Over 150 Activists Gather at National Worker Safety and Health Summit
On Saturday November 7, worker health and safety advocates from around the country gathered in Philadelphia to share ideas and develop campaign strategies to promote worker safety and health on the national policy level. Attendees participated in workgroups that developed detailed ideas for building campaigns in each of the following areas: ergonomics, farmworker safety and health, family and victims' rights, immigrant workers, OSHA reform legislation, Green Jobs health and safety, worker safety and health training.
Each workgroup produced a detailed plan of action--these plans will be posted on this site as they are compiled.
The Protecting Workers Alliance was established in early 2009 with the goal of bringing together the nation's major advocates for worker health and safety in a common effort to advance worker safety and health protections. In January, 2009 we released our policy agenda entitled "Protecting Workers on the Job: Seven Priorities for Federal action in 2009."
Why do we need a stronger OSHA?
"Because workers need protection from the hazards on our jobs. For too long, OSHA has been too friendly to the companies and hasn't done enough to make sure our jobs are safe. We go in every day to put in an honest day's work to support our families and we expect to come home safe and healthy. But it seems like the OSHA law doesn't have the teeth to make companies take health and safety seriously. We need a strong OSHA to make sure that we can do our jobs knowing that we will be safe."
Our Protecting Workers on the Job agenda focuses on seven points: (Click on the bulleted points below to see details on each)
