Work where the output is measured poses special challenges for workers. Where did the company get its standard? How can we know if it's accurate? What can we do if we think it’s unreasonable? We'll explore the basis of standards and how to address them, including the most effective ways to investigate and challenge output quotas and inadequate staffing.
Muchos lugares de trabajo tienen comités de salud y seguridad que no son tan efectivos como podrían ser para cambiar condiciones peligrosas en el trabajo: condiciones que pueden lesionar, enfermar o matar a los trabajadores. Este taller se basará en las experiencias de los participantes y discutirá los elementos clave que pueden hacer que el comité del sindicato o centro de trabajo sea más eficaz. También exploraremos estrategias para aumentar la eficacia de los comités laboral-patronales y lograr que la dirección solucione los peligros clave que identifican los trabajadores.
Hear how worker leaders and organizers are using workplace safety issues to build worker power on the shop floor at Amazon. Learn about different models that union and not-yet-union workers can use to challenge abusive workplace practices and improve safety conditions. We’ll explore strategies for comprehensively addressing worker demands around health and safety, the structures and tools that work best, and how to make health and safety campaigning effective across industries and workplaces.
Rising temperatures, severe storms, and other climate-fueled disasters are already threatening workers' safety. While health and safety laws are designed to protect workers during emergency conditions, enforcement agencies do not have resources to keep workers from harm. Unions can both prevent these risks and fight for a sustainable planet. Practice using health and safety tools to reflect on your own experiences with climate change hazards and take action in your union.
Much of the U.S. labor movement was built through struggles over safe working conditions. Learn how others have used a reactivated focus on health and safety to win not only a safer workplace but also a revitalized union, and learn new tools and strategies that you can apply in your workplaces and industries.
A health and safety committee can transform the workplace: jump-starting your organizing with action that gets a lot of people involved, and victories that people really feel. We'll explore committee models that both union and nonunion workers can use, and the structures and strategies that make committees effective.
Which sources of information can you trust? How can you involve members? Workers often are, or feel, excluded from investigating incidents, but they shouldn’t be. Avoid traps: “blame the worker" is often used to avoid finding out what actually happened, but that’s the key to preventing future dangers.
Learn how to protect ourselves and each other when we're picketing or demonstrating. Learn what protesters have been facing, what preparation is needed, and practical advice for common injuries. Use this mutual aid capacity to enhance coalition-building and organizing in your union and community.
This session will open with a song by: Robyn Robbins and Kimmon “MacGyver” Williams, DC Labor Chorus
