Across the country, people are skipping meals and falling behind on housing payments while layoffs, automation, and diminishing labor protections deepen insecurity. The message many workers hear is simple: You are replaceable.
Before joining National COSH earlier this year, COSHCON was something I had only heard about from afar. Working as a consultant in the NYC labor movement, I knew it was a respected, bilingual gathering that brought together workers, organizers, and health and safety leaders, but it was still just a concept to me, something other people experienced.
Labor groups say Arizona isn't moving fast enough to establish new protections for people whose work exposes them to the state's sizzling high temperatures. Heat is the top weather-related killer in the U.S. Seven different states have now adopted rules requiring employers to provide water breaks and other heat protections for workers, but regulations like that do not exist in Arizona, where triple-digit high temperatures can last months at a time. KJZZ's Katherine Davis-Young reports on efforts to change that.
WASHINGTON—A worker dies from corporate negligence every 104 miutes. The suppliers of auto parts for Hyundai and Kia cars. The Subway restaurant chain. The nation’s biggest homebuilder, which let Donald Trump’s vicious and violent ICE agents raid its job sites. A snack food company that puts migrants’ children into hazardous factory jobs.
“Workers are still being poisoned, injured, exploited and killed on the job,” says Jessica Martinez, executive director of the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH), which released its annual “Dirty Dozen” report on the worst job safety and health violators nominated by its local councils and allies, and why those corporate bad actors made the list–though they’re not alone.
Hyundai-Kia U.S. Supply Chain Named Among ‘Dirty Dozen’ Workplaces
Hyundai-Kia U.S. Supply Chain suppliers have been named among the nation’s worst workplaces, according to a labor safety report released Tuesday, highlighting concerns over worker safety, labor practices, and oversight within the automakers’ supplier network. The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH) announced the findings during a press conference unveiling its annual “Dirty Dozen” report. Since 2013, the organization has investigated companies repeatedly linked to workplace injuries, safety violations, hazardous exposures, and labor rights concerns. Each year it publishes a list of 12 employers considered among the most dangerous or problematic workplaces in the United States.
This year marks the first time that the Hyundai-Kia U.S. Supply Chain has been included in the report.
