“Your organs can’t adapt that fast. The conditions changed.” The New York Times features Trina David, a National COSH We Rise! worker leader, and Oscar Londoño of WeCount! speaking out about workplace heat dangers. Workers need strong protections now: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/c...
National Council for Occupational Safety and Health
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National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH) is a federation of local and statewide grassroots worker organizations that advocates for safe and healthy workplaces, and worker rights, through education, organizing, and advocacy
Join National COSH's Fired Up! National Week of Heat Action (Aug. 10–16)! Planning a worker training, rally, outreach event, committee meeting, or another local action? Submit your event and we'll help amplify it nationwide. 🔗 nationalcosh.org/news/events/... #FiredUp #HeatJustice
“Workers can’t adapt their organs, but the state can adapt its standards.” State Affairs features We Rise! fellow Trina David and Agave Community Threads advocate Jazmin Moreno Dominguez demanding enforceable heat protections in Arizona. Read: pro.stateaffairs.com/az/environme...
📅 Save the date: September 2! Join National COSH for Defending Safety for All in Dangerous Times, a virtual evening of solidarity, music, and commitment to worker safety. Tickets, sponsorships, and donations: nationalcosh.org/news/events/...
🚨 Congress is moving to block OSHA’s proposed federal heat standard, putting protections for 36 million workers at risk. Sign the coalition letter opposing H.R. 6213 by July 20: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Stand with workers. Act now. #FiredUp #HeatJustice @publiccitizen.bsky.social
Wildfire smoke is making the air hazardous across parts of the Great Lakes and the East Coast. Workers deserve protection from dangerous smoke exposure. Learn your rights and download National COSH's free alert: nationalcosh.org/Wildfire-Smoke
🔥 Save the Date! Aug. 10 - 16 is the Fired Up! National Week of Action for Heat Justice. Host a training, organize an event, submit it to National COSH, and download the FREE Heat Organizing Toolkit to help protect workers from extreme heat. 🔗 Learn more at nationalcosh.org #FiredUp #HeatJustice
👏 Congratulations to @ccijustice.bsky.social and @worksafeoak.bsky.social on this major victory for worker safety and immigrant justice. GEO pays $104K, boosts protections for detained workers in CA ICE facilities. Every worker deserves safety and dignity. www.ccijustice.org/post/geo-gro...
GEO Group to Pay More Than $100,000 and Extend Worker Protections to People Detained in Its California ICE Facilities
Legal settlement with Cal/OSHA caps a four-year fight that secured critical protections for people who work while detained in ICE detention centers operated by GEO Group.
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🚨 Silica Dust Can Kill. Workers cutting, grinding, polishing, installing, or cleaning engineered stone may be breathing dangerous silica dust that can cause silicosis—an incurable lung disease. 📥 Download & share the new Worker Alert: nationalcosh.org/resources/wo... #WorkerSafety #Silicosis
Wildfire smoke is a workplace hazard. As fires worsen across the Rocky Mountain West, we mourn the workers lost this season and call for stronger protections. 👉Learn your rights and download National COSH’s Wildfire Smoke Alert: nationalcosh.org/Wildfire-Smoke
A huge thanks to our partners for supporting this event: @nationalcosh.bsky.social socalcosh @aflcio.org Workers United Western States @unitehere11.bsky.social wecn.la @strippersunite.bsky.social @steelworkers.bsky.social @ufcwunion.bsky.social
Occupational Health Internship Program (OHIP)
Since 2004, the Occupational Health Internship Program (OHIP) has played a crucial role training, mentoring, and inspiring a new generation of occupational safety & health (OSH) professionals as well ...
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New York City is showing that workers can't wait. We're grateful to see @occhealthsafety.bsky.social highlight the historic executive order strengthening protections from extreme heat. Workers need water, shade, rest, training and emergency protections now. ohsonline.com/articles/202...
National COSH Applauds NYC Heat Protection Order -- Occupational Health & Safety
Worker advocates say the executive order is a major step toward preventing heat-related illnesses and fatalities as federal regulators continue developing a nationwide workplace heat standard.
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Do you know where your houseplants come from? Costa Farms was included in National COSH’s Dirty Dozen 2024 for putting workers and communities at risk by failing to eliminate known, preventable hazards. Stand with nursery workers and sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/letters/cost...
✊ Workers are rising. We Rise! Workers’ Leadership Academy brings together worker leaders, organizers, and advocates from across the country to build power for safer and healthier workplaces. Learn more www.nationalcosh.org #werise
In honor of 2026 Heat Safety Week (May 18-22), we'd like to highlight the recent trainings we led in collaboration with @nationalcosh.bsky.social, Heat Safety 101: Preventing Heat Illness on the Job. Check out some moments from these sessions!
En honor de la Semana de Seguridad Contra el Calor de 2026, nos gustaría destacar las capacitaciones recientes que dirigimos en colaboración con @nationalcosh.bsky.social - Protección contra el calor: como prevenir enfermedades en el trabajo. ¡Vea algunos momentos de estas sesiones!
🚨 Multiple workers were killed after a chemical tank rupture at a Washington paper mill. No worker should die because of unsafe conditions and hazardous chemical exposure. Workers deserve stronger protections and accountability. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/u...
Deaths Are Reported After Chemical Tank Ruptures at Washington State Paper Mill
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Independent mine safety oversight protects workers and saves lives. COSH Nacional is raising concerns following recent disruptions at FMSHRC that could weaken worker protections and whistleblower systems. Read the coverage from Occupational Health & Safety: ohsonline.com/articles/202...
National COSH Warns of Weakened Mine Safety Oversight -- Occupational Health & Safety
Advocates voice deep concerns over sudden firings and layoffs at the federal agency reviewing mine safety disputes.
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National COSH is raising concerns following the reported firing of FMSHRC Commissioner Moshe Marvit and layoffs affecting the Commission’s work reviewing mine safety disputes and retaliation cases. Rd the full statement: nationalcosh.org/2026-05-Weak...
🔥 Extreme heat is a workplace safety crisis. Workers deserve:💧 Water🌳 Shade⏸️ Rest✊ Protection Download the Fired Up! Workers for Heat Justice Toolkit and organize for safer workplaces:https://nationalcosh.org/heat-organizing-toolkit #HeatJustice #FiredUp
In this clip from The Valley Labor Report, Jessica E. Martínez explains how fear tied to immigration enforcement creates unsafe workplaces for everyone. No worker should fear speaking up about safety. 🔗 nationalcosh.org #WorkerSafety #ImmigrantWorkers #LaborRights
🔥 Heat season is here. Join National COSH for the Fired Up! Heat Season Kick Off 2026 and the launch of our Heat Season Organizing Toolkit. 📅 May 14 ⏰ 2 PM ET Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #FiredUp
Extreme heat is rising and workers are organizing. Join the Without Shade Without Rest COSH Network Virtual Watch Party with National COSH and Working Films. 📅 May 7 🕢 7:30 PM ET Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #HeatJustice #FiredUp
Last week, AGI was named to the @nationalcosh.bsky.social "Dirty Dozen” list of companies across the country with significant workplace safety allegations. /2
✨ May the 4th be with workers ✨ Safe workplaces shouldn’t be science fiction. Every worker deserves protection, dignity, and a voice on the job. Join the fight 👉 nationalcosh.org #Starwarsday #WorkerSafety
✊ May Day: Workers’ Rights Are Human Rights National COSH stands with workers demanding safe jobs and dignity. Worker safety is not optional. It’s a right. 🔗 www.nationalcosh.org #MayDay #SafeJobsNow
Today is Workers’ Memorial Day. As Jessica E. Martinez shares in this clip from The Valley Labor Report: 🕯️ We remember workers killed, injured, or made sick on the job ⚠️ One worker dies every 104 minutes in the U.S. These are preventable. #WorkersMemorialDay #WorkerSafety #NationalCOSH
Triple-digit heat is here and Arizona workers still lack protections. Heat illness is preventable. Workers need water, shade, rest, and enforceable standards now. Read via NPR: www.npr.org/2026/04/24/n... #HeatSafety #WorkersMemorialWeek @kjzz.org
Workers in Arizona don't have protections they need from triple-digit temperatures
Labor groups say Arizona isn't moving fast enough to establish new protections for people whose work exposes them to the state's sizzling high temperatures.
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Thank you @documentedny.bsky.social and @amirkhafagy.bsky.social for shedding light on unsafe conditions faced by airport workers. AGI was named in the Dirty Dozen 2026 by the National OCOSH. This is about more than one company. It’s about a system that puts profit over people.
Report: Airport Contractor Named One of America's Worst Employers - Documented
Alliance Ground International (AGI) — whose workers operate out of New York's three major airports — was listed in the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health's annual Dirty Dozen Report o...
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Exclusive 🚨 Airport Contractor Alliance Ground International (AGI) Named One of America’s Worst Bosses AGI was listed in @nationalcosh.bsky.social annual Dirty Dozen Report of companies with poor safety records New for @documentedny.bsky.social documentedny.com/2026/04/22/a...
All workers deserve to be treated with fairness and respect. We need a model for labor migration that holds employers accountable and elevates labor standards for all workers.