Defending Safety for All in Dangerous Times

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Virtual COSH Event

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Defending Safety for All in Dangerous Times 

Date: Wednesday, September 2nd

Time: 4PM PDT / 5PM MDT / 6PM CDT / 7PM EDT (75 minutes)

Kick-off off Labor Day 2026 with National COSH at Defending Safety for All in Dangerous Times: an evening of solidarity and collective commitment to true safety for all workers. Buy your tickets now for good music, great company, and remarks from visionary workers and movement leaders fighting to protect our basic human right to safe and healthy work.

Featured Speakers and Guests

Freddy

Freddy Pierre is an organizer with Beyond the Bars, a National COSH Board member, and a graduate of National COSH’s WeRise! Worker Leadership Academy. His leadership is shaped by his own experience navigating the legal system, rebuilding his career through temporary and fast-food work, and witnessing firsthand how systems impact working families. Today, Freddy organizes to challenge injustice and build worker power through dignity, knowledge, and collective action. 

Kimetra

Kimetra Lewis has passionately served as the President of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 132 in Dallas, Texas for ten years, fighting for fair wages, strong contract protections, workplace equality, and safe working conditions. Her leadership is grounded in her belief that every carrier deserves respect, representation, and the opportunity to build a secure future for themselves and their families. President Lewis’ commitment to worker safety is deeply personal as Branch 132 has navigated the loss of members to extreme heat on the job. 

Martha

Martha Ojeda is Executive Director of Fe y Justicia Worker Center in Houston and an influential movement leader in both the United States and Mexico. For decades, Martha has organized immigrant workers and communities to build leadership, challenge unsafe conditions, and strengthen worker protections. She is also co-author of NAFTA from Below and brings deep experience connecting worker organizing with the fight for health, safety, and justice.  

Debbie Berkowitz      Mike Felsen and Tolle Graham