Announcements

Paid Internship Opportunity Data Analyst Intern Background The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) is seeking a paid, part time intern to aid in compiling, cleaning and analyzing responses from a needs assessment survey. This survey seeks…

SAFETY AND HEALTH SPECIALIST Full Time The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health is seeking a safety and health specialist to develop, coordinate and conduct safety and health campaigns in New York City for construction workers, in particular…

January 2, 2019 NYCOSH applauds the Governor’s move to eliminate the sub-minimum tipped wage in New York State. This victory is the result of years of organizing on behalf of nail salon, car wash, and restaurant workers and represents a…

The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health is a coalition of over 200 local unions and 350 individual safety and health activists in the New York metropolitan area. NYCOSH uses training, education, advocacy, and organizing to improve health…

Julie Bracero Kelly is the Manager New York New Jersey Regional Joint Board, Workers United (SEIU), and International Vice-President of Workers United. She is being honored by NYCOSH for her outstanding work in advocating for workers’ rights and workplace safety…

By Charlene Obernauer May 18, 2018 Geraldine Stella is a Safety and Health Specialist at the Public Employees Federation, President of her staff union, and a passionate and dedicated member of the occupational safety and health movement. This year, she…

This Women’s History Month, NYCOSH is raising awareness about sexual harassment with trainings. Nearly half of working women in the U.S. say they have experienced sexual harassment on the job and yet 75% of those harassed never spoke to a…

PROGRAM COORDINATOR Full Time The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health is seeking a program coordinator for the Manhattan Justice for Workers Initiative. The job includes outreach to low wage workers, supporting workers in reporting violations of their…

NYCOSH ACTION ALERT: PROTECT SEVERELY INJURED WORKERS TODAY The workers’ compensation system is a critical part of the social safety net.  When someone is hurt on the job, workers’ compensation is the first – and most often the only –…

    For immediate release March 15, 2017 CONTACT: Mónica Novoa, NYCOSH mnovoa@nycosh.org Cell: 929-366-5320 Office: (212) 227-6440 ext. 14     The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) Joins National Call for Workplace Safety Protections to Save…

NYCOSH Condemns ICE Raids and Stands in Solidarity with Immigrant Workers, WNYCOSH, the WNY Area Labor Federation and the Buffalo CLC The workers’ health and safety movement in the United States began with a clear understanding that only workers can enforce…

Job Announcement: Finance Director The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) is seeking a finance director who will be responsible for NYCOSH's finances. The director will contribute to the overall success of the organization by effectively managing all…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Mónica Novoa, NYCOSH mnovoa@nycosh.org Cell: 929-366-5320 Office: (212) 227-6440 ext. 14     The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) Announces Newly Elected Board Members for 2017   January 23, 2017 – New York, New York…

ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                              CONTACT: Mónica Novoa, NYCOSH mnovoa@nycosh.org, 929-366-5320   Sky Materials Corp Foreman Wilmer Cueva is Sentenced to 1-3 Years for Conviction of Criminally Negligent Homicide and Reckless Endangerment in Relation to Worksite Death of Carlos Moncayo   December 15th,…

Sky Materials Corp Foreman Wilmer Cueva Must Receive Maximum Sentencing Following Conviction in Relation to Worker Carlos Moncayo’s Death Foreman Wilmer Cueva has been convicted by a New York State Supreme Court jury of Criminally Negligent Homicide and Reckless Endangerment,…

David M. Newman, NYCOSH’s Longtime Industrial Hygienist, Retires “The goal is to identify hazards and contribute to the ability to effectively address them, but I think the goal is also to in the process of doing that, to empower unions…

Industrial Hygienist Full Time The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health is seeking an industrial hygienist to provide technical services to workers throughout downstate Metropolitan New York. The job will entail working with a wide range of unions…