Masonry Magazine October 2006 Page. 31
The Voice of the Mason Contractor
e Can Help
The Laborers' Health and Safety Fund of North America (LHSFNA), a joint labor-management organization, was founded in 1988 by the Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) - a union representing more than 700,000 workmen and women in a variety of occupations throughout the United States and Canada - and signatory contractors. The LHSFNA conducts research, develops policy, provides technical support and disseminates information to LIUNA members, participating union health and welfare funds, and the union's signatory employers.
The Fund has a long history of working with the Mason Contractors Association of America (MCAA), most recently on ergonomics and silica issues. In addition, the LHSFNA staff assisted with MCAA-OSHA Masonry Best Practices training OSHA personnel on safety and health issues in the masonry industry.
The Fund focuses on the following areas of concern: workplace safety and health, workers' compensation and health care cost control, injury and illness prevention, union member access to prescription drugs and medical treatment, regulatory implementation and compliance, occupational safety and health legislation, smoking cessation, substance abuse awareness and disease prevention and treatment.
The Fund's Health Promotion Division also provides information, technical assistance, consultation and training to LIUNA's local unions, health and welfare funds, and signatory employers in the area of substance abuse that may affect the health and safety of laborers, both at work and at home.
Technical assistance and consultation on workplace substance abuse issues includes providing sample workplace drug testing policies, reviewing collective bargaining or other policy language, ensuring compliance with federal or state regulations, and developing cost effective plans with benefits for the treatment of alcoholism and drug dependency.
To find out more about the Laborers' Health and Safety Fund of North America, please visit www.lhsfna.org. If you are interested in becoming a signatory contractor, contact Gregg Davis, Assistant Director of Construction, at (202) 942-2335.
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