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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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 omny.fm/shows/kqed-s...

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...

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...

🧵🧵🧵 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.

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-...

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.

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!

🚨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...

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

How #Heat and Smoke Put #Workers at Risk www.lung.org/blog/climate... from @lungusa.bsky.social

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...

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.

Times Square is PACKED. DC Metro stops are overflowing. Small towns are filling the streets. Working people everywhere are saying it loud: No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. #NoKings ✊💜

Join @worksafeoak.bsky.social and @nationalcosh.bsky.social at #COSHCON2025 in Chicago

¡Ayuda a #EnvíaUnaPersonaTrabajadora líder a #COSHCON2025! * $50 = Comidas * $249 = Hospedaje (1 noche) * $449 = Inscripción * $500 = Vuelo * $1,750 = Todos los costos Dona hoy ➡️ nationalcosh.salsalabs.org/COSHCON2025S...

Help #SendAWorker to #COSHCON2025! * $50 = Meals * $249 = Lodging (1 night) * $449 = Registration * $500 = Flight * $1,750 = All costs Donate today ➡️ nationalcosh.salsalabs.org/COSHCON2025S...

A new report found that while many cities have passed #PaidSickDays laws, a number of states are actively blocking local governments from doing so. This preemption hurts workers and families. #PaidLeaveForAll #WorkersRights

One of the biggest lies spread by corporations is that consumers and workers voluntarily agree to #ForcedArbitration. Most people don’t know a forced arbitration clause is part of their contract, and the contract is typically "take-it-or-leave-it." #FinePrintTraps #FairAct #ProtectConsumers

"People on the J-1 visa were injured on the job after being sent to dangerous workplaces." #workers #safety

5,903 days. The U.S. federal minimum wage has been $7.25/hour since July 24th, 2009. That was 5,903 days ago. Learn more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage_in_the_United_States #Union #MinimumWage #RaiseTheFloor

As Trump Guts Workplace Health and Safety Protections, CalOSHA Must Step Up thelefthook.com/2025/09/11/a...

Big news: billionaire Peter Thiel warns that the antichrist is coming, in the guise of a safety regulator! #OSHA advocates, be alert?!? @nationalcosh.bsky.social sfstandard.com/2025/09/16/p...

Extreme Heat Spurs New Laws Aimed at Protecting Workers Worldwide www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/c...

Mental Health as Worker Health

Remembering the Heroes and Losses of 9/11 jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

There is no place in our country for political violence and hate.   No matter your beliefs or political differences, we must all condemn and put an end to this violence.

"Poverty is a policy choice" calbudgetcenter.org/resources/ca... @calbudgetcenter.org

The Forest Service is changing course as it faces growing pressure over firefighters who are falling ill with cancer and other smoke-related illnesses.

Complaints About California’s Hellishly Hot Prison Cells Have Been Mounting for Years www.kqed.org/news/1205465...

Complaints about California’s hellishly hot prison cells have been mounting for years “Extreme heat poses a serious health risk to all in CDCR,” said Lily Harvey, senior staff attorney at the Prison Law Office calmatters.org/politics/202...

Pennsylvania considers heat #safety bill for #workers www.businessinsurance.com/pennsylvania...

Working indoors during a heat wave? These California rules protect you laist.com/news/health/...

Immokalee farmworker dies a week after collapsing in the Florida heat www.wusf.org/local-state/...

“I have to say that this audit has made it very clear what I have known for some time, and that is that Cal OSHA is not working,” said @asmlizortega.bsky.social www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...

“When do you decide that it’s time to hold an employer accountable? Is it after the first death? Is it the second death? Is it after the third death?” That was my question to Cal/OSHA’s officials at their audit hearing yesterday…check out the article for more:

“It was a tremendous victory to have this regulation passed,” said @worksafeoak.bsky.social Board member Laura Stock. “But the only way it has any value is if it’s enforced.”

CA lawmakers slam Cal/OSHA after audit shows weak worker protections.   @worksafeoak.bsky.social ED Stephen Knight testified: the real gap is political will.   Workers can’t wait—protections must be enforced. 📰 www.kqed.org/news/1205386...

Legisladores de CA critican a Cal/OSHA por auditoría que muestra fallas en la protección laboral.   Stephen Knight, Director Ejecutivo de @worksafeoak.bsky.social, dijo: el gran vacío es la falta de voluntad política.   📰 (Artículo solo en inglés) www.kqed.org/news/1205386...

The CDC in Freefall. Leadership purge endangers public health. open.substack.com/pub/scilight...