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We are a California-based non-profit organization dedicated to promoting occupational safety and health through education, training, technical and legal assistance, and advocacy. We focus on eliminating all types of workplace hazards and also on workplace-created toxic hazards that impact at-risk communities in California. We advocate for protective worker health and safety laws and effective remedies for injured workers.
Worksafe supports a network of health and safety activists. We strive to empower California workers and their representatives to better protect the California workforce. We are a coalition of labor and community groups, individual workers, osh and other professionals, environmentalists and other interested persons. We welcome members.
The Worksafe Law Center, a project of Worksafe, is a legal services support center. We provide advocacy, technical and legal assistance and training to legal services programs throughout California who directly serve California?s most vulnerable low-wage workers.
Click here to download our health and safety interest form. Fax it back to us at (510) 835-4913 to get emails about topics of interest to you.
Click here for the Goals and Objectives of the Worksafe Activist Network. Click here for the Goals and Objectives of the Worksafe Law Center.
Board of Directors. We have a Board of Directors responsible for the general management of the non-profit corporation. The directors include: Denise Abrams, Robin Baker, Linda Delp, Amanda Hawes, Betty Hung, Karen Kahn, Shelley Kessler, Suzanne Marria, Patty Quinlan, Julia Quint, Tom Rankin, Steve Siemers and Jeremy Smith. Board Officers: Jeremy Smith is President; Suzanne Marria is Vice President, Denise Abrams is Treasurer; Patty Quinlan is Secretary.
Finances
We are a 501(c)(3) organization and the fiscal sponsor for the Worksafe Law Center and for Worksafe Activist Network .
Donations are tax deductible. Donations should be made payable to Worksafe Inc. and mailed c/o 171 - 12th Street, Oakland, CA 94607. Or you may donate to us through Network for Good. See the link on our main page - www.worksafe.org .
We are also funded by grants. The Worksafe Law Center is a legal services support center and is funded by IOLTA (Interest on Legal Trust Accounts) and EAF (Equal Access Fund). If you are an attorney, you can support all legal services programs collectively by making a voluntary contribution to the Justice Gap Fund. Click here for a letter announcing this program. Click here for a brochure about this program. For more information, click here for the California State Bar website about this program.
PLEASE help support Worksafe's activities by donating to us directly. Click here.
PLEASE ALSO support all legal services programs by donating to the new Justice Gap Fund.
Staff
Suzanne Murphy is Executive Director and supervises the legal staff of the Worksafe Law Center. (510) 302-1011 or SMurphy@worksafe-cosh.org
Fran Schreiberg is a volunteer attorney with Worksafe. She is a full-time pro-bono attorney with Kazan McClain Abrams Lyons Greenwood & Harley. (510) 302-1071 or fcs@worksafe.org
Danielle Lucido is a Worksafe staff attorney. (510) 302-1021 or DLucido@worksafe-cosh.org
Michael Smith is a Worksafe staff attorney. (510) 302-1043 or MSmith@worksafe-cosh.org
Sophie Noero is the Worksafe program administrator. (510) 302-1027 or SNoero@worksafe-cosh.org
Worksafe Law Center is one of our projects. The Worksafe Law Center focuses on California's most vulnerable workers and provides advocacy support, technical assistance and training to qualified legal services programs regarding the effective use of workplace and environmental health and safety laws and remedies.
Worksafe Law Center address. Our offices are located at 171 - 12th Street 2nd floor, Oakland, CA 94607. Our Executive Director's phone number is (510) 302-1011.
The Worksafe Activist Network is also one of our projects. We strive to empower California workers and unions to better protect the California workforce. We are a coalition of labor and community groups, individual workers, osh and other professionals, environmentalists and other interested persons. We welcome members - please join us.
Worksafe Activist Network Address. The network's official mailing address is at the San Francisco Labor Council, 1188 Franklin Street #203, San Francisco, CA 94109. If you need to contact us more quickly call Fran Schreiberg at (510) 302-1071 or email fcs@worksafe.org.
Worksafe Activist Network. We engage in the following activities:
- periodic meetings (usually after the CalOSHA Advisory Committee meetings);
- project committees (for legislation, regulations, program work, etc.);
- actions such as Workers' Memorial Day;
- work with other groups concerned with workplace, environmental and community health;
- raising and allocating funds.
Worksafe Law Center Goals and Objectives
TRAINING. The Worksafe Law Center provides training to legal services programs and to eligible attorneys who are working pro bono for indigent individuals or to indigent individuals who have been referred by a qualified legal services program.
Training covers a variety of topics. Click here to jump to currently scheduled training programs. Click here to see a list of training programs that are available uponr request. And to arrange a training program contact Suzanne Murphy at (510) 302-1011 or SMurphy@worksafe-cosh.org
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. The Worksafe Law Center staff provides technical assistance to legal services programs, to eligible attorneys who are working pro bono for indigent individuals or to indigent individuals who have been referred by a qualified legal services program.
Individuals are welcome to contact Suzanne Murphy regarding an occupational safety and health concern. If you are not indigent, we cannot assist you, but if you are eligible for legal services, we will refer you to a legal services program that may be of assistance.
ADVOCACY. The Worksafe Law Center provides advocacy assistance to legal services programs and to eligible attorneys who are working pro bono for indigent individuals involved with legislation, regulations, policy and litigation.
Additionally, the Worksafe Law Center may provide litigation support to legal services programs and eligible attorneys who are working pro bono for indigent indivuduals, particularly if the cases involve impact litigation, regarding matters related to occupational safety and health.
Worksafe Activist Network Goals and Objectives
Our goal is to build a network of concerned groups and individuals to promote and monitor occupational safety and health in California.
Our objectives are to promote:
- public education regarding the need for worker protection, control of hazards in the workplace, and the protection of community health and the environment;
- effective workplace injury and illness prevention programs; and
- a comprehensive government program to protect all workers in California, and that will serve as a model for occupational safety and health throughout the nation.
We have four primary functions: training, technical assistance, advocacy and public education.
TRAINING. Our volunteers provide training to unions and other worker organizations, to community groups, to employers and to government.
Training covers a variety of topics. Click here to jump to currently scheduled training programs. Click here to see a list of training programs that are available uponr request. And to arrange a training program contact Suzanne Murphy at (510) 302-1011 or SMurphy@worksafe-cosh.org or Fran Schreiberg at (510) 302-1071 or fcs@worksafe.org .
We also train on how to set up a joint labor-management safety and health program. We refer some requests for training to UC Berkeley's Labor and Occupational Health Program (LOHP) or UCLA's Labor Occupational Safety & Health Program (LOSH). If you would like to find out if someone from WORKSAFE! can do a training program on occupational safety and health issues for your organization, please contact us or contact Suzanne Murphy at (510) 302-1011 or SMurphy@worksafe-cosh.org or Fran Schreiberg at (510) 302-1071 or fcs@worksafe.org .
Please also look at the materials available under OSH TOPICS. You can download and distribute training material, but we request that you please credit us (or the author of the material) if you duplicate that material. Finally, to learn about any pending training programs or conferences, check out upcoming events listed in PARTICIPATE in EVENTS & COALITIONS.
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. Our volunteers provide technical assistance to unions or other worker organizations, to community groups, to employers and to government.
Individuals are welcome to contact us regarding an occupational safety and health concern. We try to respond to all web inquiries. However, we have no paid staff and must rely entirely on our volunteer members.
Please review the other occupational safety and health (OSH) resources listed on this website. These include useful government, labor, university, COSH groups, injured worker groups, activist organizations, technical and professional links, and international organizations websites.
ADVOCACY for better occupational safety and health protection. Our volunteers advocate with respect to legislation, regulations and policy. We are active in developing public policy to better protect the health and safety of California's workers.
As advocates, we keep a close watch on legislation, regulations and policy matters affecting occupational safety and health. We follow occupational safety and health legislation and regulations in California, nationally, and sometimes in other states if such impacts California.
As advocates, we also keep a close watch on Cal/OSHA and attend the Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee meetings. We have a seat on the Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee and try to attend meetings in both northern and southern California. Fran Schreiberg is the representative from the north and Linda Delp is the representative from the south.
We encourage you to attend these meetings as well. The Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee usually meets around the state the first Thursday of each month at 9:30 a.m. Due to budget constraints, however, the meetings are no longer monthly. Contact Cal/OSHA at (510) 286-7000 to get on their mailing list for actual notice of dates and locations of their meetings. By getting on their mailing list, you will ALSO be mailed the Cal/OSHA Advisory Committee meeting minutes.
PUBLICIZE occupational safety and health issues. We try to publish two newsletters each year. Please contact us if you would like to receive our newsletter. We try to post our newsletters here. We also try to provide interesting occupational safety and health articles from other sources (other newsletters or articles from other media sources or blogs .
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