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Health & Safety
Everyone has the right to work in a safe and healthy place of employment and to return home uninjured at the end of each workday. Every worker also has the right to file a complaint and request an inspection of his or her workplace if conditions there are unsafe or unhealthy. Every worker has the right to refuse to perform work that would violate any occupational safety or health standard. Finally, no worker may be fired or punished in any way for filing a complaint about unsafe or unhealthful working conditions.
Everyone has the right to work in a safe and healthy place of employment and to return home uninjured at the end of each workday. Every worker also has the right to file a complaint and request an inspection of his or her workplace if conditions there are unsafe or unhealthy. Every worker has the right to refuse to perform work that would violate any occupational safety or health standard. Finally, no worker may be fired or punished in any way for filing a complaint about unsafe or unhealthful working conditions.
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Resources
California Rural Legal Assistance
The CRLA aims "To fight for justice and individual rights alongside the most exploited communities of our society", and has a vision of justice for rural California, "where all people are treated with dignity and respect, and guaranteed their fundamental rights". In pursuit of these, they publish many helpful resources, some of which deal directly with workplace health and safety. See their downloadable brochures.
Workplace Health and Safety Info
California Rural Legal Assistance
(831) 724-2253/688-6535
21 Carr Street
Watsonville, CA
95076
crla.org
CA Dept. of Occupational Safety & Health
(510) 286-1066
1515 Clay St., Suite 16-22A
Oakland, CA
94612
www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/
Article on Health & Safety
Broken Laws, Unprotected Workers: Violations of Employment and Labor Laws in America’s Cities. A. Bernhardt et al. 2009. Center for Urban Economic Development at UIC, National Employment Law Project, and UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment.