Mourn for the Dead and Fight Like Hell for the Living: Workplace Safety and Health and Worker Memorial Day 2026
Schedule
Mon Apr 27 2026 at 05:30 pm to 07:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Faculty Seminar Room Combined, 105 East 17th Street | New York, NY
About this Event
Held the day before Worker Memorial Day, this panel will talk about current risks to workplace safety and health - including extreme heat, ergonomic harms at warehouses, and ongoing dangers on construction sites - and we will relate these events to historical context, including the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, in which 146 garment workers died. We will also hear about efforts by government, unions, and nonprofits to improve workplace safety and health. Hosted by the NYU Wagner Labor Initiative.
Speakers will include:
Justice Favor, Field Representative, Mason Tenders District Council of Greater New York
John Gershman, Clinical Professor of Public Service, and Director of the International Specialization at NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
Charlene Obernauer, Executive Director, New York Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH)
Rachana Pathak, Chief, Worker Protection Unit, Manhattan District Attorney's Office
Devki Virk, Maryland Commissioner of Labor and Industry
Moderated by Terri Gerstein, Director, NYU Wagner Labor Initiative
Where is it happening?
Faculty Seminar Room Combined, 105 East 17th Street, 105 East 17th Street, New York, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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