The NYCOSH Mission
The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) is a membership organization of workers, unions, community-based organizations, workers’ rights activists, and health and safety professionals. Founded in 1979 on the principle that workplace injuries, illnesses and deaths are preventable, NYCOSH works to extend and defend every person’s right to a safe and healthy workplace. NYCOSH is a non-profit 501c3 organization.
U.S. workers demand more safety and pay protections amid the coronavirus pandemic; companies face “balancing act” via @WSJ
U.S. Plant Workplaces Emerge as Coronavirus Battlegrounds
Tensions are breaking out between employers and workers across the U.S. as some companies push to keep producing during the coronavirus pandemic and s...
www.wsj.com
NYC nurses, clutching photos of dead colleagues, demand better protective gear on pandemic’s front line
NYC nurses, clutching photos of dead colleagues, demand better protective gear on pandemic’s front line
Over a dozen colleagues stood outside Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan to call for masks, caps and even hazmat suits as the death toll continues to g...
www.nydailynews.com
We need protections for the workers who are on the frontlines of fighting #COVID19. Deputy Public Advocate for Strategic Initiatives @VeronicaAveis & Alex Liao will join @NYCOSH today at 3 PM to discuss workers' rights during this time. Join here: https://nycosh.org/events/daily-briefings-on-coronavirus
Gov. Cuomo singled out Transit Workers as “doing heroic work” in his daily press conference from Albany this morning. He noted that transit workers have a “very high rate” of illness due to the Coronavirus, and he personally thanked TWU and the workforce for its heroic efforts.
“I’m Terrified”: Pregnant Health Care Workers at Risk for Coronavirus Are Being Forced to Keep Working
“I’m Terrified”: Pregnant Health Care Workers at Risk for Coronavirus Are Being Forced to Keep Working — ProPublica
Pregnant doctors, nurses and medical support staff have continued going to work, whether they want to or not, even as the latest research on coronavir...
www.propublica.org
The union sadly announces the passing of Alejandro Bustamante, a School Bus driver for the First Mile Square School Bus Co. in Yonkers. Brother Bustamante is the 11th Local 100 member, and first from our School Bus Division, to die of the Coronavirus plague. @AFLCIO
An analysis by @THECITYNY found that NY’s sickest neighborhoods are home to large numbers of service workers, incl. cleaners.
Some brave exposure to CV & harsh chemicals to feed their families.
Here are their stories.
w/ @RosaGoldensohn & @chrisychung
Cleaners Take Front Line Positions in Fight Against Virus
With jobs disappearing and money tight, cleaners are braving exposure to the coronavirus to feed their families.
thecity.nyc
There’s no time to waste. With each day that passes, more and more of those on the #COVIDfrontlines are in danger. The White House must expand the Defense Production Act to get the public service workers on the #COVIDfrontlines the PPE they need ASAP. #FundtheFrontLines
NYCOSHers, join us in donating your monthly Metrocard to grocery store workers by sending your card in to:
RWDSU Local 338
1505 Kellum Place
Mineola, NY 11501
We 🥰 our grocery store heroes! @RWDSU @Local338
"If they're telling me keep this mask for five days, do we really have enough PPE? Are they going to say next keep it for 10 days?"
via @nbcnews
'I don't feel safe': NYC medical workers describe fears with protective equipment rationed
"You have all these things that keep changing every single day," said one resident who works at multiple public hospitals in Brooklyn. "It's very terr...
www.nbcnews.com
NYCOSHers, join us in donating your monthly Metrocard to grocery store workers by sending your card in to:
RWDSU Local 338
1505 Kellum Place
Mineola, NY 11501
We 🥰 our grocery store heroes! @RWDSU @Local338
More than 1,000 New York City police officers have the coronavirus as 911 calls hit records
More than 1,000 New York City police officers have the coronavirus as 911 calls hit records
The NYPD said 6,100 uniformed officers, or about 17% of the force, called out sick Wednesday.
www.cnbc.com
A Queens, New York hospital worker, known for her community activism and an “advocate for the underdog,” has died from COVID-19.
Queens hospital worker dies due to COVID-19: 'Rest in Power'
Priscilla Carrow, a Queens hospital worker known for her community activism and being an “advocate for the underdog,” has died from COVID-...
thegrio.com
3 Queens neighborhoods with the highest concentration of COVID-19 cases are home to large numbers of people toiling in construction, food service, janitorial services and other jobs that continued well into the outbreak.
W/ @annjychoi @willcwelch
Service Workers’ Queens Neighborhoods Hit Hardest By Virus
Jackson Heights, Corona and Elmhurst — home to many New Yorkers keeping the city going amid pause — record biggest concentration of cases, stats s...
thecity.nyc
🚨🚨🚨New Jersey #nursinghome workers are resorting to using TRASH BAGS because gowns are unavailable. This is UNACCEPTABLE. Sign the petition to demand that the federal government fix this situation NOW! #GiveMePPE #WeAreEssential #PPE
Sign here: https://www.1199seiu.org/ppepetition
Why doesn't New York have its own stockpile/medical reserve?
NYCOSH on Twitter
“California created a massive medical reserve – with acute care beds, ventilators and N95 masks — then let it collapse https://t.co/BeoZ0qj...
twitter.com
Congress MUST TELL OSHA to issue an emergency temporary standard to protect health care and other front line workers NOW!
#Coronavirus #ProtectAllWorkers #1u
“There is no plan at all:” Nurses battling coronavirus face deteriorating work conditions
Hospital staff are battling coronavirus with limited protective gear and no support system.
qz.com
Where's our mask? Tell President Trump we need Personal Protective Equipment NOW!
1-Post a selfie or video about why PPE saves lives.
2-Tag @DonaldTrump on Facebook and @realDonaldTrump on Twitter
3-Add #GetMePPE #ProtectAllWorkers
4-Tag 5 friends or coworkers to do the same!
.@TWULocal100 seventh Transit Worker, Patrick Patoir, a Maintainer Helper B at the Pitkin Barn, has passed away of the dreaded Coronavirus. Patoir was a 33-year veteran of the Car Equipment Department. @TheChiefLeader @CentralLaborNYC @CityLimitsNews @NYCOSH @JohnFugelsang
Another reason we need Workers' Comp for all workers who get #COVID19
https://www.change.org/p/andrew-m-cuomo-new-york-workers-sick-with-covid-19-deserve-workers-compensation/u/26212091
NYCOSH CONSTRUCTION FATALITY REPORT, “DEADLY SKYLINE,” RELEASED TODAY, REVEALS NEW YORK CITY CONSTRUCTION FATALITIES ON THE RISE; FATALIES DECREASING IN
NEW YORK STATE
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