International Conference: Agenda

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON THE HEALTH STATUS OF
URBAN TRANSIT WORKERS

Welcome:

John Samuelsen, President,
Transport Workers Union Local 100

Steven Markowitz, MD, Director,
Center for Biology of Natural Systems, City University of New York

Opening Address:     

Dr. Max Lum, Associate Director
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, CDC

REPORT:

Steven Markowitz, MD, Director
Center for Biology of Natural Systems, City University of New York

Luis Antonio Festino

REPORT:

Response Panel:

Jackie Jeter	Dave Newman

  Jackie Jeter, President,
  Local 689 Amalgamated Transit Union, Washington D.C.

Elliott Sclar

Elliott Sclar, Director, Center for Sustainable Urban Development,
Columbia University’s Earth Institute

“A New Look at Urban Mass Transit: High Technology; Jobs and Occupational & Environmental Health”

Steven Kozmevski

An Australian Labor View:  
Steven Kozmevski, Secretary of the Administration,
Supervisory, Technical and Professional Division, Rail, Tram and Bus Industry Union

“Unions Must Protect Jobs When New Technology is Proposed; and, also Protect Workers’ Health and Safety.”

Fernando Mauricio

Fernando Mauricio, Director
International Department
CGTP
Portugal

Site Visit:**     Rail Control and Power Center

                        West 53^rd Street

 

 

DAY TWO: WEDNESDAY, July 28, 2010

 

MORNING SESSION:

 

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION, HEALTH BENEFITS AND PENSIONS FOR TRANSIT WORKERS: IMPACT ON WORKER’S HEALTH AND HAZARD REDUCTION

Andreas Mahr

 

Speaker:                Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Mahr, Technical Supervisor,
                               VBG (Employee Accident Insurance),
                               Hamburg, Germany

 “Statutory Accident Insurance and Measures of Prevention for Public Transit Workers”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Response Panel:

 

 

Stephen Levin	Eric Frumin	Eckhardt Johanning

    Stephen Levin, MD, Medical Director
    NYS Workers’ Compensation Board;

    Eric Frumin, MS, Director,

    Occupational Safety and Health,

    Workers United/SEIU: Change to Win;

    

    Eckardt Johanning, M.D., M.Sc. PC

    Occupational and Environmental Life Science

 

 

 

 

 

 

AFTERNOON SESSION:

 

[Continuation of Health Status Reports]

 

HEALTH STATUS OF TRANSIT WORKERS – INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

FRANCE:       RATP: Dave Campagna, PhD, Epidemiologist

 

PORTUGAL:  CGTP: Jose Manuel Oliviera & Anabela Vogado;

                       ACT – Autorodade Para AS, Luis Nascimento Lopes

 

UKRAINE:      Dr. Tetiana Diordichuk, Institute for Occupational Health of National Academy Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev 

 

Dave Campagna	J.M. Oliviera	Anabela Vogado	Tetiana Diordichuk

 

Response Panel: (tba)

 

Site Visit:**   Rail Car Overhaul Shop

                      207^th Street, Upper Manhattan

 

 

 

DAY THREE (Half Day): THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2010

 

SUMMARY REPORTS: RESEARCH AND POLICY DIRECTIONS

 

HEALTH STATUS RESEARCH MEDICAL STUDIES; WORKERS’ COMPENSATION; HEALTH BENEFITS AND PENSIONS; TRANSIT TECHNOLOGY, SUSTAINABILITY AND WORKERS’ JOBS AND SECURITY

 

Commentators:

J. Davitt McAteer	Sherry Baron

 

J. Davitt McAteer, Vice President, Wheeling Jesuit University; formerly. Assistant Secretary, Mine Safety and Health Administration and Labor Solicitor, U.S. Department of Labor

 

Sherry Baron, MD, Medical Officer, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, CDC