Feature Articles
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February 11, 2022
In January, the Boston Public Health Commission provided MassCOSH 180 at-home rapid tests to distribute to frontline workers to keep themselves and their families safe. On January 20, MassCOSH’s Worker Center staff and members... read more
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January 12, 2022The Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health (MassCOSH) is deeply saddened to learn that Kimberlee Francoeur, 30, of Lanesborough, died of injuries sustained on the job working for Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort in... read more
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December 08, 2021Making MassCOSH's work possible with a generous gift is easy. Just click here and follow the easy instructions for an effortless donation... read more
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December 07, 2021Maritza, 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,... read more
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November 15, 2021A recent Massachusetts Department of Public Health report on worker opioid-related overdose deaths shows MassCOSH’s efforts to educate and provide services to at-risk worker is more badly needed than ever.
The report,... read more
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November 15, 2021MassCOSH is pleased to announce the Fields Corner Crossroads Collaborative has named its first program director Keyla Kelley, MS, CCLS, CEIM, CLC. In 2018, thanks to a three-year funding incubation grant by Boston Children’s... read more
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November 15, 2021More 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... read more
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November 15, 2021On 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 to be fully vaccinated... read more
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October 25, 2021With most of Boston’s public schools built before World War II, 130 buildings are increasingly unable to abate the heat that comes with ever-warming springs and summers. The issue has become a major campaign for MassCOSH’s Teens... read more
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October 25, 2021MassCOSH 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... read more