Wisconsin Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
Advancing health & safety for all workers and their families.
WisCOSH is the largest, independant, worker based organization in Wisconsin that makes worker safety and health top priority. We are not a government agency. Our strength depends on our members and their involvement. Volunteers are the backbone of all we accomplish.
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The New WisCOSH Office Location
WisCOSH's office and Worker Center is now located at :
1535 W. Mitchell St, Milwaukee, WI 53204.
WisCOSH's normal office hours are M-F 10 am - 4 pm.
Due to limited staffing please call (414) 933-2338 to ensure someone is in the office or to schedule a meeting.
WisCOSH has a small, but growing, computer lab that workers are encouraged to come make use of. The computers have resume writing and other office productivity software. Come in and brush up on your skills or update your resume. Learn how to more effectively and safely use a computer. There are also some OSH programs as well. WisCOSH also has lots of OSH materials in our library that you are welcome to come and reference. WisCOSH also allows a number of groups meet in our space at times and days when it is not otherwise in use. If your group needs a meeting place contact us.
Protecting America's Workers Act Now In Congress!
Since before the Occupational Safety and Health Act was signed into law there have been those who have fought against it and tried their hardest to repeal, defund, discredit and redirect it's efforts. Recent events at a multitude of workplaces across America have shown that more now than ever workers need and demand a strong, effective Occupational Safety & Health Administration and Mine Safety and Health Administration along with tougher regulations and enforcment.
WisCOSH together with the National COSH, the Occupational Safety & Health Section of the American Public Health Association and Wisconsin's workers are demanding that workplaces be made safer and that companies who endanger, injur or kill workers be brought to justice. So far Rep. Gwen Moore and Sen. Russ Feingold are the only members of Wisconsin's Congressional Delegation to have signed on as C0-Sponsors of the bill. Call Senator Kohl and your Representative and ask why they haven't yet come to the aid of workers everywhere. You call (866) 261-4755 and ask for your Representative of Senator and they will connect you. More Information.
Workers Memorial Day 2010
WisCOSH In Madison
Workers Memorial Day started earlier than usual this year. Early Wednesday morning Wisconsin Public Radio aired an interview with Executive Director Jim Schultz centered on the topic of workplace safety, the recent slew of workplace tragedies in mines, power plants and the off shore oil platform explosion. Also covered was the Protecting America's Workers Act legislation currently before Congress. Read more here.
WisCOSH in Milwaukee
Zeidler Union Square was once again set to host the Workers Memorial Day Commemorative Event. The list of names had been received from the WI DWD and had now been posted on the headstones set up in the park. This year there were added a number of blank headstones to symbalize the many workers who die in the workplace or due to workplace exposures and are never known about except to those close family members, coworkers or friends. Far too many exemptions exist in regards to who the WI DWD WC is allowed to be listed as having died on the job or from workplace exposures. Particularly if the 'cause of death' is being contested by the employer. Throughout the last administration many employers took full advantage of there being no real push to have and keep a full accounting of workplace injuries or deaths. Read more here.
Work Related Hearing Loss Screening
WisCOSH is once more hosting free hearing loss testing screenings in 2010. On Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 734 N. 26th St., Milwaukee WI. This testing is being performed by Sound Advisors which is an informational service of Johnson Law Offices. The screening is free and takes about 10 minutes on average. This is a screening test. You will find out whether or not you have a Workers Compensation case or not. If you have hearing loss that constitutes a WC case further testing to assess the extent of your hearing loss will be conducted at another time and location. Read more here.
Paid Sick Days Milwaukee - Updates!
WisCOSH views the ability to have time away from work to get healthy as an important workplace safety and health right. Having the ability to call in to take time off without prior arrangment to care for themselves or family member, and not lose pay while doing it, can be crucial to workers health and safety. Not having to come to work sick, work with ill coworkers or worry about an ill family member will increase productivity and reduce workplace illnesses and injuries. Paid Sick Days will be a boon to employers as well. While a vocal minority of employers have claimed it would cause an unfair burden on them, or more often 'other, smaller employers', the passage of the referendum will save them money in improved worker health and increased customer service and customer satisfaction due to not being served by an ill or distracted worker. [Find more information here]
Working for SAFE & HEALTHY Jobs Since 1978!
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WisCOSH is an independent organization that works closely with the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, labor unions, businesses, individual workers, and other occupational safety and health groups across North America. It is WisCOSH's mission to improve workplace safety and heath for Wisconsin Workers by providing the enviroment and resources for concerned individuals to use their skills for the direct benefit of working people and their families and to empower people to join together and collaborate with others, including health personnel, community leaders and interested business people, to create an interest in safety and health in the workplace.
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