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COSH Network in the News

  • Liberation Road Notes

    The Heat is On!

    22 Jul 2025

    Whatever OSHA does (or fails to do) this fall; whatever becomes of the laboriously crafted standards, the movement for “heat justice” is on fire and burning bright. Fired Up! Workers for Heat Justice!, led by the National Council for Safety and Health (NCOSH), has built cross-class, multi-racial coalitions in 25 states, uniting environmentalists, immigrant workers, unions, racial justice activists, students, scientists, faith-based groups, and public health organizations.
     

  • Ford Foundation

    Degrees of Change: Innovations in the Fight Against Extreme Heat

    24 Jul 2025

    Today, Pineda advocates for health, safety, and agency for other workers as a leader with Tucson’s Josefina Ahumada Worker Center and a recent graduate of the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health’s We Rise! Worker Leadership Academy. 

  • Ford Foundation

    Fired Up! Workers For Heat Justice

    21 Jul 2025

    The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH), operates at the intersection of labor and health, supporting workers’ leadership for health, safety, and power and convening a national federation of 25 local affiliates.

  • HR Dive

    How to protect employees from heat and other climate extremes

    14 Jul 2025

    "The solution isn't more corporate wellness programs. It's real, enforceable protections."

    Jessica Martinez
    Executive Director, National Council for Occupational Safety and Health