Steelworkers Charitable and Educational Organization

The national institute for environmental health sciences (niehs) provides funds to the Organization to provide training to usw members, employers and in limited cases to other workers/community members for three designated programs within the niehs worker training program. These designated programs are:1. Hazardous waste worker training program (hwwtp)2. Hazmat disaster preparedness training program (hdptp)3. Department of energy site worker training (doe)these programs provide training to various usw members and similar workers on safety and health issues concerning hazardous waste. The programs educate usw workers to become trainers. These trainers will, in turn, train other usw workers each year pursuant to epa regulations on hazardous waste health and safety issues and emergency response.

The Organization provides assistance to members affected by natural disasters or other emergency hardships. The funds used to provide this relief are made up of voluntary donations from various resources. The amount of aid is dependent on the members need and the organizations resources available.

The Organization provides employer management training through two separate programs. The programs are:1) the triangle prevention program (top) is an employer funded joint labor management training program that seeks to fulfill the principles of an integrated training site as promoted by the Organization. There is an established per/person training cost associated with the program that is paid by employers to participate in the program. All costs associated with the development, implementation and maintenance of the program are covered by these fees. Additionally, the income from these sites is covered by the niehs rules for program income for those funds collected beyond the immediate incurred costs of the program. These additional funds are utilized to carry out additional trainings according to those approved by the niehs. 2) the osha hands on training program is an employer training program funded joint labor management training program that seeks to fulfill the training requirements of osha outreach training for workers and their supervisors. This training is considered related trainings approved by the niehs pursuant to the grant agreement. There is an establsihed per/person training cost associated with the program that is paid by employers to participate in the course. All costs associated with the development, promotion, implementation, and maintenance of the courses is covered by these fees. Additionally, the income from these courses is covered by the niehs rules for program income for those funds collected beyond the immediate incurred costs of the program. These additional funds are utilized to carry out additional trainings according to those approved by the niehs.

Other programs consist of grant operations.