While we have canceled drop-in hours and clinics in East Boston for now, MassCOSHs Immigrant Worker Center is continuing to provide support to workers through our hotline (617-505-8939 or 617-505-8940).
Given repeated messages to work from home and to socially isolate, it may seem like hardly anyone is reporting to work. But that is not the case for thousands of workers, especially those who we are depending on to disinfect and clean areas people gather to reduce the spread of covid-19.
As of March 13, our offices in Dorchester and East Boston are closed to visitors. We are following the advice of public health experts to promote and support social distancing as this global pandemic affects billions of peoples lives.
The Coronavirus has exposed the lack of basic protections that American workers are force to live with. Additionally, communities that already face marginalization low-wage, contract, and immigrant workers are being the hardest hit by the virus and its economic impacts.
4174/S. 2401. These bills would protect workers who seek their rightful access to medical care and workers compensation from retaliation from their employer.
Please click here to view U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19.
Twice a year, MassCOSH’s Trainer & Technical Consultant Rick Rabin reaches out to close to 40 English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) schools in the area, letting them know that MassCOSH will be offering free trainings for their students, staff, and others on their rights as workers in the Commonwealth. T...
We are very pleased to introduce our newest MassCOSH Board members who will help lead MassCOSH into 2020 and beyond. Traci Teal joined our board this December at our Annual Meeting.
We are very pleased to release MassCOSH's first-ever Annual Report. This 2019 recap highlights our finances, who we are, and what key accomplishes we won in the fight to further good, safe jobs for all.
December 5, Suffolk Superior Court Judge Mitchell H.
If we are doing our job right, when you hear about worker justice in Massachusetts, you think of MassCOSH. But what about beyond our state borders?
Workplace Safety Advocates Hope Employer Prison Sentence Deters Others from Putting Workers in Danger BOSTON Today, Suffolk Superior Court Judge Mitchell H.
Description MassCOSH and CPH-NEW seek up to four (4) Trainers for a series of opioid-awareness trainings that will be offered as part of the Mining Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) refresher courses in January and February 2020.
One of MassCOSHs greatest strengths comes from being a union-run organization. For decades, MassCOSH employees have been members of the United Steelworkers (USW) Local 9358 as a show of solidarity with the labor movement.
Vulnerable immigrant workers contribute immensely to Greater Bostons economy but are also prime targets for exploitive employers who use fear and intimidation to keep them from reporting wage theft, unsafe work conditions, and even injuries.
