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  • Injured Worker's Guide To Workers' Compensation
     The Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation system is in place to make sure that workers are protected by insurance if they are injured on the job or contract a work-related illness. Under this system, employers are required by Massachusetts General Laws Ch. 152, §25A to provide workers’ compensation (WC) insurance coverage to all their employees. This insurance pays for any necessary medical treatment related to the injury or illness and also pays compensation for lost wages after the first five calendar days of full or partial disability.
  • Lowell Elementary School Air Quality Report
  • MRSA - Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus
     "In Massachusetts and elsewhere throughout the country, MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) infections are becoming more common in community settings, including schools and more specifically among sports teams."

    Memo from Alfred DeMaria, Jr., MD, Director of the Bureau of Communicable Disease Control to Massachusetts School Superintendents.

    Click below to read more, and if you have questions regarding Occupational Safety and MRSA, please try our new Ask MassCOSH feature.
  • Ask MassCOSH
    Do you have questions about Occupational Health & Safety? SEIU 888 has partnered with MassCOSH on a new section of our website. You can fill out a form with your questions, and MassCOSH will write a response that we will publish on the SEIU 888 website as a resource for all members.
  • (FACE) Program: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation
     The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program develops publications to highlight high risk work situations and to provide safety recommendations. These publications are disseminated to targeted audiences and are available on the Internet through the NIOSH homepage or through the NIOSH publications office.
  • Arbitration Policy
    Purpose: To provide fair and equitable legal services to members and to establish a clear policy for arbitration requests.
  • Communication and Informal Problem Solving
    Identify uses of effective one-one communication in solving workplace problems; how to prepare for informal problem-solving meeting with management; and how to include members in direct and active participation when handling grievances and solving problem
  • Contract Campaign Manual
    If you are an SEIU 888 member actively involved in contract negations, you can request access to a copy of the SEIU Contract Campaign Manual.
  • Contract Costing and Analysis
    Includes a worksheet with examples of formulas that can be used to determine the cost of a variety of wage and benefit proposals and links to documents that offer the tools and concepts you will need to cost out contract proposals.
  • MIT Workplace Center's Family Caregiver Handbook
    Researchers at the MIT Workplace Center have published a Family Caregiver as a portal for elder care organizations...
  • Online Learning Center
    Hone your skills, broaden your knowledge and take advantage of the opportunity to become a more effective union activist.
  • Robert's Rules of Order
    The rules contained in the current edition of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised shall govern the Union, the Board, and Officers in all cases to which they are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with the Constitution...
  • SEIU 888 Glossary of Terms
    The following is an informal glossary of union terms, some of which are general, and may be outdated and seldom used, and some of which may apply only to our specific Local:
  • Stewards
    Local 888 Stewards are the rank-and-file leadership of our Union. Stewards are workers on the job who are elected by the members in the institutions-usually by department and shift.
  • What Is a Grievance?
    A grievance is any unjust action, practice or condition committed by management. It is a statement that an employer, or someone acting on behalf of an employer, has violated a worker's rights that have been agreed to under the contract, or through legisla
  • Your Rights and How to File a Grievance
    Need to file a grievance?  Download the SEIU 888 Grievance Form.
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