Officially WisCOSH began in 1978 but it’s founding members began advocating on behalf of Wisconsin’s workers years before that as they advocated getting an OSHA presence in the state of Wisconsin. Once that was finally accomplished they formally organized as WisCOSH, the Wisconsin Committee on Occupational Safety and Health, and have continued to put worker … [Read more…]
It’s a phrase we hear often. It’s a phrase we might even use. It gets used in the heat of summer at the beach and it gets used in the depths of winter. It’s seldom asked in a serious manner. In the workplace, however, it takes on a different meaning. All too often a very … [Read more…]
Wisconsin has long been a progressive state. Long before other states started promoting themselves as Progressive Wisconsin went about it’s business of being progressive. Our biggest nod was our State Motto (Forward) and the early laws passed to protect workers from death and injury on the job. Laws like Workers Compensation which was enacted to … [Read more…]