Dealing With the Swine Influenza Epidemic

Your union can play a crucial role in making sure that your employer takes action, in advance of the pandemic, so that safety and health measures are in place to protect the workforce. This fact sheet outlines some actions that your union can take to help make your employer ready.

Find out about the effect of using facemasks and respirators in the workplace.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has determined that this swine influenza A (H1N1) virus is contagious and is spreading from human to human. Some infected individuals are known to have traveled on international and domestic flights while infectious.