Mental Health Is Workplace Safety: How Unions Can Build Suicide-Safer Workplaces
Unions protect workers from physical hazards. Suicide-safer workplaces extend that commitment to mental and emotional well-being.
Stronger Together: Suicide Prevention Month
The labor movement was built on a powerful promise: together, we can face what no worker should have to face alone.
We can remember those we have lost with compassion. We can stand beside families carrying grief. We can honor people with lived experience. We can make room for honest conversations on jobsites, in union halls, and around kitchen tables.
Most importantly, we can remind one another that asking for help is an act of courage—and that hope can begin with one conversation.
In the trades, we watch each other’s backs. That commitment can save a life.
SMART Local 28 Family Picnic Brings Union Families Together for a Good Cause
The 2026 SMART Local 28 Family Picnic will be held Saturday, September 19, at Krucker’s Grove in Pomona, New York. With food, refreshments, activities and prizes planned throughout the day, the picnic will give members and their families an opportunity to step away from their busy schedules, enjoy the final days of summer and spend meaningful time together.
Worker Wellness Is More Than a Health Issue — It Is a Union Benefits Issue
For union leaders, wellness is no longer just about encouraging members to exercise more, eat better, or schedule an annual physical. It is increasingly a benefits issue. That distinction matters. A worker’s health is influenced by far more than what happens in a doctor’s office. Long shifts, physically demanding jobs, repetitive work, stress, family responsibilities,…
The Last Days of Summer Matter
As back-to-school season approaches, the last days of summer offer union and working families a chance to reconnect, make memories, and support one another.
National Immunization Awareness Month: Protecting Families at Every Age
Every August, National Immunization Awareness Month highlights the importance of vaccination throughout life.
National Health Center Week: Why It Matters to Unions and Working Families
National Health Center Week, observed August 2–8 in 2026, recognizes the Community Health Centers that provide accessible primary care in neighborhoods across the United States.
August is National Wellness Month: Wellness Can Look Like a Picnic Table
By August, many working families are running on a familiar kind of momentum. It’s also important to remember that August is National Wellness Month, a time to focus on self-care and healthy routines. The alarm goes off early. Work starts before the heat settles in. August is National Wellness Month and lunch gets packed, messages…
Wellcentra and LaborForce Media Partner to Help Plan Sponsors Address Rising Prescription Drug Costs
Click here: AP Press Release NEW YORK, N.Y., July 28, 2026 — LaborForce Media and Wellcentra today announced a strategic education and market-engagement partnership designed to help self-funded companies, unions, health and welfare funds, benefit administrators, consultants, and other plan sponsors better understand—and more effectively respond to—the rising cost of prescription medications. The collaboration combines…
Stronger Together, Safer Together: How Union Families Can Build a Culture of Prevention
For union families, prevention is not just a checklist. It is a culture. It is the habit of paying attention early, asking better questions, making small changes, and protecting the people who count on us most.