Worksafe organized and convened a state-wide Policy Conference on December 2 and 3, 2007, to gather together advocates for low-wage and immigrant workers, and a wide array of other allies, to discuss issues of common interest and concern and develop an informed policy agenda and workplan.  

Approximately 150 individuals  participated in the Worksafe Policy Conference, which was held in Emeryville, California. . 

Workers and their representatives from unions, worker centers and community organizations, families of workers who lost their lives due to unsafe conditions at work, environmental activists, occupational health specialists, scientists, attorneys from legal services programs and labor law firms, government representatives, and occupational safety and health advocates from across California, and from other states as well, came together to develop a progressive agenda to improve worker health and safety in California,with the hope of also raising the bar for occupational health and safety standards nationwide. 

The enthusiasm, passion, and activist spirit at the Conference was palpable. Following the conference, Worksafe hired seasoned journalist, Larry Hatfield, as Worksafe Activist Network Communications Coordinator. In early 2008, Larry and other Worksafe staff compiled the written and recorded materials developed and shared over the course of the conference and synthesized many of the ideas into the Worksafe Polic Paper.