Stronger Together
The surest way towards a safe workplace is by joining with other workers. Check out these organizations of workers fighting for safer workplaces.
Workplace Organizing
These organizations can connect you to public health experts that can help you develop a COVID safety plan for your workplace
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National Committee for Occupational Safety and Health
The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health is dedicated to promoting safe and healthy working conditions for all working people through organizing and advocacy.
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New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health
The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) is a New York based membership organization of workers, unions, community-based organizations, workers’ rights activists, and health and safety professionals. NYCOSH uses training, education, and advocacy to improve health and safety conditions in our workplaces, our communities, and our environment.
Policy and Regulation
These organizations are advocating for stronger state and national policy on COVID safety.
Always Essential
Always Essential is a national coalition of working people, activists, and organizations joining together to transform what’s possible for essential workers — especially those in low-wage sectors who are disproportionately Black and other workers of color. They have been pushing for a comprehensive Emergency Temporary Standard, a federal set of policies that regulate COVID safety at all private workplaces across the country.
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ALIGN New York and the NY HEROs Coalition
ALIGN is a longstanding alliance of labor and community organizations united for a just and sustainable New York. They have been working towards the NY HERO Act, the first-in-the-nation permanent airborne infectious disease standard that will protect and empower workers from this pandemic and whatever may come next.