UIC Center for Healthy Work
@uichealthywork.bsky.social
The Center for Healthy Work aims to contribute to changes in policies that promote healthier working conditions and provide fair employment and decent work.
📍UIC School of Public Health, Chicago, IL
⚙️ NIOSH Total Worker Health
💻 healthywork.uic.edu
📍UIC School of Public Health, Chicago, IL
⚙️ NIOSH Total Worker Health
💻 healthywork.uic.edu
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Excited to partner with National COSH this year to welcome COSHCON2025 to Chicago! We'll see you there: nationalcosh.org/COSHCON2025
“As we enter the last year of the current grant cycle, our focus is on... embedding lessons learned into long-term strategies for systems change.
"Our commitment to open access resources, community dissemination, and integration into graduate education ensures that the...
"Our commitment to open access resources, community dissemination, and integration into graduate education ensures that the...
December 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“As we enter the last year of the current grant cycle, our focus is on... embedding lessons learned into long-term strategies for systems change.
"Our commitment to open access resources, community dissemination, and integration into graduate education ensures that the...
"Our commitment to open access resources, community dissemination, and integration into graduate education ensures that the...
As we wrap up our calendar year, we want to honor the accomplishments that reflect our progress, partnerships, and growing influence.
“These accomplishments reflect the collective effort of our dedicated team, community partners, and collaborators...
“These accomplishments reflect the collective effort of our dedicated team, community partners, and collaborators...
December 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
As we wrap up our calendar year, we want to honor the accomplishments that reflect our progress, partnerships, and growing influence.
“These accomplishments reflect the collective effort of our dedicated team, community partners, and collaborators...
“These accomplishments reflect the collective effort of our dedicated team, community partners, and collaborators...
“In our nine-year history, we have demonstrated that meaningful change happens when worker voices, community and employer leadership, and evidence-based strategies converge.”
– Kirsten Almberg, PhD, MS, Director of the Center for Healthy Work
– Kirsten Almberg, PhD, MS, Director of the Center for Healthy Work
December 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“In our nine-year history, we have demonstrated that meaningful change happens when worker voices, community and employer leadership, and evidence-based strategies converge.”
– Kirsten Almberg, PhD, MS, Director of the Center for Healthy Work
– Kirsten Almberg, PhD, MS, Director of the Center for Healthy Work
Through this whirlwind of a year, our center has remained steadfast in exploring the interconnectedness of work and health and addressing the root causes of precarious work. As we approach the new year, we are excited to share many of these significant contributions with you!
December 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Through this whirlwind of a year, our center has remained steadfast in exploring the interconnectedness of work and health and addressing the root causes of precarious work. As we approach the new year, we are excited to share many of these significant contributions with you!
Excited to partner with National COSH this year to welcome COSHCON2025 to Chicago! We'll see you there: nationalcosh.org/COSHCON2025
August 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Excited to partner with National COSH this year to welcome COSHCON2025 to Chicago! We'll see you there: nationalcosh.org/COSHCON2025
Join Greater Lawndale Healthy Work (GLHW) Project at the Deeply Rooted Gathering on this Wednesday, August 27th from 12:30-2 PM at SPH Room 160. Lunch will be provided. ⬇️
August 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Join Greater Lawndale Healthy Work (GLHW) Project at the Deeply Rooted Gathering on this Wednesday, August 27th from 12:30-2 PM at SPH Room 160. Lunch will be provided. ⬇️
Happy start of fall semester at UIC! Wishing everyone an academic year filled with success and new opportunities.
August 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Happy start of fall semester at UIC! Wishing everyone an academic year filled with success and new opportunities.
Learn about a new project related to extreme heat and pregnancy:
Extreme Weather Survivors (EWS) is a new non-profit organization amplifying the voices of people directly impacted by dangerous weather so they can support each other, educate others, influence policy,...
Extreme Weather Survivors (EWS) is a new non-profit organization amplifying the voices of people directly impacted by dangerous weather so they can support each other, educate others, influence policy,...
July 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Learn about a new project related to extreme heat and pregnancy:
Extreme Weather Survivors (EWS) is a new non-profit organization amplifying the voices of people directly impacted by dangerous weather so they can support each other, educate others, influence policy,...
Extreme Weather Survivors (EWS) is a new non-profit organization amplifying the voices of people directly impacted by dangerous weather so they can support each other, educate others, influence policy,...
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🚨 100 days until #COSHCON2025!
Oct 8–10 | Chicago
Workshops. Organizing. Worker power.
🔗 Register now: nationalcosh.org/COSHCON2025 #COSHCON2025
June 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🚨 100 days until #COSHCON2025!
Oct 8–10 | Chicago
Workshops. Organizing. Worker power.
🔗 Register now: nationalcosh.org/COSHCON2025 #COSHCON2025
There is a new GLHW Project research brief up on our website! This cross-sectional survey using a community-based participatory approach examined the association between employment precarity and Greater Lawndale residents’ experiences with precariousness and material deprivation.
June 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
There is a new GLHW Project research brief up on our website! This cross-sectional survey using a community-based participatory approach examined the association between employment precarity and Greater Lawndale residents’ experiences with precariousness and material deprivation.
🦺 “Most people have never heard of NIOSH — when public health is working well, it’s invisible. Occupational health is no different.”
In a new Letter to the Editor, the directors of UIC’s three NIOSH-funded centers discuss the dangers of gutting the National Institute for Occupational Safety and...
In a new Letter to the Editor, the directors of UIC’s three NIOSH-funded centers discuss the dangers of gutting the National Institute for Occupational Safety and...
June 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🦺 “Most people have never heard of NIOSH — when public health is working well, it’s invisible. Occupational health is no different.”
In a new Letter to the Editor, the directors of UIC’s three NIOSH-funded centers discuss the dangers of gutting the National Institute for Occupational Safety and...
In a new Letter to the Editor, the directors of UIC’s three NIOSH-funded centers discuss the dangers of gutting the National Institute for Occupational Safety and...
On Memorial Day 1937, peaceful protesters marched for steelworker rights outside of Republic Steel Plant on the Southeast side of Chicago. They were brutally attacked by police officers with weapons obtained by the plant's owners. 🧵
#OnThisDay #ChicagoHistory #WorkerHealth
#OnThisDay #ChicagoHistory #WorkerHealth
May 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
On Memorial Day 1937, peaceful protesters marched for steelworker rights outside of Republic Steel Plant on the Southeast side of Chicago. They were brutally attacked by police officers with weapons obtained by the plant's owners. 🧵
#OnThisDay #ChicagoHistory #WorkerHealth
#OnThisDay #ChicagoHistory #WorkerHealth
We commemorate Workers Memorial Day today, April 28th, the same day that the Occupational Health and Safety (OSH) Act went into effect in 1971, to grieve the countless individuals killed due to unsafe and abusive conditions at work.
April 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
We commemorate Workers Memorial Day today, April 28th, the same day that the Occupational Health and Safety (OSH) Act went into effect in 1971, to grieve the countless individuals killed due to unsafe and abusive conditions at work.
THURSDAY 📣 Join Community Health Sciences' Scholarly Community Engagement for Health Justice Class for their Center for Healthy Work Data Dissemination event focused on precarious work.
More info + calendar invite: https://f.mtr.cool/yjcygfdkjo
More info + calendar invite: https://f.mtr.cool/yjcygfdkjo
April 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
THURSDAY 📣 Join Community Health Sciences' Scholarly Community Engagement for Health Justice Class for their Center for Healthy Work Data Dissemination event focused on precarious work.
More info + calendar invite: https://f.mtr.cool/yjcygfdkjo
More info + calendar invite: https://f.mtr.cool/yjcygfdkjo
🎨 Join Chicago Jobs with Justice for their Art Build: Honoring Workers' Memorial Day & the May Day March!
When: 4/27 2-4 pm
Where: Chicago Women in Trades, 2444 W 16th St, 60608
Who: All ages and skill levels welcome – no experience necessary!
Register: https://f.mtr.cool/sdxipxxkow
When: 4/27 2-4 pm
Where: Chicago Women in Trades, 2444 W 16th St, 60608
Who: All ages and skill levels welcome – no experience necessary!
Register: https://f.mtr.cool/sdxipxxkow
April 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
🎨 Join Chicago Jobs with Justice for their Art Build: Honoring Workers' Memorial Day & the May Day March!
When: 4/27 2-4 pm
Where: Chicago Women in Trades, 2444 W 16th St, 60608
Who: All ages and skill levels welcome – no experience necessary!
Register: https://f.mtr.cool/sdxipxxkow
When: 4/27 2-4 pm
Where: Chicago Women in Trades, 2444 W 16th St, 60608
Who: All ages and skill levels welcome – no experience necessary!
Register: https://f.mtr.cool/sdxipxxkow
“Juego de lotería destaca los vínculos entre el trabajo y la salud en las comunidades locales" en UIC Today muestra la Lotería de Greater Lawndale e incluye entrevistas con Dolores Castañeda y Sylvia González del equipo del proyecto Greater Lawndale Healthy Work, y estudiantes...
April 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
“Juego de lotería destaca los vínculos entre el trabajo y la salud en las comunidades locales" en UIC Today muestra la Lotería de Greater Lawndale e incluye entrevistas con Dolores Castañeda y Sylvia González del equipo del proyecto Greater Lawndale Healthy Work, y estudiantes...
🔖NEW PUBLICATION from our Workforce Health and Well-being for All as a Sustainable Business Strategy project: “Workplace Culture of Health and Equitable Workforce Well-Being: A Scoping Literature Review” (American Journal of Health Promotion).
Read here: https://f.mtr.cool/hajndidvwe
#workerhealth
Read here: https://f.mtr.cool/hajndidvwe
#workerhealth
March 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
🔖NEW PUBLICATION from our Workforce Health and Well-being for All as a Sustainable Business Strategy project: “Workplace Culture of Health and Equitable Workforce Well-Being: A Scoping Literature Review” (American Journal of Health Promotion).
Read here: https://f.mtr.cool/hajndidvwe
#workerhealth
Read here: https://f.mtr.cool/hajndidvwe
#workerhealth
On March 25, 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in NYC became one of the deadliest industrial disasters in the U.S. after 146 garment workers, mostly young immigrant women, were killed. Public outrage galvanized the labor movement already in progress before the tragedy.🧵
March 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
On March 25, 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in NYC became one of the deadliest industrial disasters in the U.S. after 146 garment workers, mostly young immigrant women, were killed. Public outrage galvanized the labor movement already in progress before the tragedy.🧵
[Español abajo] Come to a vaccine drive this Sunday from 9am-1pm at St. Agnes of Bohemia Church (2643 S. Central Park, Chicago, IL 60623). Call (773) 522-0142 to register.
Get vaccinated for:
💉 Measles
💉 Covid-19
💉 Flu
💉 RSV
#Vaccines #FreeClinic #Chicago #LittleVillage
Get vaccinated for:
💉 Measles
💉 Covid-19
💉 Flu
💉 RSV
#Vaccines #FreeClinic #Chicago #LittleVillage
March 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
[Español abajo] Come to a vaccine drive this Sunday from 9am-1pm at St. Agnes of Bohemia Church (2643 S. Central Park, Chicago, IL 60623). Call (773) 522-0142 to register.
Get vaccinated for:
💉 Measles
💉 Covid-19
💉 Flu
💉 RSV
#Vaccines #FreeClinic #Chicago #LittleVillage
Get vaccinated for:
💉 Measles
💉 Covid-19
💉 Flu
💉 RSV
#Vaccines #FreeClinic #Chicago #LittleVillage
TOMORROW 📣 Join Theater of the Oppressed and UIC Community Health Sciences's Scholarly Community Engagement for Health Justice class for an arts-based dissemination focused on workers rights and informal, precarious work!
More info + calendar invite here: https://f.mtr.cool/zneopntnyc
More info + calendar invite here: https://f.mtr.cool/zneopntnyc
March 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
TOMORROW 📣 Join Theater of the Oppressed and UIC Community Health Sciences's Scholarly Community Engagement for Health Justice class for an arts-based dissemination focused on workers rights and informal, precarious work!
More info + calendar invite here: https://f.mtr.cool/zneopntnyc
More info + calendar invite here: https://f.mtr.cool/zneopntnyc
Several worker centers in Illinois are asking the public to submit witness slips for two pieces of state legislation that they say are critical for worker protection.
Committee meetings are scheduled for the proposed legislation as early as the afternoon of Wed., March 19th ⬇️
Committee meetings are scheduled for the proposed legislation as early as the afternoon of Wed., March 19th ⬇️
March 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Several worker centers in Illinois are asking the public to submit witness slips for two pieces of state legislation that they say are critical for worker protection.
Committee meetings are scheduled for the proposed legislation as early as the afternoon of Wed., March 19th ⬇️
Committee meetings are scheduled for the proposed legislation as early as the afternoon of Wed., March 19th ⬇️
NEWS STORY:
A construction worker was killed by electrical shock in North Lawndale Tuesday morning after the boom lift he was working on came into contact with a high-voltage power line. The 33-year-old was transported to Stroger Hospital and pronounced dead. ⬇️
A construction worker was killed by electrical shock in North Lawndale Tuesday morning after the boom lift he was working on came into contact with a high-voltage power line. The 33-year-old was transported to Stroger Hospital and pronounced dead. ⬇️
February 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
NEWS STORY:
A construction worker was killed by electrical shock in North Lawndale Tuesday morning after the boom lift he was working on came into contact with a high-voltage power line. The 33-year-old was transported to Stroger Hospital and pronounced dead. ⬇️
A construction worker was killed by electrical shock in North Lawndale Tuesday morning after the boom lift he was working on came into contact with a high-voltage power line. The 33-year-old was transported to Stroger Hospital and pronounced dead. ⬇️
💬 Text us! 📲
We've added a brand new way to reach us via phone. If you need to get in touch with anyone at the Center for Healthy Work, you can leave us a text or voice message at (312) 355-6084.
P.S. All other communication methods are still open and active!
We've added a brand new way to reach us via phone. If you need to get in touch with anyone at the Center for Healthy Work, you can leave us a text or voice message at (312) 355-6084.
P.S. All other communication methods are still open and active!
February 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
💬 Text us! 📲
We've added a brand new way to reach us via phone. If you need to get in touch with anyone at the Center for Healthy Work, you can leave us a text or voice message at (312) 355-6084.
P.S. All other communication methods are still open and active!
We've added a brand new way to reach us via phone. If you need to get in touch with anyone at the Center for Healthy Work, you can leave us a text or voice message at (312) 355-6084.
P.S. All other communication methods are still open and active!
UIC faculty alongside UICUF Local 6456 held a rally yesterday to bring awareness to the impacts of federal funding cuts and freezes to life-saving research, community partnerships, and faculty, staff, and student jobs.
WGN-TV full story: https://s.mtrbio.com/whbqtyuazv
#LaborForHigherEd
WGN-TV full story: https://s.mtrbio.com/whbqtyuazv
#LaborForHigherEd
February 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
UIC faculty alongside UICUF Local 6456 held a rally yesterday to bring awareness to the impacts of federal funding cuts and freezes to life-saving research, community partnerships, and faculty, staff, and student jobs.
WGN-TV full story: https://s.mtrbio.com/whbqtyuazv
#LaborForHigherEd
WGN-TV full story: https://s.mtrbio.com/whbqtyuazv
#LaborForHigherEd
Last week, our three EOHS NIOSH-funded centers travelled to DC to meet with local Congress legislators’ offices and discuss continued support for occupational health and safety research. We also met with Total Worker Health® centers, Centers for Agricultural Safety and Health,...
February 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Last week, our three EOHS NIOSH-funded centers travelled to DC to meet with local Congress legislators’ offices and discuss continued support for occupational health and safety research. We also met with Total Worker Health® centers, Centers for Agricultural Safety and Health,...