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uicide rates in countries such as italy greece spain and ireland all of which have been in the throes of severe economic crises even worse than that in the u s she observes that i n the countries most affected by the euro zone crisis depression is on the rise and suicides are spreading in addition amid widespread unemployment in these countries governments are cutting back on social support services for the jobless and those in need of assistance the main reason for the rise in suicides is the recession and now austerity both making hard times more difficult and reducing funding for mental health services says david stuckler a cambridge professor who coauthored a report on the health effects of the economic crisis in europe usually an epidemic is thought of as a short term increase in a disease by that criterion suicides would be an epidemic nadeau began her piece with three stories of three italian workers who committed suicide due to their personal financial struggles i suggest checking it out if you want a clearer sense of the human costs of the recession the lives of others in the motion picture the lives of others a dark depiction of life in communist east berlin before the fall of the berlin wall we learn that the east german government stopped counting suicides in 1977 instead people who died by suicide were called self murderers it was an easy way of dismissing the widespread despair and fear caused by an inhumane system that contributed to the world s second highest suicide rate east germany of course was under a communist rule that sucked freedom and enterprise out of everyday society when life under that oppressive regime caused people to sink into hopelessness the government decided it was time to blame the victims to some this historical factoid might justify touting unbridled capitalism as a panacea to heavy handed government however while i have little use for communist systems america s suicide statistics remind us that extreme despair transcends economic and political ideologies response i creating jobs and reinforcing our safety net we have to create jobs while maintaining programs for those in need when america faced the great depression of the 1930s the federal government enacted the new deal legislation that created a stronger social safety net including the minimum wage social security and public insurance for our bank accounts it also created massive public works programs funding everything from construction projects to artistic works ironically it was this influx of government spending followed by the huge increase in public expenditures necessary to fight the second world war that saved capitalism and put america on path for its greatest era of prosperity today many large corporations are sitting on piles of cash and the stock market has fully recovered from the massive hit it took during the meltdown meanwhile the unemployment rate improves in tiny incremental steps at best it s not as if we ve run out of important meaningful work that needs to be done if corporate america and wall street won t create jobs despite their abundant earnings then let s tax their wealth and use the proceeds to put people back to work fixing our bridges and roads building connective public transportation systems educating our children providing affordable health care safeguarding our communities and caring for our elderly response ii forging a healthier society more broadly we need to forge a society that too often worships individualism and selfishness into one that more deeply values community dignity opportunity and peace of mind as suzanne gerber states whether it s biochemical or situational the net result is the same people are stressed to the max financially struggling pessimistic about their prospects and don t have the traditional means of support previous generations relied on to get them through wars epidemics and economic downturns in the past people had family and community to turn to for support and strength and hope today we re a fractured society with families strewn around the country or globe and our ancestors belief that family is glue all but eroded even people who didn t have close family had strong religious convictions or a network of neighbors we re a velcro society and we all know what a weak substitute that is suicide is a scary intimidating and complicated topic and it makes many of us uneasy but a nation s suicide rates should be among the prime indicators of its collective health and well being we need to own these statistics understand what s behind them and do our best to respond to them this will enhance our lives a lot more than obsessing over stock market reports and enabling corporations whose leaders don t give a hoot about the rest of us this blog posts builds upon draws from and integrates a good half dozen pieces written over the past two years it is a sad testament to the state of things that the ties between mental health suicide and the economy continue to be so relevant share this print opens in new window print share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading working notes disaster preparedness umass takes on workplace bullying and labor s plan b may 28 2013 by david yamada in labor unions weather and work workplace bullying mobbing and abuse tags labor unions weather and work workplace bullying mobbing and abuse 1 comment several items of interest to start off the work week workforce management on disaster preparedness in the aftermath of destructive tornadoes in america s heartland the always helpful workforce management gathers information on disaster preparedness sometimes there is warning other times disaster strikes unexpectedly what are best practices on an issue like this the following stories from the workforce archives as well as several related forum discussion posts offer perspective on how to cope when a disaster hits i wish it wasn t so necessary to do contingency planning for disaster but as the marathon bombings in boston last month and the powerfully destructive tornado in moore oklahoma remind us being prepared can save lives university of massachusetts takes on workplace bullying over the years i ve heard from a lot of university of massachusetts employees about workplace bullying that s why i m glad to see this development as reported by scott merzbach for the daily hampshire gazette saying he wants the university of massachusetts to do better chancellor kumble subbaswamy has launched a campaign to address workplace bullying in a memo sent to faculty and staff thursday subbaswamy wrote that the university will be taking steps to deal with the bullying at umass that came to light in a survey released in september while the numbers were consistent with those found at workplaces of all types throughout the country this is clearly an area in which umass amherst aspires to be something much better than average subbaswamy wrote labor s plan b self organizing at the grassroots abby rapoport writes for the american prospect about a new initiative to create a resurgent labor movement a week ago labor rights group working america launched fixmyjob com the website is yet another attempt by the country s once powerful union movement to connect to workers in an increasingly hostile national workplace we also are trying to find new ways for workers to have representation on the job writes working america spokesperson aruna jain in an email we want to train and educate people on how to self organize and to learn collective action the single most effective way of improving their working conditions this is one way we can start that process the site which is being rolled out slowly and in stages is meant to give workers the resources they need to organize themselves and demand changes regardless of whether or not an actual union comes together american workers are under assault and this will continue so long as they believe that rugged individualism supported by benevolent employers and the hr office will provide them with good secure jobs and decent working conditions share this print opens in new window print share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading splitting as a workplace bullying tactic may 25 2013 by david yamada in psychology and work workplace bullying mobbing and abuse tags psychology and work workplace bullying mobbing and abuse 7 comments lawyer therapist and mediator bill eddy in an insightful piece on the concept of splitting within organizations frames the practice in a work context splitting is the tendency of those with borderline and narcissistic personality disorders to view others as all good or all bad it s an intensely emotional and defensive dynamic and it can become highly contagious in the workplace whether the person is a customer employee supervisor or even business owner eddy describes splitting in work settings as a personal and hostile process that promotes extreme all or nothing positions and often involves projection i e tagging others as being divisive and inappropriate in the ways that they are actually being divisive and inappropriate themselves all good vs all bad thinking is hardly the province of those with borderline and narcissistic personality disorders and i m guessing that most of us have fallen prey to it on occasion but when this mode of thinking morphs into targeted and virulent action the results can be destructive they can range from defining entire occupational cultures witness the malignant political discourse of washington d c to individual campaigns of workplace bullying designed to ostracize someone and drive her out of an organization and or profession in the latter category they often include what i ve called puppet master bullying and mobbing behaviors that attempt to turn the many against the targets and sometimes succeed related posts when workplace bullies claim victim status avoiding the judo flip 2013 puppet master bullying vs genuine mobbing at work 2012 share this print opens in new window print share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading bullying bosses beware your targets may undermine you may 21 2013 by david yamada in workplace bullying mobbing and abuse tags workplace bullying mobbing and abuse 2 comments it s pretty much a given that top down workplace bullying can diminish morale and productivity but a study of brazilian workers presented at the just concluded work stress and health conference in los angeles suggests that abusive bosses may reap what they sow dr kenneth harris of indiana university southwest with drs ranida harris and ana rossi presented a study on the effects of sustained abusive supervision on work outcomes using a sample of brazilian workers one of their key findings is that many targets engaged in upward undermining as a response to the abuse in other words bullied workers did what they could to make their bosses look bad interestingly as the bullying got worse some targets increased work efforts on their own behalf which harris suggested may reflect attempts to keep their jobs despite the onslaught of mistreatment it makes sense especially with bosses who have a kiss up kick down mentality they so underestimate the importance of subordinates that they have no idea about the little ways in which targets of their abuse can withhold support or even quietly sabotage their work and reputation the biennial work stress and health conference is co sponsored by the american psychological association apa national institute for occupational safety and health niosh and society for occupational health psychology sohp share this print opens in new window print share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading bullying of volunteers may 20 2013 by david yamada in non profit sector voluntarism workplace bullying mobbing and abuse tags and abuse mobbing non profit sector voluntarism workplace bullying 35 comments image courtesy of clipart panda com i ve been asked twice in the past few days about bullying in the voluntary sector this appears to be largely unexplored territory deserving of greater attention i searched bullying of volunteers and found only a smattering of relevant hits and nothing in terms of a full blown examination of the topic that said i think we can make some credible assertions and raise important questions about the bullying of volunteers 1 why not there s no reason why bullying type behaviors should be uncommon among and between volunteers as compared to people in other settings with frequent human interaction most organizations have tensions conflicts and rivalries why should it be any different with those heavily staffed by volunteers 2 emotional stakes in fact in some cases the emotional stakes may be even greater among pure volunteers than among paid staff for example in hyper charged cause type situations emotions can run especially high and play host to all sorts of negative behaviors running the gamut from conflict to incivility to bullying if the volunteers are working on behalf of a cause in which they have an important personal stake the emotional ante is ratcheted up and buttons may be easily pushed especially with underdog issues where people already feel marginalized conversely if the volunteer activity is associated with high levels of community prestige or power there may be a lot of competition and posturing that create their own drama and give rise to the possibility of bullying behaviors ambition and recognition are not limited to paid employment after all and even if social change or prestige isn t at stake community connections may well be for many volunteer activities such as coaching youth sports or organizing a church choir may be lifelines to their communities and being cut out or pushed out of them may be painfully isolating 3 institutional status the bullying of volunteers raises all sorts of institutional status questions are we talking about rank and file volunteers who are doing the on the ground grunt work or maybe this is about bullying within non profit boards are there differences between all volunteer groups and those that have a mix of staff and volunteers and what if bullying behaviors cross certain groups within these organizations involving staff volunteers and board members 4 behaviors the bullying of volunteers also raises questions of specific behaviors do they lean toward direct or indirect do the emotional elements of some volunteer driven causes plant the ...