2018

  WNYCOSH released it’s “Risky Business” report on Wendt Corporation health and safety concerns as Ironworkers Local 576 fight for their first contract.
Continue Reading
  WNYCOSH helped lead the fight along with sister COSH groups and union advocates to pass the Safe Patient Handling Law to reduce worker injuries and improve patient care.
Continue Reading
The WNYCOSH Worker Center opened in 2011 to assist workers better understand their rights and strategies to improve their working conditions.
Continue Reading
WNYCOSH, union officials, hospital admin, elected officials, UB faculty, students, and SPHHP staff gathered at UB to open the school’s Safe Patient Handling Lab and Training Center.
Continue Reading
Launched NYS Safe Patient Handling Zero Lift Task Force WNYCOSH formed the NYS Zero Lift Task Force with health care unions, NYS COSHs, NYS DOL and Kaleida Health to address ergonomic injuries in health care, develop SPH resources for workers and to push for the passage of a NYS Safe Patient Handling Law.
Continue Reading
WNY Fair Trade Coalition WNYCOSH joined a national coalition of unions, environmentalists, farm and religious organizations and launched a local Fair-Trade Campaign to speak out in opposition of CAFTA and to push for Senate hearings.
Continue Reading
In 2001 WNYCOSH founded the WNY Sweatshop Awareness Project (WNYSAP) in collaboration with CEJ. The WNYSAP project trained youth organizers to stop the proliferation of sweatshop labor through the advancement of the Sweatfree Schools Initiative.
Continue Reading
1 2 3
Translate »