Feature Articles
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June 14, 2018MassCOSH is proud to announce Youth Coordinator Jenny Fernandez’s leadership role in helping to launch the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH) new Sexual Harassment Action Network (SHAN). On June 11... read more
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June 14, 2018When Worker Center Director Milagros Barreto addressed the media at a press conference across from the State House on May 14, it was proof just how multifaceted the fight for good, safe jobs really is.
MassCOSH, 32BJ SEIU... read more
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June 14, 2018It is with warm wishes that MassCOSH announces the retirement of Tolle Graham. For almost 32 years, Tolle shaped the health and safety movement in Massachusetts and beyond through her activism in the labor movement and COSH network... read more
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June 14, 2018One year ago, after sifting through reams of data, MassCOSH reported that 70 workers lost their lives on the job in 2016: 61 as a result of fatal injuries and nine firefighters who died from work-related illness. However, the... read more
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June 14, 2018This past March, after over a decade of steadfast advocacy by labor advocates, An Act to Further Define Standards of Employee Safety, a bill extending Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) protections to all public employees,... read more
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May 29, 2018Over the last year, MassCOSH has helped to pass legislation that provides protection to pregnant workers, increases the fines for corporate manslaughter, and extends OSHA protections to almost 430,000 public sector workers. However... read more
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April 26, 2018On November 3, 2017, Antawani Wright-Davis, 19, was stuck by a dump truck and killed while working for the food delivery service DoorDash in Boston. However, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), never... read more
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March 05, 2018We are ecstatic to bring you some truly great news. On March 1, a bill expanding OSHA protections to almost 430,000 public sector and municipal workers is on its way to the Governor’s desk after it was enacted in the Senate with a... read more
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January 21, 2018For many women living in Massachusetts, leaving their job during pregnancy is not a financially viable option. However, many female workers worry that their employer will not provide reasonable accommodations, such as allowing more... read more
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January 21, 2018Until recently, Abril (her name has been changed to protect her identity) was living a normal life as one of the hundreds of thousands of immigrants who call Greater Boston home. Washing dishes at a popular restaurant, she managed... read more