Join injured workers, health and safety advocates, healthcare advocates and others on Workers Memorial Day in San Francisco on April 28, 2014. In California workers face a more and more dangerous situation on the job with injuries and deaths from workplace toxins and hazards. New technologies such as biotech and nanotech are unregulated and workers union and unorganized who speak out about health and safety are illegally retaliated against in many workplaces.

At the same time, California has only 166 OSHA inspectors for 18 million workers and the state refuses to even hire more inspectors with money that has already been appropriated. Ca-OSHA whistleblowers are now speaking out about the need to defend Ca-OSHA to protect California workers on the job. There is a growing scandal at Cal-OSHA and DIR because they have not spent the money they have for a proper number of OSHA inspectors.

Workplace bullying on the job is also creating more health problems including depression which is now a larger part of workplace injuries yet has been threatened by California  SB 863 which limits compensation for these injuries.

Injured workers also face a growing crisis after they have to go through one obstacle course after another to get their healthcare. Doctors who are not even licensed in California operate through an outsourced company called Maximus which has anonymous doctors giving determination about whether workers are able to get their healthcare needs met. On this day we will commemorate those workers killed on the job and those workers and their families who are fighting for healthcare and justice on the job.

Initial Speakers:

Brenda Barros - SEIU 1021 SF Cope Chair & SF General Hospital worker
Dr. Larry Rose - Past Medical Director Cal-OSHA
Adam Wood - San Francisco Firefighters Local 798, Firefighters Cancer Prevention Foundation
Brian Carrasso - Injured worker at Clark Pest Control
George Figuerero - ATU 1555 BART 2014 Strike Coordinator
Dina Padilla - Injured worker advocate

Sponsored by: Injured Workers National Network (www.iwnn.org)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/injured-workers-national-network-IWNN/108362552680848?fref=ts
California Coalition for Workers Memorial Day (www.workersmemorialday.org)
http://www.aflcio.org/issues/job-safety/workersmemorialday

For more information, contact (415) 282-1908