health and Safety has announced its annual Safe Jobs for Youth Month poster and PSA contests, open to all California youth between the ages of 14 and 18. Poster submissions are due by November 2, 2009, and PSA submissions are due by January 11, 2010. Please go to www.youngworkers.org for more information and to download the application materials.