{"id":13018,"date":"2023-09-01T13:00:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T17:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobbinghood.com\/magazine\/2023\/08\/29\/our-commitment-to-labor-rights\/"},"modified":"2023-09-01T13:00:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T17:00:06","slug":"our-commitment-to-labor-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobbinghood.com\/magazine\/2023\/09\/01\/our-commitment-to-labor-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Commitment to Labor Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Our Commitment to Labor Rights<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<h4><a href=\"#espanol\"><strong>En espa\u00f1ol<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.dol.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/LRW_blog.png\" data-entity-uuid=\"14ddb8b9-bedd-4ecf-bee1-3e8416e3f2c0\" data-entity-type=\"file\" alt=\"Farmworkers harvest onions in a field as the sun goes down.\" class=\"align-center\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo assure safe and healthful working conditions for men and women.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These are the first words of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. The act then defines the right that every worker in America has to a safe workplace. All workers share this right equally regardless of gender, age, race, ethnicity or immigration status. No worker deserves to do their job in a place and in a way that is not safe.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tragically, this right is not equally experienced by all workers. The fact is that often, immigrant and underserved workers face unique challenges at work, such as language, educational, cultural barriers and newness to the U.S. that can make it difficult for them to understand and learn their rights as workers \u2013 the same rights guaranteed to all workers. At other times, workers find that simply claiming and exercising their rights can result in retaliation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve heard stories from workers and worker advocates from across the country about their pain and struggles \u2013 both physical and emotional. They\u2019ve told us about not being adequately trained in the language they understand, not having adequate protective equipment, and being steered into jobs that are inherently less safe and do not have adequate supervision.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This includes domestic workers who suffered injuries and illness from using chemicals provided to them without any information about chemical safety, and who faced sexual harassment, bullying and assault from employers while they were just trying to do their jobs.\u202fIt includes an undocumented restaurant worker who worked seven days a week and was not given time off to seek medical care after a pot of boiling water fell on their foot. Their injury became infected and ultimately amputated because they were unable to obtain basic medical care needed without losing their job.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While they talked about their challenges on the job, they also shared their hopes, dreams and ideas on how we can build bridges and work together to empower more workers and improve workplace conditions for all. We owe it to these workers to help them to see their hopes and dreams become realities.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Workplace safety aligns with the personal value that most people share, which is safety and health for our friends and family. This need to be and feel safe is at the core for most of us and OSHA works to help businesses align their operational values with that core personal value.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dol.gov\/general\/migrantworker\/support#LRW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Labor Rights Week<\/a>\u202fis marked each year to highlight the partnership between the Mexican Embassy, its consulates across the country, the Department of Labor and other partners. It is an opportunity to promote fundamental labor rights. During this Labor Rights Week, Aug. 28 to Sept. 1, we recommit to protecting the right that every worker has to a safe and healthful workplace.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Natalicia Tracy is a senior policy advisor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Follow OSHA on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/OSHA_DOL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Twitter\/X<\/em><\/a><em> and <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/showcase\/9705664\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>LinkedIn<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a id=\"espanol\">Nuestro compromiso con los derechos laborales<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><em>Por Natalicia Tracy<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.dol.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/LRW_blog_0.png\" data-entity-uuid=\"760bbdc6-977f-492c-90dc-449d4ac8fae6\" data-entity-type=\"file\" alt=\"Los trabajadores agr\u00edcolas cosechan cebollas cuando se pone el sol.\" class=\"align-center\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Garantizar condiciones de trabajo seguras y saludables para hombres y mujeres&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Estas son las primeras palabras de la Ley de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo de 1970. La ley define el derecho de todo trabajador en Estados Unidos a un lugar de trabajo seguro. Todos los trabajadores comparten este derecho por igual, independientemente de su sexo, edad, raza, etnia o estatus de inmigraci\u00f3n. Ning\u00fan trabajador merece hacer su trabajo en un lugar y de una manera que no sean seguros.<\/p>\n<p>Tr\u00e1gicamente, este derecho no lo experimentan por igual todos los trabajadores. El hecho es que, a menudo, los trabajadores inmigrantes y desatendidos se enfrentan a retos \u00fanicos en el trabajo, como el idioma, la educaci\u00f3n, las barreras culturales y su reci\u00e9n llegada a EE.UU., que pueden dificultarles la comprensi\u00f3n y el conocimiento de sus derechos como trabajadores, los mismos derechos garantizados a todos los trabajadores. En otras ocasiones, los trabajadores se encuentran con que el simple hecho de reclamar y ejercer sus derechos puede dar lugar a represalias.<\/p>\n<p>Hemos escuchado historias de trabajadores y defensores de los trabajadores de todo el pa\u00eds sobre su dolor y sus luchas, tanto f\u00edsicas como emocionales. Nos han contado que no reciben capacitaci\u00f3n adecuada en el idioma que entienden, que no cuentan con el equipo de protecci\u00f3n adecuado y que se les orienta hacia trabajos que son intr\u00ednsecamente menos seguros y que no cuentan con la supervisi\u00f3n adecuada.<\/p>\n<p>Esto incluye a trabajadoras dom\u00e9sticas que sufrieron lesiones y enfermedades por utilizar productos qu\u00edmicos que les proporcionaron sin ninguna informaci\u00f3n sobre seguridad qu\u00edmica, y que se enfrentaron a acoso sexual, intimidaci\u00f3n y agresiones por parte de sus empleadores cuando s\u00f3lo intentaban hacer su trabajo. Incluye a un trabajador indocumentado de un restaurante que trabajaba siete d\u00edas a la semana y no se le dio tiempo libre para buscar atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica despu\u00e9s de que una olla de agua hirviendo cayera sobre su pie. Su herida se infect\u00f3 y acab\u00f3 amput\u00e1ndosele porque no pudo obtener la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica b\u00e1sica necesaria sin perder su empleo.<\/p>\n<p>Al tiempo que hablaban de sus retos en el trabajo, tambi\u00e9n compart\u00edan sus esperanzas, sue\u00f1os e ideas sobre c\u00f3mo podemos estrechar lazos y trabajar juntos para empoderar a m\u00e1s trabajadores y mejorar las condiciones laborales para todos. Debemos a estos trabajadores ayudarles a que sus sue\u00f1os y esperanzas se hagan realidad.<\/p>\n<p>La seguridad en el lugar de trabajo se alinea con el valor personal que comparte la mayor\u00eda de la gente, que es la seguridad y la salud de nuestros amigos y familiares. Esta necesidad de estar y sentirse seguro es fundamental para la mayor\u00eda de nosotros y OSHA trabaja para ayudar a las empresas a alinear sus valores operativos con ese valor personal fundamental.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dol.gov\/general\/trabajadormigrante\/support#LRW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">La Semana de los Derechos Laborales<\/a> se celebra cada a\u00f1o para destacar la colaboraci\u00f3n entre la Embajada de M\u00e9xico, sus consulados en todo el pa\u00eds, el Departamento del Trabajo y otros colaboradores. Es una oportunidad para promover los derechos laborales fundamentales. Durante esta Semana de los Derechos Laborales, del 28 de agosto al 1 de septiembre, nos comprometemos nuevamente a proteger el derecho que todo trabajador tiene a un lugar de trabajo seguro y saludable.<\/p>\n<p><em>Natalicia Tracy es la asesora pol\u00edtica de la Administraci\u00f3n de Seguridad y Salud Ocupacional. <\/em><em>Sigue a OSHA en <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OSHA_DOL?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Twitter<\/em><\/a><em> y <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/showcase\/us-department-of-labor-osha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>LinkedIn<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><span lang=\"\">Koebel.Tiffany\u2026<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Mon, 08\/28\/2023 &#8211; 17:57<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-blog-featured-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item\">  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.dol.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/LRW_blog.png\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" alt=\"Farmworkers harvest onions in a field as the sun goes down.\" \/><\/div>\n<p>  <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.dol.gov\/taxonomy\/term\/4467\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Natalicia Tracy<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blog-tags\">\n            <span>Tags:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.dol.gov\/tag\/occupational-safety-and-health-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Occupational Safety and Health Administration<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.dol.gov\/tag\/osha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OSHA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.dol.gov\/tag\/labor-rights-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Labor Rights Week<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.dol.gov\/tag\/migrant-workers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">migrant workers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.dol.gov\/tag\/featured\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">featured<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Commitment to Labor Rights En espa\u00f1ol \u00a0 \u201cTo assure safe and healthful working conditions for men and women.\u201d\u00a0 These are the first words of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. The act then defines the right that every worker in America has to a safe workplace. All workers share this right equally [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":496,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobbinghood.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobbinghood.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobbinghood.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobbinghood.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/496"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobbinghood.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobbinghood.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13018\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobbinghood.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobbinghood.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobbinghood.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}