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Maritza, an enterprising, immigrant self-starter worried not only for her health during the pandemic but that of the children she cared for at the small daycare she founded and runs in East Boston. Like you, she had so many questions and had so few answers. How will this impact how we work?

MassCOSH's 2021 Annual Report is hosted on MediaFire.

A recent Massachusetts Department of Public Health report on worker opioid-related overdose deaths shows MassCOSHs efforts to educate and provide services to at-risk worker is more badly needed than ever.

On November 5, OSHA released an emergency temporary standard (ETS) that requires almost all private-sector employers with at least 100 full- or part-time employees institute policies that require employees tobefully vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo testing for COVID-19 at least every seven days and wear a face...

More than 13,000 farmworkers are employed on farms across Massachusetts, yet they are excluded from minimum wage and overtime laws. That exclusion means these incredibly essential workers are often forced to work well over eight hours a day, six to seven days per week.

MassCOSH is pleased to announce the Fields Corner Crossroads Collaborative has named its first program director Keyla Kelley, MS, CCLS, CEIM, CLC.

With most of Bostons public schools built before World War II, 130 buildings are increasingly unable to abate the heat that comes with ever-warming springs and summers.

MassCOSH and labor groups around the nation are celebrating years of grassroots organizing paying off as the Biden Administration announced a new initiative this past September to protect workers and communities from extreme heat due to climate change.

MassCOSH is very pleased to announce that our Director of Policy and Programs Al Vega has been appointed to the Future of Work Commission, tasked with helping prepare the Commonwealth for what the future may hold for workers as technology rapidly evolves.

On October 6, Fernando Augusto Rafael Da Silva, a husband and father of two, fell to his death in East Boston at a construction site. His death hit the Brazilian immigrant community hard and was yet another tragic reminder of how dangerous the construction industry can be.

Now that kids are back to school in-person, families have many questions and concerns: What health and safety protections must my school district put in place? How can I know if my childs school building is safe? How will I know if my child has been exposed to COVID-19?

While Hurricane Henri brought a near miss to Massachusetts, hurricane season runs through November 30, and its important workers mobilized to clean up after storms, our second responders, know about the potential hazards on the job and their rights.

MassCOSH used our recent move to the VietAID Building (42 Charles St, Dorchester, MA 02122) to upgrade some technology we use in the office. One big change is that we have cut the cord to our phones and are now using an internet phone service .

MassCOSH is so incredibly proud of the Worker Center members who completed our month-long, comprehensive Leadership Training on how to organize for better working conditions.

Dear Governor Baker, As public health and occupational health and safety experts, we are gravely concerned about the health and lives of workers in the Commonwealth, their families, and their communities in light of the infectiousness and transmissibility of the COVID-19 Delta Variant.