Press Release Immigrant Workers and Labor Advocates Push for Bill to Protect Employees from Retaliation After Workplace Injury Low-wage immigrant workers, the primary victims of retaliation for seeking their rights, are leading the charge to pass a law that would protect all workers after they are…
Recycling Workers Finally Receive Long Overdue Pay Increase For years these workers were exempt from Boston’s living wage ordinance, resulting in near minimum wage salaries for dirty, dangerous work June 19, 2019 For Immediate Release Boston Today, the City of Boston announced a set of…
PRESS RELEASE 8/8/2018 For Immediate Release CONTACT: Jeff Newton, Communications Director, MassCOSH Jeff.newton@masscosh.org O: (617) 825-7233×14 NEW REPORT: Dangerous Jobs Directly Linked to Opiate Epidemic in Massachusetts Death certificates show construction workers,…
Press Statement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 6/29/2018 Contact: Jeff Newton, Communications Director (617) 825-7233 x14 Second Tree Worker Killed on the Job BOSTON The death of a David Bova, 34, of Salem,…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 26, 2018 Contact: Jeff Newton, MassCOSH Communications Coordinator (O) (617) 825-7233 x14 Roger Kerson, National COSH roger@nationalcosh.org, (C) 734.645.0535 #MeToo Moves to the Workplace MassCOSH Joins New Alliance of Low-wage Workers, Safety, Labor…
Press Statement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 5/17/2018 Contact: Jeff Newton, Communications Coordinator (617) 825-7233 x14 Worker Killed by Common Workplace Hazard BOSTON The death of Anthony Lyon who suffered fatal injuries May 1 after being struck…
NEW REPORT: Dangerous Jobs Killed 74 Workers in Massachusetts Workplace fatalities in Massachusetts reach 11-year high BOSTON On November 3, 2017, Antawani Wright-Davis, 19, was stuck by a dump truck and killed while working for the food delivery service DoorDash in Boston. However, the…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3/1/2018 Contact: Jeff Newton, MassCOSH Communications Coordinator (O) (617) 825-7233 x14 All Mass. Public Workers to be Covered by OSHA Safety Standards for the First Time in State History Mass. Labor Advocates Celebrate Hard-Won Protections …
Press Statement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1/18/2018 Contact: Jeff Newton, Communications Coordinator (617) 825-7233 x14 Boston Must Demand Amazon do More to Protect Worker Health and Safety Recent worker deaths at Amazon should give pause to officials seeking to woo…
Press Statement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10/4/2017 Contact: Jeff Newton, MassCOSH Communications Coordinator (O) (617) 825-7233 x14 Labor Safety Advocates Encouraged by Senate Passage of Worker Protection Bill BOSTON Today, after more than a decade of steadfast advocacy…
BOSTON – October 4, 2017 Today, after more than a decade of steadfast advocacy by labor advocates, a bill extending OSHA protections to Massachusetts public employees has passed the Massachusetts Senate, where it now awaits a critical vote by the House. S.2167, An Act Further Defining Standards…
Emotional Candlelight Vigil Held to Honor Workers Lost on the Job Families Shared Stories How Their Loss has Affected Them, Advocates Called on Elected Officials to do more to Protect Workers BOSTON Yesterday afternoon, over 70 family members of workers killed on the job and worker…