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The Price of Safety: The Case Of Three Whistleblowers & Workers Memorial Day
The struggle of health and safety whistleblowers is important to not only the worker themselves but all workers and the public.
The Price of Safety: The Case Of Three Whistleblowers & Workers Memorial Day
Workers health and safety are under threat. This is about the case of three whistleblowers Apple fired workers Ashley Gjovik, Pfizer molecular biologist Becky McClain and IBT 190 UPS line driver Eric Johnson.
These three health and safety whistleblowers tried to protect themselves and other workers and the public and faced serious obstacles and a failure of government agencies to back them up.
There are less than 1800 OSHA inspectors for 130 million US workers and workers face serious retaliation for speaking out which threatens them and the public.
On Workers Memorial Day April 28 there will be a panel of health and safety whistleblowers.
Commemorate Workers Memorial Day 2026
Remember The Dead-Fight For The Living!
Stop The Injuries and Deaths On The Job & Defend The Whistleblowers
Tuesday April 28, 2026 4PM PST/6PM CST/7PM EST
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81053330631
Meeting ID: 810 5333 0631
The continuing injuries and deaths on the job are growing in the US. The destruction of OSHA is ongoing as workers are being murdered on the job from Amazon to UPS and one company after another.
There are only 1,720 federal and state OSHA inspectors responsible for the safety of 144 million workers in the US and bosses fire thousands of workers who make health and safety complaints. Even OSHA workers like the OSHA Whistleblower Protection Program investigator Darrell Whitman was terminated as well as others in his OSHA 9 regional office for standing up for workers who had been retaliated for speaking out about health and safety problems. These agencies which are supposed to protect workers' health and safety have been captured by the companies they are supposed to regulate under both political parties.
In California, Governor Newsom and the Democratic Party controlled legislature have cut Cal-OSHA by $16 million and there are less than 200 OSHA inspectors for 33 million workers.
It is time for our unions and for working people to organize to protect their health and safety as these union busting corporations put working people to death for more profits with pats on the wrists instead of being sent to prison.
Injured workers also face terrorism from insurance companies who try to limit their liability for healthcare by targeting injured workers for workers fraud while insurance companies and bosses are serial fraudsters to prevent workers from getting healthcare. This is supported by the massive corruption in the workers comp industry and the insurance companies control of Departments of Workers Compensation. Many injured workers are permanently disabled because they cannot get prompt care, lose their jobs, their homes and end up bankrupt and homeless. This is a crime.
AI is also now being used to escalate the exploitation in trucking, healthcare, education and all industries. Workers' lives and communities are under threat and the fight for health and safety is a fight for all.
Speakers:
Ashley Gjovik, An Apple tech worker who exposed an environmental dumpsite that was poisoning her and other workers at Apple and the community.
ashleygjovik.com
Vina Colley, A former OCAW worker at the Piketon Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Ohio who fought for safety and healthcare for decades as she and thousands of other workers and residents were being contaminated and sickened.
Piketon Residents for Environmental Safety and Security (PRESS
Eric Johnson, IBT 190 UPS line driver who has been investigating the dangers of forward facing infrared AI cameras in truck cabins that are creating tumors and cataracs on hundreds of thousands of drivers throughout the United States.
Cameras At UPS, AI &mInfrared Torture With IBT 190 UPS Driver Eric Johnson
https://youtu.be/xkQuUrN4g2E
Becky McClain, A Pfizer molecular biologist who was fired for blowing the whistle on the company which allowed biological contaminants to sicken her and other workers as well as being released into the community in Gratton, CT
biotechwhistleblower.com
Vincent Ward, ILWU Local 10 Injured Worker
Mike Razaino, IBT 952 has fought for health and safety in the food transportation industry.
Jennifer Cruz, IBT 2010 UC Davis has been fighting for health and safety and against the corporate controlled workers comp system that is destroying injured workers.
Sponsored By California Coalition For Workers Memorial Day, Whistleblowers United, WorkWeek, Biotech Whistleblowers, United Front Committee For A Labor Party,
http://www.workersmemorialday.org
labormedia1 [at] gmail.com
Workers health and safety are under threat. This is about the case of three whistleblowers Apple fired workers Ashley Gjovik, Pfizer molecular biologist Becky McClain and IBT 190 UPS line driver Eric Johnson.
These three health and safety whistleblowers tried to protect themselves and other workers and the public and faced serious obstacles and a failure of government agencies to back them up.
There are less than 1800 OSHA inspectors for 130 million US workers and workers face serious retaliation for speaking out which threatens them and the public.
On Workers Memorial Day April 28 there will be a panel of health and safety whistleblowers.
Commemorate Workers Memorial Day 2026
Remember The Dead-Fight For The Living!
Stop The Injuries and Deaths On The Job & Defend The Whistleblowers
Tuesday April 28, 2026 4PM PST/6PM CST/7PM EST
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81053330631
Meeting ID: 810 5333 0631
The continuing injuries and deaths on the job are growing in the US. The destruction of OSHA is ongoing as workers are being murdered on the job from Amazon to UPS and one company after another.
There are only 1,720 federal and state OSHA inspectors responsible for the safety of 144 million workers in the US and bosses fire thousands of workers who make health and safety complaints. Even OSHA workers like the OSHA Whistleblower Protection Program investigator Darrell Whitman was terminated as well as others in his OSHA 9 regional office for standing up for workers who had been retaliated for speaking out about health and safety problems. These agencies which are supposed to protect workers' health and safety have been captured by the companies they are supposed to regulate under both political parties.
In California, Governor Newsom and the Democratic Party controlled legislature have cut Cal-OSHA by $16 million and there are less than 200 OSHA inspectors for 33 million workers.
It is time for our unions and for working people to organize to protect their health and safety as these union busting corporations put working people to death for more profits with pats on the wrists instead of being sent to prison.
Injured workers also face terrorism from insurance companies who try to limit their liability for healthcare by targeting injured workers for workers fraud while insurance companies and bosses are serial fraudsters to prevent workers from getting healthcare. This is supported by the massive corruption in the workers comp industry and the insurance companies control of Departments of Workers Compensation. Many injured workers are permanently disabled because they cannot get prompt care, lose their jobs, their homes and end up bankrupt and homeless. This is a crime.
AI is also now being used to escalate the exploitation in trucking, healthcare, education and all industries. Workers' lives and communities are under threat and the fight for health and safety is a fight for all.
Speakers:
Ashley Gjovik, An Apple tech worker who exposed an environmental dumpsite that was poisoning her and other workers at Apple and the community.
ashleygjovik.com
Vina Colley, A former OCAW worker at the Piketon Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Ohio who fought for safety and healthcare for decades as she and thousands of other workers and residents were being contaminated and sickened.
Piketon Residents for Environmental Safety and Security (PRESS
Eric Johnson, IBT 190 UPS line driver who has been investigating the dangers of forward facing infrared AI cameras in truck cabins that are creating tumors and cataracs on hundreds of thousands of drivers throughout the United States.
Cameras At UPS, AI &mInfrared Torture With IBT 190 UPS Driver Eric Johnson
https://youtu.be/xkQuUrN4g2E
Becky McClain, A Pfizer molecular biologist who was fired for blowing the whistle on the company which allowed biological contaminants to sicken her and other workers as well as being released into the community in Gratton, CT
biotechwhistleblower.com
Vincent Ward, ILWU Local 10 Injured Worker
Mike Razaino, IBT 952 has fought for health and safety in the food transportation industry.
Jennifer Cruz, IBT 2010 UC Davis has been fighting for health and safety and against the corporate controlled workers comp system that is destroying injured workers.
Sponsored By California Coalition For Workers Memorial Day, Whistleblowers United, WorkWeek, Biotech Whistleblowers, United Front Committee For A Labor Party,
http://www.workersmemorialday.org
labormedia1 [at] gmail.com
For more information:
https://youtu.be/R8nJ9dXBdk0
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