Health, Safety and Environment - International Labour Organization

Manual 2:HEALTH, SAFETY & ENVIRONMENTFOR “GRASSROOTS” MEMBERSActivity – Setting up a HS&E CommitteeAIMSTo help us to: think about the arguments for setting up a HS&E committee practise negotiating skillsTASKYou are a group of workers from a tea plantation. You have decided that it would bea good idea to form a joint health safety and environment committee.1. You need to: elect three workers who are going to represent you agree the main arguments in favour of an HS&E committee that you willpresent to management2. Three of the group will now need to volunteer to act as managers3. The three elected workers and three managers will now meet to discuss theformation of the HS&E committee. The rest of the group will observe thenegotiationThe group observing the negotiation will report back with their views on thestrengths and weaknesses of the workers’ presentation. Future strategyActivity – Your next stepsAIMSTo help us to: work out a plan for future activity on health, safety and the environment identify the steps that we can takeTASKIdentify three things that you will do in your workplace as a result of this course,and when you will do themPrepare a report back to the rest of the course with your plan53 Health, Safety and EnvironmentA Series of Trade Union EducationManuals for Agricultural Workers