Looking for help?
Your Employee Assistance Program is here to help you find the help you need, or help you help someone else.
The EAP Team
Working for you.
The Longshorehelp Campaign Working Group’s Goals
Develop and launch an EAP mental health & addiction awareness and education campaign directed at, and designed specifically for, longshore workers to:
Reduce the stigma related to mental health and substance use concerns.
Increase worker, family, and colleague awareness of the EAP services and benefits available to them.
Provide links to self-help and self-awareness tools and resources.
Feature EAP information and resources related to key issues of concern to Longshore Workers, beginning with a focus on addiction.
This campaign to be supported by a campaign EAP website that provides resources, tools, links and phone numbers for mental health and addiction help (both public self-help resources, and union Health Benefits available to eligible members and their families) – targeting those who need help and those looking to give help.
The campaign and website will be promoted through a PSA made by and for Longshore & Waterfront workers, posters, business cards, and other promotional items, and through social media and direct emails.
What Is The EAP?
The Employee Assistance Program has been established to provide confidential assistance to all waterfront employees and their immediate family. It is a multifaceted program that covers but is not limited to:
Alcohol issues
Substance use issues
Addiction issues
Depression & Anxiety
Grief
Anger
Personal difficulties
Job stress
Relationship difficulties
Eldercare, childcare, parenting difficulties
Harassment
Separation and loss
Balancing work and family
Relapse prevention
Who Is The EAP?
A Coordinator is appointed by the parties through the Joint Industry Labor Relations Committee and is responsible to the ILWU-Employers Association Health and Benefit Plan Trustees for carrying out the intricacies of the program. The Authorized Representatives of the EAP assist with the process.
The Coordinator and the Authorized Representatives are not involved in any disciplinary processes. We work as a compassionate, team to serve you and your families, confidentially.
Compassion, understanding, and support can make a big difference for individuals reaching out for help. But people often hesitate to ask for help because there is still much stigma around these struggles. That’s why the EAP wants workers to know there is help available — even anonymously.
Who Is Eligible For Help Under The EAP?
Longshore workers and their immediate family
Pensioners and their immediate family
Foremen and their immediate family
How Does The EAP Work?
Self or family referral
Union local and it's Committee Officers referral
Employer's Drug & Alcohol Policy
When a call is made to the EAP, a confidential assessment is made to determine what the client's individual needs are. We set up all referrals for counseling for longshore workers and their immediate family with personal and/or work-related concerns, such as stress, financial issues, legal issues, family problems, interpersonal conflicts, and alcohol and substance abuse. We can also help set up the client with the appropriate resources for many other situations.
If a treatment plan involves admission to a residential treatment center and the client qualifies for Health and Benefits coverage, then their period of absence from work is considered an illness. Weekly Indemnity may be payable and all other benefits are maintained.
Eligible workers may qualify for interest free treatment loans, and total repayment of the loan if applicable, after successfully completing the treatment program and meeting the requirements.
