Abstract
The development of cooperative ergonomic intervention research between labor and the scientific community is necessary to develop an objective data base to resolve workplace safety and health problems or deficiencies as well as adequately determine which measures reduce/prevent worker health problems related to improper workplace ergonomics. Under the direction of its Occupational Safety and Health Department, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) has established such an approach. The Union has sponsored and conducted numerous scientific investigations with scientists in academia and the federal government that have produced important and useful scientific information regarding workplace ergonomics. This paper discusses the approach developed by CWA as well as successful ergonomic intervention efforts.
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