Home Page

WNYCOSH would like to thank John Lipsitz and the Lipsitz & Ponterio law firm for their generous donation to WNYCOSH honoring the Linde workers who were exposed to atomic radiation working at the Linde Division of Union Carbide in Tonawanda.  Below is the story of the fight to justly compensate an OCAW union member and […]

Workers at 7-Eleven recently won safer conditions at local stores. After increasing pressure on the corporation, one Elmwood Avenue store in Buffalo will have two or more staff working every overnight shift. Prior to the change, workers were forced to work the overnight shift alone. “What that did is open up a lot of opportunity for […]

“A Day’s Work” is a documentary film that examines the workplace death of 21-year- old Lawrence DaQuan “Day” Davis through the eyes of his family and the analysis of experts. Day was an employee of a temporary staffing agency working at the Bacardi bottling plant in Jacksonville Florida in 2012. He was killed 90 minutes […]

Tuesday October 13, 2014 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Iron Workers Hall 196 Orchard Park Rd. West Seneca NY Recycling:  Making the Industry Safe for Workers Presenter:  Marshall Bertram, Esq. WNYCOSH Worker Center Waste management is one of the most dangerous industries in the US and, among workers in the field, recycling sorters in Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs) have […]

WNYCOSH has begun a series of trainings at the Food Bank of Western New York. The Food Bank is a non-profit with a simple mission: to provide food to the hungry in Western New York in a dignified way. The trainings focus on the warehouse staff but will help the entire facility, especially with pervasive ergonomic […]

Tune in to view WNYCOSH’s Executive Director, Germain Harnden give her input to the Western New York Labor News about the official opening of the Labor-Driven Center for Occupational & Environmental Medicine at the Erie County Medical Center. Watch it for Free Off WNYLaborToday.com’s Front Page.

The 7th Annual Safe Patient Handling Conference (October 28-29 Saratoga Springs) educates healthcare workers, patient advocates, union representatives and safety and all health professionals. The Safe Patient Handling Conference is geared to educated, inform and keep those in the healthcare industry up to date with the latest in information, equipment and legal applications. Safe Patient Handling Legislation […]

U.S. Department of Labor Deputy Secretary for OSHA Jordan Barab speaks with Western New York COSH Executive Director Germain Harnden and 7-11 workers and safety advocates Misteke Fomby and Yasmin Colon. “In a new blog, Dan Neal of WYCOSH reports from last week’s annual gathering of health and safety advocates, union activists, and worker center representatives, […]

WNYCOSH was instrumental in creating a real occupational and environmental health clinic in Buffalo. Join us on June 5th to celebrate the grand opening! (Read More Here)

Place of Origin: USA Occupation: Temporary Worker (Industrial, factory) Al Richardson has been a temporary worker for 2 years in a factory. After serving his country in the U.S. Army, he returned home looking for work, and found a temp job in an automotive plant outside Buffalo, NY. Al quickly realized that he and other […]