Cal/OSHA Issues Landmark Ruling for Adult Film Industry Workplace Safety
The following was published by NBC 4 Southern California on January 27, 2014. In the first ruling of its kind, a judge has ruled that pornographic performers in California should be treated as...
View ArticleCal/OSHA Issues High Heat Advisory as Heat Wave Arrives in Southern California
The following article was published by WorkersCompensation.com on September 12, 2014. Oakland, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - Cal/OSHA is reminding all employers to protect their outdoor workers from...
View ArticleBART is Fined $210,000 by Cal/OSHA after 2 worker deaths
The following article was published by NBC News Bay Area on April 17, 2014 and was written by Lisa Fernandez and Jodi Hernandez. The state agency that oversees workplace safety cited BART on Thursday...
View ArticleBangladeshi Shipyard sees 99% Reduction in Workplace Accidents
The following article was published by The Guardian on January 2, 2014. Three years ago, conditions at this Chittagong, Bangladesh shipyard were very different, with 1,000 injuries a month in a...
View ArticleRecycling Workers Fight Back
…The first project of the Campaign for Sustainable Recycling will be a series of free health and safety workshops for 150 recycling workers over the next seven months, conducted by UC Berkeley’s Labor...
View ArticleGov. Brown names Berkeley lawyer and worker safety expert to head Cal/OSHA
Gov. Brown appointed former LOHP specialist, Juliann Sum, as the new chief of the state’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health. Sum has been acting chief of Cal/OSHA since September 2013 and...
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A Focus on the Underground Economy: Resources for Workers and Employers
Helen Chen and Suzanne Teran of LOHP are working with the state’s Labor Enforcement Task Force (LETF) to implement an outreach and education project targeting workers and employers in the underground...
View ArticleUC workers’ union members commemorate 2 UC employees at vigil
Marking International Workers’ Memorial Day on Tuesday, 20 students, campus employees and UC workers’ union members held a vigil outside California Hall to commemorate two UC employees who died in...
View ArticleCalifornia Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment hearing
LOHP’s Alejandra Domenzain gave testimony before the California Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment hearing on Latino worker health and safety. Highlights from her testimony include: the...
View ArticleSan Diego Janitors, Security Guards March Against Workplace Sexual Assault...
Hundreds of people, mostly immigrant women, marched in downtown San Diego for International Women’s Day on Tuesday. They sought to raise awareness about workplace harassment and sexual assault of...
View ArticleSan Diego Janitors March To Raise Awareness About Workplace Sexual Assault...
Guests: Helen Chen, coordinator of public programs at the Labor Occupational Health Program at University of California, Berkeley Genoveva Aguilar, organizer, Service Employees International Union...
View ArticleCalifornia’s Janitors, Security Guards Face ‘Inferior Working Conditions’
…“Janitors and security officers tend to work alone at night in empty buildings and are isolated from almost everyone except their immediate supervisor,” said Helen Chen, co-author of the study and...
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