{"id":8286,"date":"2024-06-08T07:40:57","date_gmt":"2024-06-08T13:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/?p=8286"},"modified":"2024-06-08T07:40:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-08T13:40:57","slug":"safety-bosses-want-to-fix-the-worker-unions-want-to-fix-the-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/2024\/06\/08\/safety-bosses-want-to-fix-the-worker-unions-want-to-fix-the-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Safety: Bosses Want To Fix The Worker, Unions Want To Fix The Job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Labor Notes takes a deep dive into job safety with <a href=\"https:\/\/labornotes.org\/2024\/06\/bosses-want-fix-worker-unions-want-fix-job\">Steward&#8217;s Corner: Bosses Want To Fix The Worker, Unions Want To ix The Job<\/a>&#8230;.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b><i>Bosses want to fix the worker.\u00a0<\/i><\/b>Their first and often only idea to reduce illnesses and injuries is to require gloves and other personal protective equipment (PPE). They focus on getting workers to work safely by threatening discipline and punishment.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>The union wants to fix the job itself.<\/i><\/b>\u00a0Identify and eliminate hazards. Reduce existing hazards with engineering controls like improving ventilation or safer procedures, slowing down the work, increasing staff, or rearranging the workspace.<\/p>\n<p>The boss wants workers to think about safety his way. But workers become passionate when they start thinking about safety like unions do. Injuries turn from \u201cI did something stupid\u201d to \u201cThe boss set me up for this injury.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Safety can be a way to build connections and power on the shop floor, and can even lead to walk-outs. Workers at the Warren, Michigan, Stamping Plant owned by Stellantis voted May 6 to authorize a strike if multiple safety hazards aren\u2019t fixed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/2024\/06\/08\/safety-bosses-want-to-fix-the-worker-unions-want-to-fix-the-job\/plumber-35611_1280\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8287\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8287\" src=\"http:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/plumber-35611_1280-256x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/plumber-35611_1280-256x300.png 256w, https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/plumber-35611_1280-768x900.png 768w, https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/plumber-35611_1280-874x1024.png 874w, https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/plumber-35611_1280.png 1092w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Graphic courtesy of Ciker-Free-Vector Images from Pixabay)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Labor Notes takes a deep dive into job safety with Steward&#8217;s Corner: Bosses Want To Fix The Worker, Unions Want To ix The Job&#8230;. Bosses want to fix the worker.\u00a0Their first and often only idea to reduce illnesses and injuries is to require gloves and other personal protective equipment (PPE). They focus on getting workers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8286"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8289,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8286\/revisions\/8289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uawlocal2250.net\/live\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}