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WorkSHIFTS

WorkSHIFTS, our collaborative labor outreach program, works in partnership with labor unions to heighten awareness among workers, labor leaders and management on issues of tobacco and health. We provide education, training, resources, and technical assistance on public health policies for blue-collar and service sector workers. Since 2002, WorkSHIFTS has partnered with union and public health leaders to advance policies that reduce workers’ exposure to secondhand smoke and increase their access to comprehensive tobacco cessation benefits.

Our latest research is aimed at increasing access to tobacco cessation services among blue-collar union members and their families as a standard component of health care plans. Our goal is to encourage Minnesota-based Taft-Hartley Health and Welfare Funds to provide comprehensive tobacco cessation services in existing health care plans and to promote the services to plan participants. Nationwide, Taft-Hartley Health and Welfare Funds provide health benefits to approximately 10 million union members.

Tobacco Cessation News

WorkSHIFTS provides timely summary and analysis of tobacco cessation-related news. View all tobacco cessation news articles.

Funders

ClearWay Minnesota

Partners

Minnesota labor community
University of Minnesota School of Public Health

Publications

An Evaluation of Health Benefit Modification in Taft-Hartley Health and Welfare Funds (2010)

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Caroline M. Au-Yeung, Susan R. Weisman et al., PDF, 355.97 KB

A Union Guide to Tobacco: Tobacco and Labor Unions

2004
PDF, 3.89 Mb

Cessation Benefits Focus

Newsletters by WorkSHIFTS providing information about the health and economic impacts of tobacco use among blue-collar workers and the potential cost savings and health benefits associated with tobacco cessation coverage.