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Health and Safety

April 2002
Governor signs 'whistle-blower' law
PSC pair honored for their safety vigilance
Help fight cancer

March 2002
Conference provides ideas for safety toolbox
Catalyzing ideas for safer schools
Whistle-blower win for workers and patients
NYSUT makes heart-felt case for defibrillator bill to become law
Unions help boy needing transplant
Seeking health-educator comments

February 2002
Unionist urges attention to nursing shortage
Ground Zero schools try to return to normal
Regents weigh in on forced overtime for nurses
New standards eyed for health, reading teachers

January 2002
Major legislative victory helps SUNY hospitals and psychologists
Union survey shows extent of SRPs' injuries
Drug prices reflect cost of advertising
Congress approves nursing incentives
Educators discuss strategies for Asperger Syndrome

December 2001
One teacher's goal: in every school, a device to save lives
Union members respond to plane crash
NYSPA responds with bilingual mental health professionals

November 2001
Teacher, student blame odd mail for burns
Health and safety chairwoman gains rapport with workers
Union monitors health, safety of reopened schools
School secretaries worry about terror war's front lines
Bill addresses foot-dragging on generic drugs
NYSUT a strong presence in fight against breast cancer

October 2001
Help for schools' 'quiet heroes'
Work together to contain health-insurance costs
Answering your health care questions
Union monitors health concerns as college reopens

September 2001
Ground Zero: Nurses prepared for the worst
NYSUT survey polls victims of job-related pain


School Year 2000-2001

Health-care unionists take their case to state legislators. May 23, 2001.

Needle law kicks in; Ergo fight continues. April 25, 2001.

July 1 deadline for violence prevention and response plans. April 11, 2001.

NYSUT workshops focus on mold, construction, special ed problems. March 28, 2001.

Lubin heads task force on prescription drugs. February 14, 2001.

Schools face deadline to draw up 'codes of conduct'; Teachers will get the authority to remove disruptive students. January 31, 2001.

Organizing continues at Albany Medical Center. January 31, 2001.

FNHP/NYSUT helps heal cuts in Medicare funding. January 31, 2001.

Fulton students run for health and fun. January 31, 2001.

Nursing shortages hit Albany. November 22, 2000.

Historic needle-stick laws signed. November 22, 2000.

Union looks for a preventive victory to require safer hypodermic needles. October 25, 2000.

BOCES leaders concerned about violence and safety. October 11, 2000.

Union battles for accountability on construction. October 11, 2000.

Monitoring mold problems. October 11, 2000.

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