Worksafe
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Worksafe is a California-based organization dedicated to promoting and protecting the basic right of all people to a safe and healthy workplace. worksafe.org
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"It is the union's position that every employee has the right to call 9 -1 -1. That is not even debatable. This is what you're supposed to do in an emergency situation." - APWU President Jonathan Smith.
February 12, 2026 at 5:30 PM
"It is the union's position that every employee has the right to call 9 -1 -1. That is not even debatable. This is what you're supposed to do in an emergency situation." - APWU President Jonathan Smith.
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California's Avian Flu Safety Rules Are Strong - Their Enforcement Isn't.
->Sentient Media | More on "California avian flu safety enforcement" at BigEarthData.ai | #bird flu #avian flu
->Sentient Media | More on "California avian flu safety enforcement" at BigEarthData.ai | #bird flu #avian flu
California's Avian Flu Safety Rules Are Strong - Their Enforcement Isn't.
As H5N1 infects over 70% of the state’s dairy herds, exposed farmworkers are left without PPE or mitigation training in their native language. And some aren’t informed of an outbreak at all...
sentientmedia.org
February 12, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Measures to control an incurable lung disease aren't enough
@kqednews.kqed.org @npr.org
- Lopez feels desperate sitting at home, unable to work ... His wife asked NPR not to use her name due to fears of deportation. She chokes back tears... The couple have four kids. www.npr.org/2026/02/01/n...
@kqednews.kqed.org @npr.org
- Lopez feels desperate sitting at home, unable to work ... His wife asked NPR not to use her name due to fears of deportation. She chokes back tears... The couple have four kids. www.npr.org/2026/02/01/n...
Doctors say measures to control an incurable lung disease aren't enough
Silicosis is an often deadly lung disease linked to inhaling toxic dust from cutting engineered stone. California has passed new safety measures for workers in the last few years, but doctors say they...
www.npr.org
February 2, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Measures to control an incurable lung disease aren't enough
@kqednews.kqed.org @npr.org
- Lopez feels desperate sitting at home, unable to work ... His wife asked NPR not to use her name due to fears of deportation. She chokes back tears... The couple have four kids. www.npr.org/2026/02/01/n...
@kqednews.kqed.org @npr.org
- Lopez feels desperate sitting at home, unable to work ... His wife asked NPR not to use her name due to fears of deportation. She chokes back tears... The couple have four kids. www.npr.org/2026/02/01/n...
Attacks on immigrants are attacks on workers and work
Teamsters Local 705 just confirmed that Bovino went with armed CBP agents to a Mauser picket line in Chicago this morning and "interrogated and laughed at our members while they were on the picket line." These workers went on strike to demand protections for immigrant workers, among other things.
How One Teamsters Local Is Striking to Protect Immigrant Workers - The American Prospect
The union wants bosses to turn away immigration authorities unless they show a signed judicial warrant, but resistance is fierce.
prospect.org
December 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Attacks on immigrants are attacks on workers and work
Cal/OSHA fines company $221,000 for violations related to deadly Esparto explosion
www.capradio.org/articles/202...
www.capradio.org/articles/202...
Cal/OSHA fines company $221,000 for violations related to deadly Esparto explosion
The pyrotechnics company was issued 15 citations, including three related directly to the July 1 explosion that killed seven employees at the fireworks storage facility.
www.capradio.org
December 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Cal/OSHA fines company $221,000 for violations related to deadly Esparto explosion
www.capradio.org/articles/202...
www.capradio.org/articles/202...
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No worker should die of heat exposure. The fact that 100s have died over the past several years shows why leaving heat plans up to bosses doesn't work. What does work, new research shows, is enforcing simple rules mandating access to water, shade and breaks.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0212202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/0212202...
New Analysis Provides More Evidence That Heat Standards Save Lives - Inside Climate News
As the Trump administration is expected to finalize a standard to prevent heat-related injury and illness for workers by early next year, a new study shows that clear, comprehensive rules save lives.
insideclimatenews.org
December 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
No worker should die of heat exposure. The fact that 100s have died over the past several years shows why leaving heat plans up to bosses doesn't work. What does work, new research shows, is enforcing simple rules mandating access to water, shade and breaks.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0212202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/0212202...
A powerful study "documenting the life-saving impact of a comprehensive workplace heat standard" @drdavidmichaels.bsky.social @jbarab.bsky.social @nelp.org @nationalcosh.bsky.social
OSHA must act now
OSHA must act now
As Trump’s OSHA finalizes a long-overdue heat standard, new research shows that enforcement of simple rules requiring employers to provide access to water, shade and breaks is critical to saving lives.
New Analysis Provides More Evidence That Heat Standards Save Lives - Inside Climate News
As the Trump administration is expected to finalize a standard to prevent heat-related injury and illness for workers by early next year, a new study shows that clear, comprehensive rules save lives.
insideclimatenews.org
December 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A powerful study "documenting the life-saving impact of a comprehensive workplace heat standard" @drdavidmichaels.bsky.social @jbarab.bsky.social @nelp.org @nationalcosh.bsky.social
OSHA must act now
OSHA must act now
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Texas workers are dying from heat, but business leaders and Republicans support a ban on local protections, because too many different laws will confuse businesses.
But they oppose a national OSHA standard as well.
Maybe they just don't care?
insideclimatenews.org/news/2411202...
But they oppose a national OSHA standard as well.
Maybe they just don't care?
insideclimatenews.org/news/2411202...
Texas Workers Keep Dying in the Heat - Inside Climate News
Despite its blazing temperatures, Texas has no labor protections for heat. That leaves workers, especially immigrants, vulnerable on the job.
insideclimatenews.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Texas workers are dying from heat, but business leaders and Republicans support a ban on local protections, because too many different laws will confuse businesses.
But they oppose a national OSHA standard as well.
Maybe they just don't care?
insideclimatenews.org/news/2411202...
But they oppose a national OSHA standard as well.
Maybe they just don't care?
insideclimatenews.org/news/2411202...
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A Thanksgiving Thank You for Those Working on the Holiday jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...
A Thanksgiving Thank You for Those Working on the Holiday - Confined Space
Not everykone gets to celebrate Thanksgiving. A lot of people are required to work over holidays. And they pay a price for it. Honor them.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
A Thanksgiving Thank You for Those Working on the Holiday jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...
State agriculture dept. is hiding bird flu information, legal aid group alleges in lawsuit www.yahoo.com/news/article...
State agriculture dept. is hiding bird flu information, legal aid group alleges in lawsuit
A legal aid group that represents farm workers is suing the state agriculture department claiming it is not sharing the locations of dairies that are experiencing H5N1 bird flu outbreaks, and that has...
www.yahoo.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
State agriculture dept. is hiding bird flu information, legal aid group alleges in lawsuit www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Los niños jornaleros de California: agotados, mal pagados y trabajando en campos de cultivo tóxicos www.latimes.com/espanol/cali...
Los niños jornaleros de California: agotados, mal pagados y trabajando en campos de cultivo tóxicos
Una investigación ha revelado que los funcionarios estatales no están protegiendo la salud y la seguridad de miles de jóvenes trabajadores agrícolas.
www.latimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Los niños jornaleros de California: agotados, mal pagados y trabajando en campos de cultivo tóxicos www.latimes.com/espanol/cali...
State Board Considers Next Steps for Stoneworker Safety @idepsca.bsky.social @kqednews.kqed.org
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State Board Considers Next Steps for Stoneworker Safety - KQED
In California, dozens of stoneworkers have died and nearly 50 underwent lung transplants because of cutting engineered stone… popular in kitchen countertops. Yesterday, the state board that adopts wor...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
State Board Considers Next Steps for Stoneworker Safety @idepsca.bsky.social @kqednews.kqed.org
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California Public Health Advisory
TO: Healthcare Providers and Local Health Departments
#Silicosis Cases in Countertop Workers Continue to Rise
#workers #safety @capublichealth.bsky.social
www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA...
TO: Healthcare Providers and Local Health Departments
#Silicosis Cases in Countertop Workers Continue to Rise
#workers #safety @capublichealth.bsky.social
www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA...
California Department of Public Health
www.cdph.ca.gov
November 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
California Public Health Advisory
TO: Healthcare Providers and Local Health Departments
#Silicosis Cases in Countertop Workers Continue to Rise
#workers #safety @capublichealth.bsky.social
www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA...
TO: Healthcare Providers and Local Health Departments
#Silicosis Cases in Countertop Workers Continue to Rise
#workers #safety @capublichealth.bsky.social
www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA...
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California's child farmworkers: Exhausted, underpaid and toiling in toxic fields
California's child farmworkers: Exhausted, underpaid and toiling in toxic fields
State officials are failing to protect the health and safety of thousands of young field laborers, an investigation has found.
www.latimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
California's child farmworkers: Exhausted, underpaid and toiling in toxic fields
Maegan Ortiz @idepsca.bsky.social said that although the state approved stricter standards nearly two years ago, California has made little progress in protecting stoneworkers still inhaling engineered stone dust on the job @kqednews.kqed.org @faridajhabvala.bsky.social www.kqed.org/news/1206469...
California Doctors Urge Ban on Engineered Stone as Silicosis Cases Surge | KQED
California stoneworkers are becoming severely ill from silica dust exposure from cutting engineered stone, prompting urgent warnings from doctors and workplace safety experts as Australia’s 2024 ban u...
www.kqed.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Maegan Ortiz @idepsca.bsky.social said that although the state approved stricter standards nearly two years ago, California has made little progress in protecting stoneworkers still inhaling engineered stone dust on the job @kqednews.kqed.org @faridajhabvala.bsky.social www.kqed.org/news/1206469...
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Basically a century of development of capitalism with corporations shielded and huge amounts of the costs dumped on people at the bottom, before the system even started spreading some of the burden, still in an utterly disproportionate way (Workers Comp)
This is on top of slavery / Jim Crow.
Basically a century of development of capitalism with corporations shielded and huge amounts of the costs dumped on people at the bottom, before the system even started spreading some of the burden, still in an utterly disproportionate way (Workers Comp)
This is on top of slavery / Jim Crow.
This Day in Labor History: October 30, 1837. Nicholas Farwell, a train engineer toiling for the Boston and Worcester Rail Road Corporation fell off a train while at work and had his hand crushed by the train. Farwell sued the company for damages. Judge said, nope! Nothing for the injured workers!
October 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Basically a century of development of capitalism with corporations shielded and huge amounts of the costs dumped on people at the bottom, before the system even started spreading some of the burden, still in an utterly disproportionate way (Workers Comp)
This is on top of slavery / Jim Crow.
Basically a century of development of capitalism with corporations shielded and huge amounts of the costs dumped on people at the bottom, before the system even started spreading some of the burden, still in an utterly disproportionate way (Workers Comp)
This is on top of slavery / Jim Crow.
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Too bad most outdoor workers don't have the ability to "stay out of the sun." In California and a few others states, #OSHA standards help prevent heat-related illnesses and deaths. In the rest of the states, not so much.
Good luck workers: you're on your own. www.newsweek.com/millions-of-...
Good luck workers: you're on your own. www.newsweek.com/millions-of-...
Millions of Americans told to stay out of the sun
NWS urges millions to watch for signs of heat stroke as California braces for an October heatwave with temps near 100.
www.newsweek.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Too bad most outdoor workers don't have the ability to "stay out of the sun." In California and a few others states, #OSHA standards help prevent heat-related illnesses and deaths. In the rest of the states, not so much.
Good luck workers: you're on your own. www.newsweek.com/millions-of-...
Good luck workers: you're on your own. www.newsweek.com/millions-of-...
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Today, workers toil for American companies or subcontractors with American companies in Bangladesh, Mexico, Honduras, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, and other countries across the world and face many of the same problems of workplace safety and long-term health that Americans did 150 years ago.
October 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Today, workers toil for American companies or subcontractors with American companies in Bangladesh, Mexico, Honduras, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, and other countries across the world and face many of the same problems of workplace safety and long-term health that Americans did 150 years ago.
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This Day in Labor History: October 30, 1837. Nicholas Farwell, a train engineer toiling for the Boston and Worcester Rail Road Corporation fell off a train while at work and had his hand crushed by the train. Farwell sued the company for damages. Judge said, nope! Nothing for the injured workers!
October 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This Day in Labor History: October 30, 1837. Nicholas Farwell, a train engineer toiling for the Boston and Worcester Rail Road Corporation fell off a train while at work and had his hand crushed by the train. Farwell sued the company for damages. Judge said, nope! Nothing for the injured workers!
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🚨NEW🚨 from DAIR:
Today we are releasing "Driven Down", a new report on how workplace technology enables Amazon to steal wages, hide labor,
intensify poor working conditions, and evade responsibility.
Read the full report here: drive.google.com/file/d/1yBxy...
Today we are releasing "Driven Down", a new report on how workplace technology enables Amazon to steal wages, hide labor,
intensify poor working conditions, and evade responsibility.
Read the full report here: drive.google.com/file/d/1yBxy...
October 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🚨NEW🚨 from DAIR:
Today we are releasing "Driven Down", a new report on how workplace technology enables Amazon to steal wages, hide labor,
intensify poor working conditions, and evade responsibility.
Read the full report here: drive.google.com/file/d/1yBxy...
Today we are releasing "Driven Down", a new report on how workplace technology enables Amazon to steal wages, hide labor,
intensify poor working conditions, and evade responsibility.
Read the full report here: drive.google.com/file/d/1yBxy...
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US detains British commentator Hamdi in middle of national speaking tour reut.rs/4hwjEQv
US detains British commentator Hamdi in middle of national speaking tour
U.S. immigration authorities detained British commentator Sami Hamdi, revoked his visa and said he would be deported rather than allowed to complete his speaking tour in the United States, a Homeland Security official said on Sunday.
reut.rs
October 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
US detains British commentator Hamdi in middle of national speaking tour reut.rs/4hwjEQv
Workplace safety inspectors go on without pay @politico.com "Weekly Shift"
“They’re dedicated public servants who believe in protecting workers’ lives — but they’re also human, with their own families and bills to attend to,” said Jessica Martinez, executive director of @nationalcosh.bsky.social
“They’re dedicated public servants who believe in protecting workers’ lives — but they’re also human, with their own families and bills to attend to,” said Jessica Martinez, executive director of @nationalcosh.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Workplace safety inspectors go on without pay @politico.com "Weekly Shift"
“They’re dedicated public servants who believe in protecting workers’ lives — but they’re also human, with their own families and bills to attend to,” said Jessica Martinez, executive director of @nationalcosh.bsky.social
“They’re dedicated public servants who believe in protecting workers’ lives — but they’re also human, with their own families and bills to attend to,” said Jessica Martinez, executive director of @nationalcosh.bsky.social
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Pursuing misdemeanor charges against SEIU ISWW & @seiuca.org president David Huerta is a gross abuse of power by this administration. The 15 million members of the AFL-CIO stand shoulder to shoulder with David as he fights for justice. aflcio.org/press/releas...
October 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Pursuing misdemeanor charges against SEIU ISWW & @seiuca.org president David Huerta is a gross abuse of power by this administration. The 15 million members of the AFL-CIO stand shoulder to shoulder with David as he fights for justice. aflcio.org/press/releas...
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This is how authoritarianism takes root. Criminalizing those who stand up for their people. David Huerta didn’t commit a crime. He defended his community from an out-of-control government. I stand with David Huerta.
October 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This is how authoritarianism takes root. Criminalizing those who stand up for their people. David Huerta didn’t commit a crime. He defended his community from an out-of-control government. I stand with David Huerta.