H5N1 Bird Flu Information for Workers 2024
The H5N1 Bird Flu guide offers practical guidance for at-risk workers, explaining risks, symptoms, transmission, safety steps, employer duties, protective equipment, and actions after exposure.
Workers Need New Heat Protections Immediately
Even as extreme temperatures require that people take it easy, many workers’ shifts go on as usual. Workers have little recourse for such employer endangerment, and the results are deadly. Stories abound with ever-greater frequency of workers dying on the job during hot days. No matter how young or healthy one might be, extreme heat kills, with the predictability of such deaths making them all the more damning.
Workers, State Labor Chairs Speak Out at NY Capitol for Proactive Worker Protections
Today, four worker safety coalitions united on the Million Dollar Staircase to call on New York State leaders to protect workers from harm, hold employers accountable for safety on the job, and create the conditions for safe, healthy, and sustainable workplaces.
NYCOSH REPORT: New York City Construction Worker Deaths Increase for Third Year in a Row
The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) released its annual construction fatality report today, “Deadly Skyline: An Annual Report on Construction Fatalities in New York State.” The report analyzed data from 2022, the most recent data year available, and found an increase in construction worker death rates in New York City.
Senator Jessica Ramos, Assembly Member Harry Bronson, Teamsters, Retail Workers, Safety Advocates Held Press Conference for Extreme Temperature Protections For Workers
Senate Labor Chair Jessica Ramos, Assembly Labor Chair Harry Bronson, and Assemblywoman Jen Lunsford advocated for the TEMP Bill (S1604/A8935), legislation designed to protect workers from extreme temperatures. Workers shared their stories of struggling in extreme heat and extreme cold.
Workers Resource Guide 2024
The NYCOSH 2024 Workers’ Resource Guide helps workers understand rights, access support, and connect with legal, medical, and community services across NYC, Long Island, Westchester.
Deadly Skyline Report 2024
The 2024 Deadly Skyline report finds rising NYC construction deaths despite statewide decline, citing weak enforcement, fewer inspections, unsafe non-union sites, and preventable fatalities many.