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Health and Safety on the Job
The hard work and advocacy of workers and unions have resulted in tremendous gains in workplace safety standards throughout the years. Many lives have been saved and countless injuries prevented, however still today thousands of American workers die each year in preventable accidents on the job. Many more are injured, and countless workers develop serious illness and disease due to unsafe working conditions. In many cases, fatalities or injuries could have been prevented had existing safety regulations been followed by the employer. The current level of regulation and enforcement at the state and federal level must be improved. The Labor Movement continues to work hard to ensure that this happens, and that every worker has the best opportunity to return home safely each day. The passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 was a turning point in providing Americans with safe working conditions, but it is not enough. OSHA is considerably underfunded and understaffed, rendering the department unable to fully enforce safety laws. It is up to us to continue to lobby for workers' safety and to ensure that every precaution is taken to minimize the number of workplace deaths, injuries, and illnesses. Click here to read about The Labor Movement's Role in Gaining Federal Safety and Health Standards to Protect America's Workers. ___________________________________________________________________ Workers' Memorial Day - April 29, 2008 Please join the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, MassCOSH, and the Greater Boston Labor Council in honoring the memory of those who lost their lives on the job in 2007. The event will be held on Tuesday, April 29th at 12:00 p.m. on the steps of the State House. In addition to the memorial ceremony, the event will shed light on the conditions which cause these deaths, and will fuel the fight for safe jobs. To coincide with Workers Memorial Day, the Massachusetts AFL-CIO and MassCOSH will release the report Dying for Work in Massachusetts: Loss of Life and Limb in Massachusetts Workplaces. Please click here to read a press release and download the report which documents workplace fatalities in Massachusetts during 2007, as well as other relevant health and safety issues. For more information contact John Drinkwater at (781) 324-8230 or jdrinkwater@massaflcio.org.
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