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August 27, 2021As schools set to reopen for the 2021-2022 school year, on July 30, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education lifted all health and safety requirements for the Commonwealth’s schools, replacing them with ... read more
August 27, 2021MassCOSH is very proud of the 22 young people who graduated from our Teens Lead @ Work summer programs on August 12. During their six weeks as paid staff, these young people learned about workers’ rights and led ... read more
August 27, 2021Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 has made thousands of workers in Massachusetts sick and likely resulted in hundreds of fatalities. MassCOSH has little doubt countless workers were unaware of their rights to paid sick time off and workers’ ... read more
August 27, 2021The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently issued updated guidance to help protect... read more
July 22, 2021MassCOSH is working on an outreach project to understand how you and other workers are feeling during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are distributing a survey across the state to ensure that MassCOSH tailors our priorities to best meet... read more
July 22, 2021Over the last month, the Department of Labor Standards (DLS) has taken two steps that have left workers unprotected from occupational exposure to COVID-19. First, on May 29, DLS stopped enforcing its COVID-19 Workplace Safety... read more
July 22, 2021MassCOSH is excited to welcome new Labor-Community Training Coordinator and Organizer, Jazmin Morinigo! Jazmin joins MassCOSH’s team with ample experience engaging with workers and advocating for their rights through Oxfam America’... read more
July 22, 2021Each year, high temperatures and heat stress kill more people than any other natural disaster in the US. While we are always concerned about workers who work outdoors, those who work indoors without air conditioning can also be... read more
July 22, 2021MassCOSH moved, but just up the street still in Fields Corner! Our new address is 42 Charles Street, Dorchester, MA 02122. We are excited to be renting space in the Vietnamese American Initiative for Development (... read more
July 22, 2021The Teens Lead at Work (TL@W) summer program is back and in-person for the first time in well over a year and is celebrating its 20th anniversary of fighting for young workers’ rights! On July, 7 TL@W started its six-week summer ... read more
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