ALLIANCE ANNUAL REPORT
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
And
The Consulate of Mexico in Orlando, Florida
November 16, 2024

1. Alliance Background

   1. Date Signed

      August 30, 2018

   2. Date Renewed

      December 9, 2020
      February 11, 2023

   3. Evaluation Period

      August 31, 2023 – September 30, 2024

   4. Overview:

      The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Consul General of Mexico in Orlando, Florida, formed an Alliance to provide Mexican National workers throughout Central Florida with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect employees' health and safety and allow them to exercise their rights fully.

   5. Implementation Team Members

      OSHA

      • Amy E. Wilson, CAS – Orlando AO
      • Sarah Carle, AD (former) – Orlando AO
      • Erin Sanchez, AD (current) – Orlando AO

      • Angel Vega-Avila, AAD – Orlando AO

      Alliance participant

      • Juan Jose Sabines Guerrero, Titular Consul
      • Norma Araceli Ramirez Avila, Protection Consul

      • Alberto Marlon Ponce Jimenez, Technical Secretary

2. Implementation Team Meetings

   1. May 21, 2024

   2. August 26, 2024

   In addition to these formal meetings, the Alliance coordinators from both groups maintained regular contact throughout the reporting period to monitor the Alliance's progress and results.

3. Results
   The following table summarizes the Alliance's activities in support of the goals in the Alliance agreement.

   Dissemination: Alliance Program participant shared information on OSHA-developed or OSHA Alliance Program-developed tools and resources, OSHA standards/rulemakings, enforcement, or outreach campaigns.

   Dissemination Type	Date	Description	Emphasis Area(s)	Number Reached
   Dissemination/ Publications/ Technical Assistance	October 23, 2023	The OSHA Jacksonville Area Office, Compliance Assistance Specialist (CAS) attended the Mobile Mexican Consulate in Jacksonville, Florida. The CAS distributed OSHA publications, as well as explaining workplace rights and the employer’s responsibilities.	Small Business, and Hispanic/Latino Workers	60
   Dissemination/ Publications/ Technical Assistance	November 21, 2023	La Coalición Mexicana de Florida, in partnership with the Consulate of Mexico in Orlando, held Una Journada Feminista (Feminist Day) to commemorate the International Day for the Eradication of Violence against Women. OSHA’s Orlando CAS and a member of the OSHA Compliance staff (CSHO) were invited to support the event. They also distributed the Spanish versions of several OSHA publications addressing the following topics: worker rights; labor trafficking; suicide prevention; workplace violence; and general OSHA compliance for new businesses.	Small Business, Hispanic/Latino Workers, and Women Workers	50
   Dissemination/ Publications/ Technical Assistance	November 28, 2023	An OSHA CAS attended the Mobile Mexican Consulate event in Tallahassee, Florida, and shared OSHA publications regarding worker rights, employer responsibilities, as well as the OSHA complaint process.	Small Business, and Hispanic/Latino Workers	65
   Dissemination/ Publications/ Technical Assistance	February 03, 2024	An OSHA CAS attended the Mobile Mexican Consulate in Putnam County, Florida. The CAS also explained worker rights, the OSHA complaint process, as well as responding to questions from workers regarding workplace safety and health.	Hispanic/Latino Workers	70
   Dissemination/ Publications/ Technical Assistance	February 23, 2024	An OSHA CAS attended the Mobile Mexican Consulate event in Apopka, Florida, sharing publications regarding heat illness prevention, worker rights, employer responsibilities, as well as explaining the OSHA complaint process.	Small Business, and Hispanic/Latino Workers	22
   Dissemination/ Publications/ Technical Assistance	February 24, 2024	An OSHA CAS attended the Mobile consulate event in Jacksonville, Florida, sharing publications regarding OSHA’s mission, heat illness prevention, fall prevention, worker rights, employer responsibilities, as well as explaining the OSHA complaint process.	Small Business, and Hispanic/Latino Workers	120
   Dissemination/ Publications/ Technical Assistance	March 02, 2024	An OSHA CAS attended the Mobile Mexican Consulate in Tallahassee, Florida, sharing publications regarding heat illness prevention, fall prevention, worker rights, employer responsibilities, as well as explaining the OSHA complaint process.	Small Business, and Hispanic/Latino Workers	80
   Dissemination/ Publications/ Technical Assistance	March 08, 2024	An OSHA CAS staffed a booth and distributed OSHA publications during the International Women Day event ("Dia Internacional de la Mujer"), at the Mexican Consulate in Orlando.	Small Business, Hispanic/Latino Workers, and Women Workers	200
   E-mail Alert	May 6, 2024	The OSHA Orlando Area Office CAS provided information via email to Consulate staff on free Spanish language webinars, which were available for the 2024 Fall Stand-down.	Hispanic/Latino Workers	400
   Dissemination/ Publications/ Technical Assistance	July 07, 2024	A representative from the US Department of Labor, Wage & Hour Division (WHD) and the OSHA CAS attended the Mobile Mexican Consulate in Jacksonville, Florida. The CAS made a brief statement regarding worker rights and distributed OSHA publications regarding worker rights, OSHA It's the law poster, heat posters, and the OSHA complaint process. The CAS also responded questions and addressed questions about fall protection.	Small Business, Hispanic/Latino Workers, and Women Workers	60
   E-mail Alert	August 08, 2024	During this period, the Alliance grouped promoted the Alliance, OSHA’s Safe + Sound Week 2024, as well as the webinar conducted by OSHA and the Georgia Tech Onsite Consultation regarding Safety and Health Management Systems.	Small Business, and Hispanic/Latino Workers	200
   Dissemination/ Publications/ Technical Assistance	August 19, 2024	During this period, both the Orlando and Jacksonville CASs staffed an outreach booth and provided information to the public. OSHA also provided information on worker's rights, whistleblower protections, heat illness prevention, and general construction safety. Additionally, other organizations were also in attendance included immigration law experts, and community resource groups. OSHA provided information on worker's rights, whistleblower protections, heat illness prevention, and general construction safety.	Hispanic/Latino Workers	75

   Outreach Events and Training for non-OSHA Staff: Alliance Program participant or OSHA participation in events, which includes speeches/presentations, exhibits, roundtables, conferences, informational webinars or other meetings or training in support of the Alliance or an OSHA initiative.

   Activity Type	Date	Event Name	Representative Name and Affiliation	Title of Presentation, if applicable	City	State	Emphasis Area(s)	Number Reached
   Outreach/ Speech/ Presentation	October 07, 2023	Mobile Mexican Consulate - Live Oak, Fl	Yvis Torres, CAS – Jacksonville Area Office, and Consulate Staff	During this period, the CAS attended a Consulate event focused on worker rights, employer responsibilities, the OSHA complaint process. OSHA publications were also shared with the group.	An OSHA	FL	Hispanic/Latino Workers Rights	125
   Outreach	November 4, 2023	Stetson University presentation on a study they completed about agricultural workers.	Yvis Torres, CAS – Jacksonville Area Office, and Consulate Staff	During this period, the CAS attended a presentation in Pierson, Florida, by a student from Stetson University, “Effects of Farm-related Risks and Exposures Evaluating Environmental Injustice on Farmworkers.” The CAS also distributed OSHA publications.	Pierson	FL	Hispanic/Latino Workers, Agriculture, Heat Stress	150
   Speech/ Presentation/ Training	December 11, 2023	Training for Consulate Workers on how to file an OSHA complaint	Yvis Torres, CAS – Jacksonville Area Office, and Consulate Staff	During this period, the CAS conducted training for the Mexican Consulate staff. The training was focused on worker rights, the employer’s responsibilities, statistics from BLS about Hispanics/Latinos, the process to file OSHA complaints, as well as the OSHA whistleblower complaint process.	Orlando	FL	Hispanic/Latino Workers Rights, OSHA Inspections	65
   Outreach	April 25, 2024	"Empowering the Vulnerable" Networking Event	Yvis Torres, CAS – Jacksonville Area Office, worker advocacy organizations, and Consulate Staff	During this period, the Alliance group supported the event "Empowering the Vulnerable," which was led by the Networking of Non-Profit and the Orlando Mexican Consulate.	Orlando	FL	Hispanic/Latino Workers Rights	100
   Agreement signing	March 28, 2024	EMPLEO Agreement - Signing Ceremony	Yvis Torres, CAS – Jacksonville Area Office, AAD – Jacksonville AO, WHD Representative, and Consulate Staff	During this period, the CAS and an Assistant Area Director (AAD) from the OSHA Jacksonville Area Office attended the signing of the EMPLEO Agreement.	Jacksonville	FL	Hispanic/Latino Workers Rights	100
   Ceremony	May 21, 2024	Memorial Service for Workers Killed in May 14 Bus Crash - Mexican Consulate	Amy Wilson, CAS – Orlando AO, Consulate Staff, Victim’s families	During this period, OSHA was invited to a memorial service at the Consulate of Mexico in Orlando for the Mexican agricultural workers killed on May 14th, 2024, in a bus crash in Hillsborough Co., Florida. The CAS for the Orlando Area Office attended the event on behalf of OSHA.	Orlando	FL	Agriculture; Work zone/Roadway Safety	120
   Speech/Presentation/ Exhibit	August 26 to Sept. 6, 2024	2024 Labor Rights Week - Consulate of Mexico in Orlando	Amy Wilson – CAS, Yvis Torres-Gilot - CAS, David Alves - CSHO, Jorge Reyes-Mendez - CSHO, Nathaly Torres - CSHO, Zoraya Roman-Mercado - CSHO, Brian Cohen - CSHO	During this period, OSHA staff were present in the Consulate’s main gathering hall to provide information on worker’s rights, whistleblower protections, heat illness prevention, and general safety information to the public visiting the consulate. The following topics were also addressed during this event: worker’s rights; the Official DOL YouTube channel; heat illness prevention.	Orlando	FL	Hispanic/Latino Workers; Fall Prevention; Construction; Heat Illness Prevention; Workplace Rights	520
   Speech/ Presentation	Sept. 11, 2024	Financial Education National Week - Mexican Consulate	Yvis Torres-Gilot, CAS	During this period, The Alliance group conducted a brief talk to two groups regarding employers’ responsibilities and OSHA website resources for small businesses. The first group was 35 attendees, and second group was 50 attendees,	Orlando	FL	Small, Women-owned/Disadvantaged Business Resources, USF Consultation	85
   Ceremony	Sept. 12, 2024	Small Business event at the Mexican Consulate. This was held as part of their National Financial Education Week (la Semana de Nacional De Educacion Financiera).	Amy Wilson, CAS and Consulate Staff	During this period, the Orlando CAS attended the closing ceremony for an event honoring small women-owned businesses at the Consulate of Mexico in Orlando, Florida, as part of their National Financial Education Week (la Semana de Nacional De Educacion Financiera). The CAS provided publications in Spanish to the business owners on OSHA requirements for new businesses, the Consultation Program flyer with USF contact information, and information on OSHA’s Safety and Health Manual for Small businesses.	Orlando	FL	Small, Women-owned/Disadvantaged Business Resources, USF Consultation	50

Report Prepared by: Amy Wilson, Orlando CAS

AGREEMENT RENEWING AN ALLIANCE
BETWEEN
OMAHA AREA OFFICE
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
AND
NEBRASKA APPLESEED

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Omaha Area Office and Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest (Nebraska Appleseed) continue to recognize the value of maintaining a collaborative relationship to foster safety and health practices and programs to improve American workplaces. To that end, OSHA and Nebraska Appleseed hereby renew the Alliance signed September 28th, 2022, with a continued emphasis on worker rights and employer responsibilities to provide a safe and healthful workplace. Specifically, both organizations are committed to providing Nebraska Appleseed staff, immigrant workers, meat and poultry processing workers, English language learners, and other underserved vulnerable populations with information, guidance, and access to training resources that will help them protect workers and understand the rights of workers and the responsibilities of employers under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act). Through the Alliance, the organizations will continue to address worker rights.

This agreement provides a framework and objectives for the Alliance's activities. Alliance participants also agree to meet the requirements for program participation laid out in the "Fundamental Requirements for OSHA Alliance Program Participants" and the "Guidelines for OSHA's Alliance Program Participants: Alliance Products and Other Alliance Projects."

Through the Alliance, the organizations will use injury, illness, and hazard exposure data, when appropriate, to help identify areas of emphasis for Alliance awareness, outreach, and communication activities. The Alliance will also explore and implement selected options, including but not limited to member surveys, to evaluate the Alliance and measure the impact on improving workplace safety and health. In renewing this Alliance, OSHA and Nebraska Appleseed recognize that OSHA's State Plan and On-Site Consultation Program partners are an integral part of the OSHA national effort, and that information about the products and activities of the Alliance may be shared with these partners for the advancement of common goals.

Raising Awareness: Outreach and Communication

The Participants intend to work together to achieve the following objectives:

• Share information on OSHA's National/Regional/Local Initiatives (Emphasis Programs, Regulatory Agenda, Outreach), and opportunities to participate in initiatives and the rulemaking process.

• Share information on occupational safety and health laws and standards, including the rights and responsibilities of workers and employers.

• Speak, exhibit, or appear at OSHA and Nebraska Appleseed conferences, local meetings, or other community-based events.

• Collaborate with other Alliance participants on specific issues and projects related to the safety and health and whistleblower rights for immigrant workers, meat and poultry processing workers, English language learners, and other hard-to-reach populations that are addressed and developed through the Alliance Program.

• Develop information on the recognition and prevention of workplace hazards, and communicate such information (e.g., print and electronic media, electronic assistance tools, and OSHA and Nebraska Appleseed's websites) to employers and workers in the industry.

• Convene or participate in forums, roundtable discussions, or stakeholder meetings on priority workplace safety and health concerns that affect immigrant Nebraskans and other hard-to-reach populations – such as meat and poultry processing work-speed related injuries, ergonomics, recordkeeping, and other workplace safety issues – to help forge innovative solutions in the workplace or to provide input on safety and health issues.

• Share information among OSHA personnel and industry safety and health professionals regarding Nebraska Appleseed's good practices or effective approaches through training programs, workshops, seminars, and lectures (or any other applicable forum).

• Encourage worker participation in workplace safety and health by sharing know your rights materials and facilitating safety conversations.

• Explore the efficacy of developing case studies on ergonomics, recordkeeping, other health and safety concerns in meat and poultry processing, or other workplace safety issues that affect immigrant Nebraskans and hard-to-reach populations.

• Encourage other local nonprofit partners and grassroots organizations to build relationships with OSHA's Regional and Area Offices to address workplace health and safety issues.

Training and Education

The Participants intend to work together to achieve the following objective:

• Develop effective training and education programs for immigrant Nebraskan workers, meat and poultry processing workers, English language learners, and other underserved vulnerable populations to promote understanding of workers' safety and health and whistleblower rights. This includes the use of the OSHA complaint process, and the responsibilities of employers and to communicate such information to workers and employers.

OSHA's Alliances provide organizations an opportunity to participate in a voluntary cooperative relationship with OSHA for purposes such as raising awareness of OSHA's initiatives, outreach, communication, training, and education. These Alliances have proven to be valuable tools for both OSHA and Alliance participants. By entering into an Alliance with an organization, OSHA is not endorsing or promoting, nor does it intend to endorse or promote, any of that organization's products or services.

An implementation team made up of representatives of each organization will meet one to two times per year to track and share information on activities and results in achieving the goals of the Alliance. OSHA team members will include representatives of the Omaha Area Office and any other appropriate offices. OSHA will encourage State Plans' and OSHA On-Site Consultation programs' participation on the team.

This agreement will remain in effect for five years. Either signatory may terminate their organization's participation in the agreement for any reason at any time, provided they give 30 days' written notice. This agreement may be modified at any time with the written concurrence of both signatories.

Signed this 12th day of November, 2024.