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Dairyworker stands with in workplace with cows

Recognizing One of Our Own - Seguridad en las Lecherías: Immigrant Dairy Worker Health and Safety

Mar 19, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Don't work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition. - H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Don't work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition.- H. Jackson Brown, Jr. The Health…
Training of Trainers with Rebirth inc

In the Field: MCN and Rebirth Inc Team Up for Training of Trainers Workshop

Jan 29, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Over the weekend, MCN continued their project “Filling the Gap in Worker Training: Capacity Building for Occupational Safety and Health” by holding a Training of Trainers workshop for Rebirth,…
Farmworker harvests apples

MCN's New Worker Safety Project Serves the Haitian Community

Nov 6, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
(Photo by Earl Dotter) Habacuc Petion’s father was working the midnight shift sanitizing at a chicken processing plant when his hand caught on the conveyor belt. Petion’s father suffered a broken…
Jayuya Outreach Team

In the Field: Jayuya Outreach Workers Provide Chemical Safety

Aug 20, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
With the commitment to promote a safe and healthy work environment, the Castañer Polyclinic in Jayuya, Puerto Rico is raising awareness among many different groups of workers about the proper use of…
Farmworker girl coughs into hands

Pesticide Poisoning in Monterey: 17 Sick Workers, No Violations

Aug 16, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
"I began crying because I couldn't breath and my vision was blurred," one unidentified worker said."I had a severe headache, nausea, sore throat and numb feet," another employee said.In the early…
MCN Outreach Workers

In the Field: Health and Safety for Workers at Castañer General Hospital

Jul 25, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
This May and June, the Castañer General Hospital team carried out orientations in the community and the surrounding regions to instruct workers on the risks of the chemical exposure that they…
MCN Outreach Workers

In the Field: Outreach Workers Offer Chemical Safety in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico

Jul 17, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
In May and June, outreach workers from Polyclinic Castañer, a community health center in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, took to the streets with the goal of training local workers on the various chemical…
Man stands in front of dairy production

New Research: Dairy Farm Owners Mobilized to Reduce Hazards

Jul 12, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Agricultural work continues to be one of the most dangerous professions in the country. Dairy, in particular, has relatively high injury and fatality rates. Exempted from most labor regulations and…
Child Eating Food

Farmworkers deserve protection from pesticides: Defend important regulations and take part in National Farmworker Awareness Week #NFAW2018

Mar 29, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Farmworkers face substantial health risks at their jobs, including exposure to pesticides. At Migrant Clinicians Network, we have spent decades fighting for a stronger Worker Protection Standard, and…
Damage after Hurricane

After the Waters Recede, Worker Vulnerabilities Rise: How to Prepare Workers in a Post-Disaster Environment

Sep 26, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
After any disaster -- earthquake, hurricane, explosion, attack -- there are immediate survival concerns. Puerto Rico is right now on the brink of a humanitarian crisis, as millions face every new day…
Journal of Agromedicine Socio-ecological approaches for improving agricultural safety and health

Multifaceted, Overlapping, Critical to Understand: The Spheres of Influence Affecting Agricultural Worker Health and Safety

Sep 14, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This month, the Journal of Agromedicine released a special issue focused on utilizing the socio-ecological model (SEM) to improve agricultural safety and health. Migrant Clinicians Network’s…
Workers in the field at sunset

Mourning the Dead, Fighting for the Living: Workers’ Memorial Day

Apr 27, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Over the course of 2015, almost 5,000 people in the US went to work one day and never came home. An additional estimated 50,000 workers died from occupational diseases. That’s according to the AFL-…
streamline newsletter winter-spring 2017

Top 4 Reasons To Drop Everything and Read the New Issue of Streamline Now

Mar 30, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Streamline is here! And we’re convinced that you should share our slightly-over-the-top exuberance on the publication of the latest issue of our quarterly clinical publication. That’s because this…
aca rules health center languages

New ACA Rule: How do you say “nondiscrimination” in Amharic?

Nov 15, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
How do you say “nondiscrimination” in Amharic? New ACA Rule Requires Postings in Top 15 Languages for Each State Last month, a new Federal policy went into effect that requires “taglines” on their…
MCN In the Field - Going International with the Seguridad Project

In the Field: Going International with the Seguridad Project

Sep 7, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week, Amy K. Liebman, MPA, MA Director of Environmental and Occupational Health, headed to Barcelona, Spain to present Seguridad en las lecherías, an award-winning health and safety…