Feature Articles
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July 24, 2013As the construction season heats up and buildings begin to break ground, the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health (MassCOSH) reminds employers that construction remains one of the most deadly industries for... read more
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July 12, 2013This past June, the State Department released a human trafficking report that served as a shocking and very sad reminder that even in 2013, slave labor is alive and well. According to the report, as many as 27 million men, women,... read more
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July 12, 2013From 11pm to 7am, Tomás Garciá worked in the famous kitchen of a Back Bay Hotel, cleaning out grease traps, de-liming sinks, and washing the ovens that hours before were producing thirty-dollar steak dishes. As the city slept,... read more
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July 12, 2013By day, Guadalupe Gonzalez did backbreaking work cleaning commercial office buildings. At night, she picked bottles from the trash, selling them to earn valuable extra money to support her family, one nickel at a time. Gonzalez is... read more
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July 12, 2013In an historic victory for workers’ rights in the Bay State, a majority of human service workers at Lawrence-based CLASS, Inc. voted ‘Union Yes!’ in their election.
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July 12, 2013Earlier this July, MassCOSH’s Teens Lead @ Work (TL@W) ballooned from a staff of eight peer leaders to an army of 16 young workers who will soon train hundreds of working 14-18 year olds on how to stay safe on the job. To assist... read more
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July 09, 2013MassCOSH reminded the media and the public after the recent heat wave that working outside during oppressive heat isn’t just uncomfortable for workers; it can be deadly.
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July 01, 2013On June 25, just four days after undergoing surgery for a neck injury caused by years of lifting patients at a state hospital, Martha McNamara, a nurse, asked the Massachusetts legislature to pass a law that would protect other... read more
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July 01, 2013Alfred Cabiya, 56, was working for Trico Welding setting up temporary office trailers when he and two of his co-workers became pinned between the massive objects. One worker was able to free himself on his own, another required the... read more
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July 01, 2013Letitia ‘Tish’ Davis is kind of a big deal. Few others can say they founded the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Occupational Surveillance Program, serving as its sole director since its inception in 1986. Nor can many say... read more