COSH groups--mobilizing workers, unions, and the community for health and safety: an interview with Joel Shufro.
An interview with Joel Shufro, Executive Director of the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health [NYCOSH], conducted shortly before he steps down after 34 years of service. Shufro discusses the recent history of the U.S. worker health and safety movement, including successes and failures of NYCOSH's efforts. He addresses some of the new issues COSH groups are facing as a result of declines in labor union density and the lack of effective government protection for large populations of workers, as well as assessing strategies that NYCOSH and other groups have adopted to strengthen and revive the U.S. health and safety movement.
Joel
J
Shufro
Health Sciences at Hunter College, City University of New York.
David
D
Kotelchuck
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU)/UFCW.
Steve
S
Mooser
D026683:Advisory Committees / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration; D019058:Community Networks / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007750:Labor Unions / Q000266:history*; D009518:New York; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States
COSH groups; NYCOSH; New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health; OSHA; Schweiker bill; labor history; worker health and safety