Worker Center Resumes In-Person Training With Somerville Worker Center
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.
Masking, ventilation, distance, vax & testing critical for safe return to school
As schools set to reopen for the 2021-2022 school year, on July 30, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education lifted all health and safety requirements for the Commonwealth’s schools, replacing them with recommendations that not only fail to protect stud...
TL@W Peer Leaders Take on Excessive Heat, the Gig Economy, and Racial Justice
MassCOSH is very proud of the 22 young people who graduated from our Teens Lead @ Work summer programs on August 12.
Put Frontline Workers First!
Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 has made thousands of workers in Massachusetts sick and likely resulted in hundreds of fatalities.
Baker Administration Set to Repeal COVID-19 Worker Protections Despite New OSHA Guidance
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.
Welcome Jazmin
MassCOSH is excited to welcome new Labor-Community Training Coordinator and Organizer, Jazmin Morinigo!
How Has the Pandemic Changed Your Thoughts?
MassCOSH is working on an outreach project to understand how you and other workers are feeling during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are distributing a survey across the state to ensure that MassCOSH tailors our priorities to best meet your needs in the ongoing fight for workplace safety and health.
TL@W Celebrates 20 Years of Advocacy
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
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).
Heat Stress in Chelsea Harms Workers
Each year, high temperatures and heat stress kill more people than any other natural disaster in the US.
Department of Labor Standards Abandons Workers
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.
As Delta COVID Cases Rise, Gov Baker Doubles Down on Abandoning Workers
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...
Enforce OSHA for public health care workers: update COVID protections don’t repeal
(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.
Demand Gov. Baker enforce COVID workplace rules & OSHA ETS for public healthcare workers
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.
Best of Luck Ben!
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.
