500+ Construction Workers Participate in Stand Down

Over 500 construction workers participated in a stand down at Turner Construction’s Commonwealth Pier jobsite, located in Boston, Massachusetts, to address the skyrocketing overdose deaths and suicide rates in the construction industry. The stand down held a 60-second moment of silence to recognize the 229 overdose deaths for every 100,000 construction workers. View and access a video of the National Stand Down: https://vimeo.com/711751775/d8c46a0466 The National Stand Down is part of the Building Trades Employers’ Association Northeast’s 2022 National Recovery Week, which took place in April, to curtail substance use disorder and its effects that are devastating the construction industry. The … Read more

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