With MassCOSH staff and many of its Worker Center members vaccinated, the Worker Center has recently resumed limited, in-person trainings for low-income and immigrant workers.
MassCOSH is very proud of the 22 young people who graduated from our Teens Lead @ Work summer programs on August 12.
The U.S. Department of Labors Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently issued updated guidance to help protect workers from the coronavirus. The guidance reflects developments in science and data, including the Centers for Disease Control's updated COVID-19 guidance issued July 27.
MassCOSH is excited to welcome new Labor-Community Training Coordinator and Organizer, Jazmin Morinigo!
The Teens Lead at Work (TL@W) summer program is back and in-person for the first time in well over a year and is celebrating its 20th anniversary of fighting for young workers rights!
MassCOSH moved, but just up the street still in Fields Corner! Our new address is 42 Charles Street, Dorchester, MA 02122. We are excited to be renting space in the Vietnamese American Initiative for Development (VietAID).
Each year, high temperatures and heat stress kill more people than any other natural disaster in the US.
Over the last month, the Department of Labor Standards (DLS) has taken two steps that have left workers unprotected from occupational exposure to COVID-19.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 7/21/2021 Contact: Jeff Newton, MassCOSH Communications Director Jeff.newton@masscosh.org As Delta COVID Cases Rise, Gov Baker Doubles Down on Abandoning Workers Issuing blank emergency COVID regulations and failing to protect public workers as required by law has labor leaders outraged. BOSTON...
(1) Enforce OSHA protections for public sector health care workers! On June 10, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration released updated COVID-19 guidance for all workplaces and an Emergency Temporary Standard that covers workers in healthcare facilities.
On May 13, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued new guidance removing mask requirements for fully vacci nated people. Approximately 62% of people in Massachusetts are fully are vaccinated. But this vaccination rate is not equitably distributed.
MassCOSH would like to wish the best of luck to Ben Weilerstein, who, after an amazing and productive two years with MassCOSH, is soon leaving in order to be closer to family in Pittsburgh.
MassCOSH has been working to pass legislation that requires that companies seeking State contracts or trenching permits disclose their OSHA violations. H1966 / S1190 - An Act relative to workplace safety and disclosure of violations (Rep. DuBois / Sen.
The Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health (MassCOSH) has a more than 40-year record of advocating for safe, healthy workplaces.
Over the past few years, reporter Jane M. Von Bergen has shadowed MassCOSH to report on our fight for good, safe jobs for all.
