Union Approach to Health and Safety: - United Steelworkers

Activity Handout
GOALS FOR WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY PROGRAMS
Option III
PURPOSE:
TASKS:
To identify, compare and contrast management goals and
union goals for health and safety in your workplace.
1) Take a few minutes to individually note down (in the space provided,
below):
Several goals management has for its policies and programs regarding
workplace health and safety (why is your management involved in
occupational safety and health –what are their goals for this
involvement?); and
Several goals the union has for our involvement in workplace health and
safety.
Management Goals
Union Goals
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5. _____________________________
2) Next, share your responses with those in your group. Together, decide
on a list of three (3) key management goals and three (3) key union
goals for involvement in workplace safety and health.
3) Each group has been given three pieces of blue paper and three pieces
of yellow paper. Your group’s reporter should write out each of these
three management goals on a separate piece of blue paper (one goal
per piece of paper), and write out each of these three union goals on a
separate piece of yellow paper (one goal per piece of paper.)
4) During the report-back session, your group will be asked to post these
pieces of paper on the wall.