May, 2010
Young Worker 2010 Contest Winners Announced
California's governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has proclaimed May as "Safe Jobs for Youth Month." Safe Jobs for Youth Month is an annual public awareness campaign to highlight the importance of preventing teen injuries on the job. The objective is to protect young workers from injury by raising community awareness about child labor and workplace health and safety issues. It is supported by the California Partnership for Young Worker Health and Safety, a statewide collaboration sponsored by the California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation and coordinated by the Labor Occupational Health Program at UC Berkeley. Everyone is encouraged to help bring attention to this issue in their own communities.
As a part of this effort, the Safe Jobs for Youth Month Poster and PSA Contests are conducted by the Young Worker Partnership. Entries come from all over California, and are narrowed down to three winning entries in each category.
Our first place winner of this year's Young Worker Safety Poster Contest was Steven Magaña of Fillmore, California.
To view all of the winners, visit youngworkers.org