About Us
Midstate Council on Occupational Safety & Health
Workplace safety & health training & advocacy in New York’s Southern Tier and Finger Lakes Regions: Seneca, Cayuga Counties, Tompkins, Cortland, Schuyler, Tioga, Broome and Chemung Counties.
Our Mission & Work
Our mission and work have remained the same since our inception as an integral part of the Tompkins-Cortland Labor Coalition in 1989, and then under the framework of the Midstate Education and Service Foundation (a non-profit 501c3 organization, formally Midstate Education and Services Foundation) beginning in 2003. We remain committed to the principle that workplace injury, illness, and death are preventable, and through training, education, advocacy, and labor-community organizing we work to extend and defend every person’s right to a safe and healthy workplace. We are a proud affiliate of the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (NCOSH).
For more than 30 years, MCOSH (Midstate Council on Occupational Safety and Health) has provided preventative training and critical services to workers in all industries. Our mission is rooted in the belief that all workers have the right to a safe, just, and equitable workplace. In recent years, our work has become focused on social justice in the workplace. We have focused on supporting and organizing among essential migrant farm and restaurant workers in the New York mid-state region, with much of our advocacy work taking place in Tompkins County to connect them with critical services and support. We have also facilitated Teens Lead @ Work since 2015, a youth workplace leadership development program for Tompkins County youth.
OUR TEAM & BOARD
The programs we offer are made possible thanks to our dedicated team, board members, and supporters! Get to know our Team & Board.
OUR SUPPORTERS
We are currently receiving grant funding from OSHA’ s Targeted Training program, NYS’s Department of Labor Hazard Abatement Board and Workplace Health and Safety programs, the Park Foundation and the Community Foundation of Tompkins County. We have also regularly received donations from Painters’ District Council #4, the Tompkins-Cortland Building Trades Council, Teamsters Local 317 and the Ithaca Teachers’ Association.
