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All NYCOSH members receive:
- Safety Rep, the quarterly NYCOSH newsletter, featuring reports
on activity in occupational safety and health and analysis
of current trends,
- The NYCOSH Clipping File,
including articles from newspapers, magazines, professional
journals and union publications,
- Updates about pending legislation
affecting the health and safety of workers in New York State
and elsewhere,
- Invitations to NYCOSH conferences,
lectures and forums. Topics addressed at recent NYCOSH events
include repetitive strain injuries and the draft OSHA Ergonomics
Standard, workers' compensation law and safer needles,
- Access to the NYCOSH Resource
Center, a library of thousands of reference books, reports,
professional publications and other health and safety documents,
- A chance to participate on
NYCOSH Committees -- groups of health and safety activists
working together for change in specific areas, such as workers'
compensation and infectious disease.
NYCOSH also offers all local
union members:
- Health and safety training on topics of particular concern to workers, including
computer hazards, state and federal Right-to-Know laws and
regulations, and methods for identifying toxic substances
such as asbestos.
- Technical assistance and information for health and safety committees,
union leaders and stewards and a health and safety Hotline
for problems that require immediate answers.
- Consultations and on-site
evaluations to help
solve unique problems and to help develop strategies for
winning important health and safety victories -- including
formation of health and safety committees.
- Contract language assistance
drafting health
and safety language for upcoming collective bargaining agreements.
NYCOSH welcomes both union organizations
and individuals as members.
Annual individual membership
contributions:
Individual membership -- $40
Special individual rate for members of NYCOSH member unions
- $25
Supporting - $70
Sustaining membership - $100
Sponsoring membership - $250
Low-income - $10
Annual union membership contributions:
Less than 251 members - $175
251 - 500 members - $300
501 - 1,000 members - $350
1,001 - 2,500 members - $425
2,501 - 5,000 members - $600
5,001 - 10,000 members - $750
10,001 - 100,000 members - $1,000
More than 100,000 members - $1,500
To join, send your tax-deductible
contribution, payable to NYCOSH, to:
NYCOSH, 116 John Street, Suite 604, New York, NY 10038.
Contributions to the New York
Committee for Occupational Safety and Health, Inc. (NYCOSH)
are tax deductible as provided by law. A copy of NYCOSH's
last annual report may be obtained from us or from the Office
of the Attorney General, State of New York, Charities Bureau,
120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.
For more information, send us e-mail
or call 212-227-6440.
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