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Union Health and Safety        By: Britteny Gawlik and Denise Rakovec


Is Collective bargaining by unions a better way to improve workplace safety and health than pervasive
government regulations?
         Collective bargaining by unions can be a better way to improve the workplace safety and health.
I believe there should be more rules. By looking the AFL-CIO’s website in 2009, 4,340 workers were
killed on their job (12 workers every day). Around 50,000 workers died from occupational diseases.
There are more than 4.1 million injuries and illnesses reported that are work-related. By having
collective bargaining employers and employees can help make safety and health laws. The employees
are the ones who are risking their lives every day at work; they are the ones who know what is safe and
what is not. This year in Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker nearly ended collective bargaining in
Wisconsin because he believes the expense is too high, but according to article 23 of the Universal
declaration everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interest.

Find the most recent annual report, “Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, “posted each April on the
AFL-CIO’s website. What do you learn about the current status of occupational health and safety in your
state?
         What I learned by looking at AFL-CIO’s website so many lives end every day because of injuries
at work. No one should have to go to work and worry about their lives. I think there should be health
testing’s every year for selected jobs. By having health screening it could lower our death toll on
occupational diseases.The number of inspectors OSHA has is not nearly enough to cover the inspections
of businesses and things that need to be taken care of go unnoticed and are not taken care of, this
increases the risk to employees and creates higher costs in injuries.

Find out what other unions are doing today to support workers’ rights in the United States and abroad.
         What unions are doing today to support their workers, is if you work in hazardous area at work
they are now supplying safety gear for you. Before the employer had to supply the employee with the
safety gear the employee had to buy it. We all know about Governor Walker’s anti-union agenda in
Wisconsin. There was over a dozen letters from different unions around the world expresses their
support on American Federation of Teachers. Another union called National Alliance of Postal and
Federal Employees work to eliminate discrimination and injustice in the federal service.Unions also
play a large role in supplying workers with the proper paper work and helping them fill everything out
correctly. They gather information for the workers and negotiate any dealings on the behalf of the
worker. If the employer takes any retaliation against the worker the union will step in on the behalf of
the employee and take any legal actions that are necessary. Because of these actions taken by unions
employees feel more protected and are more likely to make any claims of injury, which in the long run
will keep the employees healthier and have any problems in health, that are caused by the job, taken
care of sooner rather than later.

Resources:
http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/component/option,com_issues/Itemid,366/view,issue/id,12
http://www.trinity.edu/dmacpher/Pdfs/ILRR_Workers%20Comp.pdf
http://www.sbic.com/pdfs/marcomcat/IMPACT_brochure.pdf
http://www.epi.org/publication/briefingpapers_bp143/
http://www.napfe.com/page.php?pid=14

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Union health and safety

  • 1. Union Health and Safety By: Britteny Gawlik and Denise Rakovec Is Collective bargaining by unions a better way to improve workplace safety and health than pervasive government regulations? Collective bargaining by unions can be a better way to improve the workplace safety and health. I believe there should be more rules. By looking the AFL-CIO’s website in 2009, 4,340 workers were killed on their job (12 workers every day). Around 50,000 workers died from occupational diseases. There are more than 4.1 million injuries and illnesses reported that are work-related. By having collective bargaining employers and employees can help make safety and health laws. The employees are the ones who are risking their lives every day at work; they are the ones who know what is safe and what is not. This year in Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker nearly ended collective bargaining in Wisconsin because he believes the expense is too high, but according to article 23 of the Universal declaration everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interest. Find the most recent annual report, “Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, “posted each April on the AFL-CIO’s website. What do you learn about the current status of occupational health and safety in your state? What I learned by looking at AFL-CIO’s website so many lives end every day because of injuries at work. No one should have to go to work and worry about their lives. I think there should be health testing’s every year for selected jobs. By having health screening it could lower our death toll on occupational diseases.The number of inspectors OSHA has is not nearly enough to cover the inspections of businesses and things that need to be taken care of go unnoticed and are not taken care of, this increases the risk to employees and creates higher costs in injuries. Find out what other unions are doing today to support workers’ rights in the United States and abroad. What unions are doing today to support their workers, is if you work in hazardous area at work they are now supplying safety gear for you. Before the employer had to supply the employee with the safety gear the employee had to buy it. We all know about Governor Walker’s anti-union agenda in Wisconsin. There was over a dozen letters from different unions around the world expresses their support on American Federation of Teachers. Another union called National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees work to eliminate discrimination and injustice in the federal service.Unions also play a large role in supplying workers with the proper paper work and helping them fill everything out correctly. They gather information for the workers and negotiate any dealings on the behalf of the worker. If the employer takes any retaliation against the worker the union will step in on the behalf of the employee and take any legal actions that are necessary. Because of these actions taken by unions employees feel more protected and are more likely to make any claims of injury, which in the long run will keep the employees healthier and have any problems in health, that are caused by the job, taken care of sooner rather than later. Resources: http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/component/option,com_issues/Itemid,366/view,issue/id,12 http://www.trinity.edu/dmacpher/Pdfs/ILRR_Workers%20Comp.pdf http://www.sbic.com/pdfs/marcomcat/IMPACT_brochure.pdf http://www.epi.org/publication/briefingpapers_bp143/ http://www.napfe.com/page.php?pid=14