Low wage and high risk: Community collaborations to enhance safety and economic security in the workplace

Raghu, Maya

Friday, March 20, 2015: 1:50 PM-3:10 PM

Room 2 (Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel)

Speakers:
Maya Raghu, JD, Futures Without Violence
Sally G. Hess, RN, FNE-A, MPH, House of Ruth Maryland

Presentation Format:
Innovative/Promising Practice Program Report

Learning Objectives:

Describe the ways that domestic and sexual violence and stalking impact low-wage workers.
Identify and implement survivor-centered workplace policies and practices that prevent and respond to violence.
Develop strategies for promoting collaboration between workplace stakeholders.

Description:
Futures Without Violence is leading a multi-stakeholder collaborative to enhance the personal safety and economic security of low-wage workers. At three pilot sites in three different industries (including health care) across the country, Futures, a company, a worker/community association, and local domestic and sexual violence service providers are partnering to develop sustainable, industry-focused, and culturally relevant trainings, education tools, policies, and practices that prevent and respond to domestic and sexual violence and stalking.