Labor unions and occupational safety: Conflict and cooperation.

2004 ◽  
pp. 249-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Kevin Kelloway
Keyword(s):  
Labor Unions ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Conflict And Cooperation

The Occupational Safety and Health System in Poland during the Transition to Democracy and a Market Economy

1998 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roman Broszkiewicz ◽  
Barbara Krzyskow ◽  
Halina Szejnwald Brown
Keyword(s):  
Labor Unions ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Transition To Democracy ◽  
The State ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
The Government ◽  
Post War

Since the fall of communism, the occupational health and safety system in Poland, which was extensively developed during the post-war period, has been incrementally adapting to the new social order. The reforms of the 1990s aimed at stimulating active participation by workers and labor unions, increasing the responsibility of employers, reducing the paternalistic role of the state, and strengthening the enforcement branch. The emergent system has many strengths, including a highly branched-out system of regional and local enforcement agencies, competent and self-confident government institutions familiar with the firms under their jurisdiction and adept at balancing competing social objectives; a tradition of cooperation among agencies and employers; and strong advocacy by the government agencies on behalf of workers. The system also exhibits characteristics that may weaken it in the future, such as lack of support from labor unions; low interest among workers; a generally low safety culture; stringent, often unimplementable exposure standards; and lack of “ownership” of the system by social groups other than the state bureaucracy.

Labor Unions and Workplace Safety

ILR Review ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 001979392095841
Author(s):  
Ling Li ◽  
Shawn Rohlin ◽  
Perry Singleton
Keyword(s):  
Labor Unions ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Workplace Safety ◽  
Detectable Effect ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Health Administration ◽  
Full Time Equivalent ◽  
Rate Distribution ◽  
National Labor Relations Board ◽  
Case Rate

The authors examine the effect of labor unions on workplace safety. For identification, they exploit the timing and outcome of union elections, using establishments in which elections narrowly fail as a comparison group for establishments in which elections narrowly pass. Data on elections come from the National Labor Relations Board, and data on workplace safety come from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The results indicate that unionization had no detectable effect on accident case rates at the mean, but shifted downward the case-rate distribution below 2 cases per 100 full-time equivalent workers annually. The downward shift is most evident among larger bargaining units and manufacturing establishments. Results at the higher end of case-rate distribution are inconclusive.

Dental faculty and labor unions: the perils of passivity

1977 ◽  
Vol 41 (11) ◽  
pp. 660-665
Author(s):  
JH Oaks ◽  
DM Fox ◽  
JJ Valter
Keyword(s):  
Labor Unions

Young Workers And Occupational Safety

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Granger ◽  
Nick Turner ◽  
Sean Tucker ◽  
Rabeel Shafqat
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Young Workers

Occupational Safety And Health Among Immigrant, Latino/a Dairy Workers In Colorado

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren M. Menger ◽  
Florencia Pezzutti ◽  
Andrew Ogle ◽  
Flor Amaya ◽  
John Rosecrance ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Dairy Workers

Conflict and Cooperation: Occupational Subculture of IT Employees

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cavinda Caldera ◽  
Indira Guzman ◽  
Kathryn R. Stam ◽  
Vibha Vijayasri ◽  
Isabelle Yamodo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Conflict And Cooperation ◽  
It Employees

Managerial attitudes toward labor unions in a southern city.

1968 ◽  
Vol 52 (6, Pt.1) ◽  
pp. 447-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Alsikafi ◽  
Walfrid J. Jokinen ◽  
S. Lee Spray ◽  
George S. Tracy
Keyword(s):  
Labor Unions ◽  
Southern City
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