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Joe Washburn was recently appointed to oversee EAP volunteers in the Southeast region that includes BWI, DCA, FLL, IAD, MCO, PHL, RSW, and TPA. He provides them with training and the resources they need to serve members and their families to assist them when they need help with a variety of issues, including child custody, caregiving, and other domestic disputes, and will find help even for those lacking health insurance.

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141 Report: EAP Always There

Jun 25, 2021

Dave interviews Joe Washburn, District 141 EAP Coordinator for the Southeast Region about the resources available to IAM members and their families to help them overcome personal troubles.

The past 16 months have presented challenges to the way we work and conduct our everyday lives, and for many people, they have intensified problems they may have been able to manage in the past.

Joe talks about how Employee Assistance Program Peer Coordinators have seen an increase in the number of members seeking help to cope with mental health and financial problems. In his previous experience, the most common concerns were alcohol and drug abuse.

Brother Joe Washburn began his airline career at United Airlines Cabin Services at IAD in 1991 and later transferred to Ramp Services in PHL. He became active in the union as a Shop Steward but has always been connected to the EAP program.

He completed the EAP Coordinator training at the IAMAW Winpisinger Center and also holds a certification as a Peer Counselor from the Labor Assistance Professionals, a trade labor organization. Joe was part of the first group to complete the IAM’s Critical Incident Training that responded to an active shooter event at an IAM-represented worksite in Aurora, IL.

His interest in helping others is rooted in his own experience, and he credits the EAP program at his previous job for “being there when I needed them.” Joe has been sober for 35 years.

EAP Peer Counselors are “on the field with the members and they sometimes can tell if something is going on,” he said. But his priority is to make sure members know there are many resources available to them when they are going through hard times.

Joe was recently appointed to oversee EAP volunteers in the Southeast region that includes BWI, DCA, FLL, IAD, MCO, PHL, RSW, and TPA. He provides them with training and the resources they need to serve members and their families to assist them when they need help with a variety of issues, including child custody, caregiving, and other domestic disputes, and will find help even for those lacking health insurance.

The first step to find help is to visit the EAP page on the District 141 website: https://iam141.org/141eap/

Members can expect respectful, non-judgemental, and professional treatment that is strictly confidential.

“We do not turn anyone down.”