Throughout September, the America’s Work Force Union Podcast covered different Unions' efforts to provide mental health and suicide prevention awareness to members. We featured several expert guests from various unions and union consultants. On today’s episode, you’ll hear the highlights from our expert interviews. The experts included this month are listed below. To hear their original interviews, you can click on the guest’s name.
- Dr. Sally Spencer-Thomas, Clinical Psychologist
- Chris Carlough, Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation MAP Program Coordinator, SMOHIT
- Tony Vitiello, Member Assistance Coordinator, Teamsters Cares
- Chris Tobin, Executive Director, United Soccer League Players Association
- Sonya Bohmann, Executive Director, Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide Prevention
- Jimmy Williams Jr., General President, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
- Jamie Becker, Director of Health Services, Laborers Health and Safety Fund of North America
- Henry Howard, Deputy Director of Media and Communications, American Legion
- Pete Ielmini, Executive Director, Heat and Frost Insulators Labor Management Cooperation Trust
- Alexandra Jacobi, Director of MAP, International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
- Roy Liggett, Contractor, Teamsters Airline Division
There are many issues facing members of unions when it comes to seeking assistance and appearing weak. Here’s the list of our expert guests who spoke on the issues they’ve seen: Tobin, Carlough, Bohmann, Williams Jr., Becker, Howard, Dr. Sally and Liggett.
Unions don’t have a one-size-fits-all approach to providing resources, and they all have to adapt to best serve their specific membership. The experts who shared what their organization is doing to help were Howard, Tobin, Dr. Sally, Carlough, Becker, Williams Jr. and Jacobi.
To wrap up our discussion, we had Dr. Sally, Becker, Bohmann and Ielmini explain the summary of resources available for members both within their organization and help available in emergencies.
To hear the conversation on suicide prevention and mental health awareness, press play above.
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