OSHA

What We’re Doing

March 22, 2021

Legislative Alert

Letter Supporting Legislation that Would Protect Health Care and Social Services Workers from Violence

AFL-CIO supports the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Services Workers Act, which would protect workers in health care and social services from injury and death.

November 27, 2020

Media Hit

Rebecca Reindel on the Need for More OSHA Inspectors

November 16, 2020

Speech

Trumka: Federal Government Must Act to Protect Workers

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka describes what the Biden-Harris administration should do on their first day in office to keep workers safe from COVID-19.

October 6, 2020

Media Hit

Rebecca Reindel on OSHA's Insufficient Response During the Pandemic (The American Prospect)

October 6, 2020

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Report

Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, 2020

This 2020 edition of the “Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect” report features national and state information on workplace fatalities, injuries, illnesses, the number and frequency of workplace inspections, penalties, funding, staffing and public employee coverage under the Occupational Safety and Health Act. It also includes information on the state of mine safety and health, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

September 28, 2020

Media Hit

Bill Spriggs on Grocery Prices and OSHA Refusing to Issue an Emergency Workplace Safety Standard (WUSA)