UAW Region 1-C and the Local 652 Veteran'c Committee are selling T-shirts to raise money for Charity. The dark blue T-shirts are available in sizes L - XL - 2XL - 3XL and are $20 each. Call Veteran's Committee Chair Mike Melfi at 285-4070 or Ron Olivarez at 775-4832 to order yours.UAW Local 652 EAP / Work Family
REPRESENTING ALL LOCAL 652 MEMBERS
Glender Anderson
Union Hall– 372-7581 EXT. 126
Building 66 - 377-2311
NEXTEL Direct Connect: 130*1*803
IF YOU NEED TO CONTACT EAP REPRESENTATIVE IMMEADIATELY
CALL BUILDING 66 MEDICAL.
Employee Assistance Program helps and support in resolving personal problems affecting job performance. We understand that it is difficult for some people to seek and accept help for personal problems. But we also understand that it’s much more difficult to face those problems alone. Work-Family/EAP is designed to help employees face and resolve a variety of personal problems including:
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Martial and family problems
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Mental health problems
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Alcohol problems
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Drug problems
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Gambling
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Financial
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Child care/ Elder care
No one is immune to personal problems. Life’s trouble can affect anyone, at any time. The Work-Family Representatives are committed to working with you in resolving a wide range of personal problems. Will using the EAP jeopardize your job? NO. The EAP’s purpose is to help employee with problems. It is strictly a voluntary program and confidential.
The Employee Assistance Program is a resource that you can use to secure professional and confidential help and support when you need it.
Domestic Abuse Awareness
If you are a victim of domestic violence or you know some one that is contact the domestic violence hotline:
1-800-799-SAFE (7233) OR TTY 1-800-787-3224
Domestic violence (sometimes referred to as domestic abuse) occurs when a family member, partner or ex-partner attempts to physically or psychologically dominate another. Domestic violence often refers to violence between spouses, but can also include cohabitants and non-married intimate partners. The term "intimate partner violence" (IPV) is often used synonymously. Other terms include wife or husband beating, battering, "relationship violence", "domestic abuse", and "spousal abuse ". Family violence is a broader definition, often used to include child abuse, elder abuse , and other violent acts between family members. Some legal jurisdictions have specific definitions.
Recent attention to domestic violence began in the women's movement as concern about wives being beaten by their husbands, and has remained a major focus of modern feminism, particularly in terms of "violence against women".
Popular emphasis has tended to be on women as the victims of domestic violence although with the rise of the men's movement , and particularly men's rights , there is now some advocacy for men as victims, although the statistics concerning the number of male victims given by them are strongly contested by many groups active in research on or working in the field of domestic violence and "violence against men".
Domestic violence occurs in all cultures; people of all races, ethnicities, religions, and classes can be perpetrators of domestic violence. Domestic violence is perpetrated by, and on, both men and women, and occurs in same-sex and opposite-sex relationships.
Awareness and documentation of domestic violence differs from country to country. Estimates are that only about a third of cases of domestic violence are actually reported in the US and UK. In other places with less attention and less support, reported cases would be still lower. According to the Center for Disease Control , domestic violence is a serious, preventable public health problem affecting more than 32 million Americans, or more than 10% of the U.S. population.
Domestic violence has many forms, including physical violence, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, intimidation, economic deprivation or threats of violence. There are a number of dimensions:
- mode - physical, psychological, sexual and/or social
- frequency - on/off, occasional, chronic
- severity – in terms of both psychological or physical harm and the need for treatment – transitory or permanent injury – mild, moderate, severe up to homicide.
The means used to measure domestic violence strongly influence the results found. For example, studies of reported domestic violence and extrapolations of those studies show women preponderantly as victims and men to be more violent, whereas the survey based Conflict Tactic Scale, tends to show men and women equally violent.
Since the majority of studies investigate male-on-female domestic violence, information on female-on-male and same-sex violence tends to be less available.
