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  • 24 Oct 2024

    Factory workers' deaths in flood were tragic. Could they have been preventable?

    Robert Jarvis wants answers. “Why’d you make us work that day?” he asks. “Why?”

    With five workers dead and one still missing since Hurricane Helene struck on Sept. 27, many of us in Tennessee and around the country also want to know what went wrong that day – and if we can prevent it from happening again.

  • 11 Sep 2024

    Workers Are Bearing the Brunt of Extreme Heat

    It's time to implement heat safety standards and protect workers from the scorching temperatures induced by climate change.

  • 2 Jul 2024

    Public Statement in Support of OSHA’S Proposed Heat Rule

    The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (COSH) strongly supports OSHA’s proposed rule to address heat-related hazards for both indoor and outdoor workers. The rule, which was announced today, is a critical step in protecting millions of workers from heat-related illnesses and injuries.

  • 5 Jun 2024

    Local opinion: Arizona workers are dying for heat protection

    As we progress towards an ordinance here in Southern Arizona, let’s be bold in our determination to effectively confront the ever-more-deadly challenge that heat presents in our workplaces. We have the resources in our community to make this program the model for the rest of the state. Let’s honor the memory of Dario Mendoza – and others who, like him, shouldn’t have died on the job – by passing the robust heat exposure ordinance our workers need and deserve.

COSH Network in the News

  • Long Island Business News

    New OSHA rule: ‘Safety first’ gets a second look

    2 Dec 2024

    The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health has said that allowing workers to select their own third-party experts to accompany inspections ensures that information about workplace conditions can be accurately communicated across language barriers, and may also reduce fear of retaliation from employers.

  • New York Times

    This Florida Farmworker Is 75 and Still Toiling in the Heat

    26 Oct 2024

    His first heat stroke came in 2018, when he lost consciousness and had to be hospitalized. The episode inspired WeCount!, an immigrant and worker advocacy group, to campaign for a local law that would require employers to provide water and rest and shade breaks for Miami-Dade County’s more than 60,000 agriculture and construction workers on excessively hot days.
     

  • Sourcing Journal

    Oxfam Files Formal UN Complaint Against Amazon, Walmart’s ‘Systematic Human Rights Violations’

    17 Oct 2024

    Oxfam is far from the only organization that has tried to take action against Amazon and Walmart; earlier this year, the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH) named Walmart to its “Dirty Dozen” list, accusing it of “unsafe and reckless” conduct toward its employees.

  • In These Times

    The Race Against the Clock to a Workplace Heat Rule

    18 Oct 2024

    The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (COSH), which advocates for abuse- and exploitation-free workplaces, is building on local organizing with a nationwide campaign to pass the federal OSHA rule. It has 20 local affiliates and also serves as a hub for smaller grassroots groups like Warehouse Workers for Justice (WWJ), a worker center in Illinois.