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STRATEGIES

  • We counter anti-worker and anti-immigrant policy trends with our alternative vision of safety, health, and justice for all workers.

  • Knowledge is power. We create and distribute resources to raise awareness about occupational health hazards and workers' rights.

  • We provide legal training, technical assistance, and support to legal aid orgs that serve low-wage and immigrant workers.

  • Our research highlights occupational health & safety trends, notes emerging hazards, and documents movement victories.

  • Our interactive trainings are designed to build worker leadership and power. Topics include Hazard Identification and Health & Safety Rights.

  • Our approach to worker health & safety is grounded in creative collaborations with organizations throughout California.

  • US workers die on the job each day

    14

  • US workers die on the job each year
    US workers die on the job each year

    5,200

  • Americans die from occupational disease each day

    137

  • Americans die from occupational disease each year

    50,000

Our Mission

To prevent worker illness, injury, and death by bringing justice to the workplace.

News & Events

September 30, 2019

New Cal/OSHA Chief Reports for Duty | Are You Worksafe's Next Director? | Health & Safety Training with Airport Workers | New Report Documents Silicosis Outbreak | Labor Podcast Seeks Bay Area Health & Safety Stories | Will We See You at #COSHCON19?

September 19, 2019

Worksafe is seeking an Executive Director to support our mission to prevent occupational injury, illness, and death by bringing justice to the workplace. The position is based in Oakland, California.

September 16, 2019

We need your help to strengthen right-to-know laws for salon workers in California. Please take a minute to contact Governor Newsom and tell him why you support this important bill.