By Dorothy Wigmore “NJEA members have a legal right to safe and healthful working conditions. Your employer, the board of education, is responsible for ensuring that school employees and students…
By Dorothy Wigmore Plug and go! Electric buses are coming to New Jersey schools. It’s part of an international movement to take diesel vehicles off the road, following campaigns by…
Yet school bus drivers have no place to go By Dorothy Wigmore Imagine a job where you aren’t sure if or when you can use a bathroom. Where you have…
By Dorothy Wigmore Librarians or administrative staff working during the summer, the state of a classroom in September, and building repairs during the school year are all situations posing construction-related…
By Dorothy Wigmore It usually happens between school years. Too often, school staff and students pay a price when it’s not done properly. “It” is the construction, demolition or renovation…
Health survey time! By Dorothy Wigmore The return to school after summer break is a great time to get a handle on job-related hazards that may affect members’ health—and start…
By Dorothy Wigmore How does noise affect us? Like stress, loud noise increases blood pressure, leading to heart-related problems. It also can cause endocrine disruption (another route to cardiovascular…
Keeping on keeping on despite pandemic times By Dorothy Wigmore Mold in the ceiling? Expected to use toxic chemicals, especially without training or protective gear? Dealing with poor ventilation and…
Prevention must go further too By Dorothy Wigmore In late January, Morris Knolls High School got a scare. A student brought a device resembling a 9-mm gun to school. It…
Dealing with cold stress – inside and outside By Dorothy Wigmore Temperatures hover near freezing during the day and below it at night. Snowstorms are predicted. Or maybe it’s freezing…