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Worker notification: Lessons from the past
Author(s) -
Needleman Carolyn
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
american journal of industrial medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1097-0274
pISSN - 0271-3586
DOI - 10.1002/ajim.4700230104
Subject(s) - meaning (existential) , medicine , context (archaeology) , notification system , public relations , epistemology , world wide web , history , computer science , philosophy , archaeology , political science
The methodological choices being made in current worker notification programs are influenced in both obvious and subtle ways by certain ground‐breaking notifications carried out during the 1970s and 1980s. A lore has built up concerning these cases. Their names are heavy with implied meaning. As worker notification gains in acceptance and frequency, some of those newly interested in the area will be unfamiliar with these early cases, their significance, and their lessons. To help provide a context for these proceedings, six landmark worker notifications are briefly described here. Different cases might have been chosen; more cases might have been added. However, these six give a flavor of the struggles, trials, triumphs, and insights that have marked worker notification's passage through recent history. © 1993 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.