IBEW Local 11 Campaigns

The Situation

More construction workers die by suicide than from job site injuries or accidents. Compared to the national average, a person working in construction is 3.5 times more likely to take their own life. The construction industry was ranked the 7th worst for mental health among 22 industries, and while one in five workers will receive a mental health diagnosis, less than 50 percent will seek support.

These are serious mental and physical concerns with devastating real-life consequences whose combined demographic, environmental, and emotional roots run deep and are always deeply personal.

Adding to this crippling combination of high physical and mental stress is the self-imposed stigma many members associate with first admitting they need help and then asking for it. This demonstrates just how at-risk workers are and is a primary factor in why they suffer from a drug and alcohol addiction rate more than double the national average. IBEW 11 is providing members with access to the resources and programs they need to lower these alarming suicide rates and simultaneously shatter the stigma associated with admitting they need help by making sure they know they are never alone.

Every IBEW 11 member is part of a family whose brothers and sisters are always ready to pull each other up. When you’re struggling and need help, reach out. IBEW 11: We Are Family.

Here’s how you can give a hand and get one if you need one.

Here’s How:

Call Your FREE Member Assistance Program” at 877/225-2267 or log onto www.liveandworkwell.com Access code: SCIBEW

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