Safety & Health at Work

You have the right to a safe job—your job isn't supposed to injure, kill or maim. But each year more than 6 million U.S. workers are injured or become sick on the job, 50,000 U.S. workers die from occupational illness and nearly 6,000 are killed on the job.

The union movement continues to lead the fight for and win job safety protections that improve the lives of all workers. That fight continues every day in our workplaces, in the legislatures where laws are enacted and in the offices of government regulators whose duty it is to protect our work environment and keep us safe.