Feature Articles
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May 28, 2021
May 25, 2021The Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health (MassCOSH) has a more than 40-year record of advocating for safe, healthy workplaces. MassCOSH’s mission is to ensure that all workers can go to work, earn a fair wage... read more
May 19, 2021MassCOSH is very proud of a brave group of hotel housekeepers who have successfully brought their employer to the bargaining table to address workplace bullying, back wages, overtime, stolen tips, and retaliation damages.
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May 19, 2021Over the past few years, reporter Jane M. Von Bergen has shadowed MassCOSH to report on our fight for good, safe jobs for all. Her articles have truly captured the multifaceted nature of our work, showing the humanity behind those... read more
May 19, 2021On May 1, May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day, MassCOSH could be found throughout the Boston area as we joined with our allies to pay tribute to the power of workers and to highlight the demands working people have to... read more
May 19, 2021MassCOSH’s Teens Lead @ Work program is pleased to be able to provide free trainings to young people this summer. Email joe.tache@masscosh.org ... read more
April 28, 2021Links for the first time working outside the home to a dramatic risk of death due to COVID-19
On December 10, 2019, Vidal Bravo Cifuentes, a 34-year-old day laborer, was killed during a tree removal operation at a... read more
April 13, 2021Health Resources in Action (HRA), in collaboration with MA. Department of Public Health is offering a virtual, two-hour interactive training based on MassCOSH’s research on the role that workplace pain and injury can play in... read more
April 13, 2021Since the very beginning of the pandemic, MassCOSH’s Programs and Policy Director Al Vega has been working closely with our allies and members like the Brockton Workers Alliance, the Mass. Nurses Association, SEIU Local 888, and... read more
April 13, 2021This past March was Women's History Month and MassCOSH’s Worker Center honored it in part by holding a training for immigrant women on sexual harassment at work and how to recognize sex and gender discrimination.
The... read more
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