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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 829773" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>I cant speak to what is going on in other areas, but in my Local the members of the "Safety Committee" have been informed by the union that they are not to document or participate in any activity that could be used to bring disciplinary action against a fellow member.</p><p> </p><p>I dont think it is accurate to state that the Safety Committees are being "disbanded". It sounds to me like the Locals involved are simply instructing their members not to participate until certain issues are resolved.</p><p> </p><p>One could make the case that we do not even<em> have</em> any Safety Committees at all; it would be more accurate to describe the groups we <em>do</em> have as "Keter audit compliance committees" or "acronym and commentary committees". Perhaps the solution would be to form seperate, <em>authentic</em> Safety Committees whose role it is to address and resolve safety issues within the workplace, and leave the Keter crap to the brown-nosers and management wannabes who are simply looking for the easy overtime.</p><p> </p><p>In any case, I think this action is long overdue. By voluntarily participating in something, we <em>validate</em> it. I see no point in continuing to allow the company to <em>pretend</em> that it is addressing safety issues with its sham committees; perhaps by witholding our participation, we will be able to force the company to start taking safety concerns seriously instead of sweeping them under a pile of word games.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 829773, member: 14668"] I cant speak to what is going on in other areas, but in my Local the members of the "Safety Committee" have been informed by the union that they are not to document or participate in any activity that could be used to bring disciplinary action against a fellow member. I dont think it is accurate to state that the Safety Committees are being "disbanded". It sounds to me like the Locals involved are simply instructing their members not to participate until certain issues are resolved. One could make the case that we do not even[I] have[/I] any Safety Committees at all; it would be more accurate to describe the groups we [I]do[/I] have as "Keter audit compliance committees" or "acronym and commentary committees". Perhaps the solution would be to form seperate, [I]authentic[/I] Safety Committees whose role it is to address and resolve safety issues within the workplace, and leave the Keter crap to the brown-nosers and management wannabes who are simply looking for the easy overtime. In any case, I think this action is long overdue. By voluntarily participating in something, we [I]validate[/I] it. I see no point in continuing to allow the company to [I]pretend[/I] that it is addressing safety issues with its sham committees; perhaps by witholding our participation, we will be able to force the company to start taking safety concerns seriously instead of sweeping them under a pile of word games. [/QUOTE]
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