menotyou
bella amicizia
If it is offered, I'll sign. It's something I do anyways. In case you haven't noticed, safety isn't being ignored at other large and small corporations. Ever see the "Drive to Zero" decals on contractor or company vehichles? "Yard Control" isn't just a UPS thing. Just in the last couple weeks, twice I've seen FedEx drivers told to shut off their trucks and get it in low gear while delivering. Another company's driver was told not to use their cell phone while driving on this company's property. He actually was cought on a security camera. While price is stiil king, safety can sell. Sure a "pledge" is just symbolic, overall safety can win out in the long run.
I agree wholeheartedly that safety is number one. I,also, never once said you can't sign. You may do whatever you like. I will not sign it as I do not agree with, at a minimum, the waste of trees. It is, in my opinion, an attempt to circumvent certain protections outlaid in ourcontract.
As you said, overall safety will win. But, overall safety begins in each and every one of us. Paper doesn't change that.
It is about time corporations start being safer. Why does a piece of paper entice you? Why doesn't fewer stops being loaded onto our trucks? Why not mandatory nothing over 9.5? Why not mandatory no work during 'state of emergencies'? Why not making o.k. to bring back stops if you are tired? Why doesn't a beeper when we back up? Why not an ignition lock tied to the seat belt? Why not slowing down the belt so your preloaders can actually think about what they are doing? Why start at a "pledge" to a company that doesn't make the same "pledge" to you?