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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 829225" data-attributes="member: 14668">UPS is required by OSHA to have a Safety Commitee.&nbsp;It is not a requirement, nor is it even desired, that the Committee ever accomplish anything.&nbsp;Authentic safety improvements cost money, and the last thing that the company wants is an independent, employee-controlled organization within UPS that could potentially cost money.&nbsp;So the best way to control that Committee...is to co-opt it. Put it &quot;in charge&quot; of safe, cheap, meaningless little things like audits and acronyms and word games. Keep it &quot;busy&quot; with activities that are easy to take credit for such as contests and barbecues. And, most importantly, give the &quot;leaders&quot; of the committee preferential treatment and special priveleges in exchange for their cooperation.&nbsp;Done properly, the result is a &quot;Safety Committee&quot; that is completely under the control of the company.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 829225, member: 14668"] UPS is required by OSHA to have a Safety Commitee. It is not a requirement, nor is it even desired, that the Committee ever accomplish anything. Authentic safety improvements cost money, and the last thing that the company wants is an independent, employee-controlled organization within UPS that could potentially cost money. So the best way to [I]control[/I] that Committee...is to [I]co-opt[/I] it. Put it "in charge" of safe, cheap, meaningless little things like audits and acronyms and word games. Keep it "busy" with activities that are easy to take credit for such as contests and barbecues. And, most importantly, give the "leaders" of the committee preferential treatment and special priveleges in exchange for their cooperation. Done properly, the result is a "Safety Committee" that is[I] completely[/I] under the control of the company. [/QUOTE]

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