With partner USW , WEC won a state mandate that 134 New Jersey chemical plants employing more than 38,000 workers must train worker trainers , and their entire work force , about chemical safety and security . This was the first policy of its kind in the nation .
2006 WEC established the WEC Safe Work , Safe Care Advisory Committee to develop and maintain relationships with healthcare unions and organizations , healthcare professionals , and researchers .
WEC released Safety and Security First : Protecting Our Jobs , Families , and Hometowns from Toxic Chemical Disasters report alerting workers and the public to potential dangers from facilities using highly hazardous substances .
2007 WEC with CWA won proposed amendments to NJ ’ s Public Employees Occupational Safety and Health Act Indoor Air Quality ( IAQ ) Standard , including an expanded definition of an office building to include schools and a definition of “ Sick Building Syndrome .”
WEC and allies stopped DuPont from treating wastewater left from the destruction of nerve agent VX , and dumping it into the Delaware River .
2008 WEC won expansion of DEP ’ s 2005 rule to cover more New Jersey ’ s facilities that use hazardous substances to evaluate whether they might adopt IST .
WEC supported health care unions , led by HPAE , and won two laws signed by Governor Corzine : The Safe Patient Handling Act and the Violence Prevention in Healthcare Facilities Act .
WEC released Still at Risk report documenting 97 industrial facilities still using highly hazardous chemicals and pose a potential catastrophic safety and health risk to workers and / or the public if there were to be a worst-case toxic release caused by an accident or deliberate attack .
2009 WEC assisted the Howell Township Education Associations and stopped the use of Zimek Inc .’ s toxic pesticide fogging machine in Howell Township Public Schools and buses .
WEC joined the BlueGreen Alliance as a NJ affiliate . BGA is a national strategic partnership of labor unions and environmental organizations .
2010
2011
Won with BlueGreen Alliance a landmark policy issued by EPA to engage workers and union representatives during environmental inspections at 13,000 industrial facilities that use high hazard chemicals .
Together with HPAE , WEC won strong regulations for the The Safe Patient Handling Act and the Violence Prevention in Healthcare Facilities Act .
WEC and the Professional Emergency Medical Services Association of NJ won EPA action to force Monmouth Ocean Hospital Service Corporation to stop using toxic misting machines to disinfect ambulances .
2012
2013
WEC and allies formed the Healthy Schools Now Coalition , including more than 20 organizations that represent public school advocates , dedicated to ensuring that all NJ children and school staff employees learn and work in healthy , safe , modern school buildings .
WEC won a new policy issued by the US Chemical Safety Board to include workers and union representatives in investigations of industrial chemical accidents .
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