An Advisory Committee created by Governor Deval Patrick to study state work-place risks and dangers released a landmark report (click to view) with key recommendations to reduce injury, illness and deaths for the Commonwealth’s Executive Branch employees. During a State House briefing, state labor unions, safety advocates and members…
An Advisory Committee created by Governor Deval Patrick to study state work-place risks and dangers released a landmark report (click to view) with key recommendations to reduce injury, illness and deaths for the Commonwealth’s Executive Branch employees. During a State House briefing, state labor unions, safety advocates and members…
With state data showing Massachusetts teens average over 700 work-related emergency room visits each year, Boston teens and state officials working to change these statistics announced the winners of the statewide 4th annual Safe Jobs for Youth poster contest today at the Massachusetts State House. 16-year-old Liz…
Before a standing room only crowd, the Boston Zero Waste Task Force, a multi-stakeholder group made up of labor and business leaders, community and neighborhood groups, Zero Waste and recycling experts, and environmental and social justice advocates, held a briefing at City Hall today to release a set of recommendations…
On January 30th, in MassCOSH’s new East Boston worker center office, temporary workers and community and labor supporters commemorated the anniversary of the Temp Worker Right to Know Law’s passage with chants and testimonies. The group, known as the REAL Coalition (Reform Employment Agency Law), also released an official progress…
MassCOSH board member Melissa King is fighting to spare families that have recently lost a loved one on the job a second tragedy. Having lost her own father from a work fatality at Logan Airport, the King family was forced to spend thousands of dollars on a funeral that came…
Tolle Graham, MassCOSH’s Union and Healthy Schools Coordinator, has a very special relationship with the Trotter Elementary School in Roxbury. It’s where she sent her own children when they were younger and now it’s where she works closely with school staff to make the building a poster child for efforts…
The morning of February 19th, MassCOSH and former employees hand delivered a written Letter of Complaint to the supply chain company Fulfillment America and its contracted temporary agency seeking an end to wage theft, unlawful firings, and harassment that had plagued the workers for years during their employment. The former…
The recent death of long-time Natick employee Michael F. McDaniel Jr., is a stark reminder of the dangers our municipal public works employees face each day. It also highlights the urgent need for health and safety requirements that meet or exceed those in the private sector. McDaniel…
One year after a groundbreaking temporary agency reform law went into effect in Massachusetts, advocates are hailing the law’s role in combating labor abuse and promoting transparency for the tens of thousands of temporary workers employed in the Commonwealth. At an event commemorating the anniversary of the law, advocates released…
Two immigrant workers at construction and shipping worksites were killed less than five days apart in the city of Boston. With multi-story building under construction and new projects announced throughout Greater Boston, employers and contractors must step up their safety efforts to stem injuries and deaths, stated the Massachusetts Coalition…
Three months after investigating Piantedosi Baking Company, Inc. following the death of a worker, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued citations and $20,790 in penalties to the Malden-based business for serious safety violations. 61-year-old Yogambigai Pasupathipillai, a Sri Lankan immigrant, was working at the…