Salada indigesta. 03 notícias em inglês
Police and Ambulance unions call for action on PTSD
Almost a year ago, the Police Association and the Ambulance Employees Association called on Police Minister Lisa Neville to introduce legislation under which Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSC) would be automatically accepted an occupational illness and facilitate their members having their workers' compensation claims accepted.
While Minister Neville seemed to support the change last June, according to Steve McGhie, ambulance union state secretary, the government has been preoccupied and it was no longer a priority. "I would say it is a priority issue for us," he said. "Sometimes with paramedics, the process is more damaging than the injury and it just complicates, exacerbates, the injury because they've got to fight tooth and nail for their claim and have to go over it time and time again."
Police Association secretary Wayne Gatt also called on the government to act. "Our members are still waiting too long for urgently needed treatment and we know that can have tragic consequences," Mr Gatt said.
Read more: Victorian government 'cold' on laws for police, paramedics with PTSD, say unions. The Age
Over 22% truck drivers experience mental health issues
The Transport Workers' Union has begun a plan to tackle mental health issues across the transport industry after a new survey showed over one in five truck drivers have said they experienced mental health problems. The initiative will provide training across the union to ensure organisers and delegates are equipped to deal with mental health issues among workers, and also move towards engagement of employers and clients on developing workplace policies on mental health.
The plan is one of a number focuses on the crisis in transport, along with low pay, poor conditions, and high injury and fatalities rates, which will be discussed by the Transport Workers' Union at the union's National Council in Fremantle this week.
"There are many reasons why transport workers are more vulnerable than other professions to mental health problems: long hours away from family and the stresses that puts on relationships; low pay and poor working conditions; and in the case of truck drivers, high injury and fatality rates. This initiative will seek to provide support to those living with mental health problems but also to make recommendations on what needs to be done to tackle them," said TWU National Secretary Tony Sheldon.
Read more: Information on driving and stress. Transport Workers Union Media Release
USA: The story of the brave "radium girls"
This was a popular story last week, so we've decided to re-run it. Just over a hundred years ago, young women painting watch dials with luminous radium paint not only started to literally glow in the dark themselves, but soon began to suffer terrible effects. This terrible story is another example of companies knowingly putting their workers' lives at risk and then doing everything they can to deny liability. However, it's also a story about how some of these women, some no older than girls, fought for justice, not only for themselves, but for the hundreds of others still at risk. Their brave and tenacious efforts finally led to a change in the US compensation laws.
Read more: The Forgotten Story Of The Radium Girls, Whose Deaths Saved Thousands Of Workers' Lives, Buzzfeed
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