Workplace Violence

What We’re Doing

March 22, 2021

Legislative Alert

Letter Supporting Legislation that Would Protect Health Care and Social Services Workers from Violence

AFL-CIO supports the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Services Workers Act, which would protect workers in health care and social services from injury and death.

November 20, 2019

Legislative Alert

Letter Supporting Legislation That Would Reduce Workplace Violence

AFL-CIO supports the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Services Workers Act, which would protect health care and social services workers from injury and death.

June 10, 2019

Legislative Alert

Letter in Support of Legislation That Would Establish a Federal Workplace Violence Prevention Standard

Letter to the Committee on Education and Labor urging them to vote for the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Services Workers Act (H.R. 1309).

April 25, 2019

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Report

Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, 2019

This report features national and state information on workplace fatalities, injuries, illnesses, the number and frequency of workplace inspections, penalties, funding, staffing and public employee coverage under the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

April 25, 2019

Media Hit

Liz Shuler on Workplace Violence Prevention (The Hill)

March 28, 2019

Statement

Letter Urging Representatives to Co-Sponsor the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Services Act (H.R. 1309)

Letter urging representatives to support and co-sponsor legislation that would help protect health care and social service workers from the growing threat of workplace violence and unnecessary injury and death.