WA proposal aimed at opening up mental health care in trades industry

By: Conor Wilson

Outlets: Kitsap Sun

Published: March 6, 2026

Words: 828

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago

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As a union president with nearly four decades in the construction industry, Chuck Moe has seen how mental health and substance use issues keep people off the job. Yet, until recently, little has been done about it.

For a majority of Moe’s career, beginning as an apprentice in 1990, it was taboo for construction workers to admit they were struggling with depression or an addiction. Personal issues were kept off the jobsite. Workers were told …

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