Grossfeld Steps Down from MontCo Worker Safety and Health Commission

Monday, February 4, 2013

Grossfeld Steps Down from MontCo Worker Safety and Health Commission(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Longtime health and safety activist Jim Grossfeld is stepping down as chair of the Montgomery Co. Worker Safety and Health Commission. "It's been seven years since the labor/community coalition for safer jobs - the Worker Health and Safety Initiative -- was first organized," Grossfeld (at right in blue shirt) says. "One of the top items on our agenda then was the creation of the commission. When it was formed it was the only one of its kind in the US, and, sadly, it still is." As the Commission's first member and founding Chair, "I've been thrilled to have the opportunity to work with trade unionists, public health practitioners and community activists throughout the Washington area and beyond," says Grossfeld, a CWA member. "With the labor movement’s continued support for the commission's work -- particularly its focus on the dangers facing immigrant workers -- there's no question that Montgomery Co. won't only be a good place to live, but a safer place to work." Photo: Grossfeld (far right) at the September 2012 Commission hearing on the workplace crisis facing the county’s growing immigrant workforce. Photo courtesy of Montgomery County.

 

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