COSHCON2025 in Chicago
Wednesday October 8, Thursday October 9, Friday October 10
The National Conference on Worker Safety and Health is the only national gathering of its kind. We bring together a diverse, inclusive and bilingual group of workers, occupational health and safety experts, unions, activists and academics united around common goals. We join together to celebrate and encourage workers' power, make our workplaces safer and reduce the toll of on-the-job injuries, illnesses and fatalities.
We are excited to partner with the University of Illinois School of Public Health for COSHCON2025. The conference will be held at the UIC Student Center East at 750 South Halsted Street in Chicago. We look forward to being together in Chicago and enjoying all that this exciting city has to offer.
Conference Features
- We bring together organizers, activists, trainers, worker leaders, advocates, academics –– everyone fighting for workers' lives and well-being from across the country (and beyond);
- COSHCON has a specific focus on workers' organizing for safety and health, including a full track dedicated to organizers at all levels of growth (from budding to advanced) from all kinds of settings (worker centers, unions, COSH groups, or community organizers)...
- Combined with technical occupational safety and health workshops, such as investigation of workplace tragedies, workers' compensation legal support, heat/climate related hazards; and
- All the general sessions and the conference app will be fully bilingual in English and Spanish with many workshops either in Spanish or with Spanish translation.
Pricing
COSHCON Ticket $449
Our main COSHCON ticket for workers, organizers, and advocates!
Grassroots Hardship Ticket $250
Reserved for small, grassroots organizations suffering financial hardship and otherwise unable to send worker leaders / organizers.
COSH Affiliate Ticket $150
Reserved for COSH Affiliate staff and COSH Affiliate Worker Leaders
Student Ticket $300
Reserved for students.
SPACE IS LIMITED! Our venue has limited space, so we suggest registering early. Once 400 tickets are sold, we will have to close registration, so REGISTER NOW to ensure you get a ticket!
COSHCON Preferred Hotels
We have arranged a special rate for COSHCON2025 participants at 2 Preferred Hotels:
Both hotels are less than 2 miles from the UIC Student Center East where COSHCON2025 is being held and are convenient to public transportation.
Photo/Video Waiver
By registering for and participating in COSHCON2025, you acknowledge and agree that National COSH and its representatives may take photographs, video, and audio recordings during the event. These may be used in educational, promotional, and informational materials, including but not limited to: websites, social media, newsletters, printed materials, and other digital platforms.
By attending, you grant National COSH the right to use your likeness, image, voice, and/or name in any such materials, without compensation or additional approval, for the purposes of public outreach and advancing worker health and safety.
All media taken becomes the property of National COSH.
If you have any concerns or wish to opt out of being photographed or recorded, please contact us in advance at tgarcia@nationalcosh.org.
COSHCON2025 Health Protocols
National COSH and the University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health endeavor to provide a safe and healthy environment for COSHCON2025. Your decision to attend COSHCON should include an assessment of risk to your own safety as well as compassion for the most vulnerable in our community who might also be present.
- COSHCON2025 will be mask optional. We encourage EVERYONE to make sure you are up-to-date on your vaccines.
- However, we also strive to be "mask friendly", so feel free to wear a mask if you desire. We recommend N95, KN95 or KF94 masks.
- If there's a congregated space where a person/people prefer masks we would ask the group to use them (outside of eating/drinking) if in that group.
- We also encourage participants to take a rapid test before the event.
- If you are feeling sick or have symptoms, please do NOT come. We will refund your registration.
At registration we will have masks and hand sanitizer available if desired.
Why Should Unions Attend COSHCON?
2023 COSH Awards
Thursday, December 7, 2023
2023 COSH Award winners:
- David Williams, Step Up Louisiana: Health and Safety Activist Award
- Patricia Rizo, UCLA LOSH: Health and Safety Trainer/Educator Award.
- Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport Organizing Committee (SEIU): Worker Power Team-Building Award
- Kate Suisman, Safe Jobs Oregon: Worker Safety Champion Award
- Motley Rice law firm: Movement Champion Award
