Trade union initiatives to support improved safety and health in micro and small firms: Trade Union Prevention Agents (TUPAs) in four EU Member States
"This report provides an account of interventions initiated by trade unions to support improved approaches to safety and health in micro and small firms in four Member States of the European Union. It takes as its point of departure several established understandings drawn from recent research...
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| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
| Format: | TEXT |
| Language: | English |
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Valencia
2018
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| Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19306807124911240899-Trade-union-initiatives-to-sup.htm |
| Summary: | "This report provides an account of interventions initiated by trade unions to support improved approaches to safety and health in micro and small firms in four Member States of the European Union. It takes as its point of departure several established understandings drawn from recent research literature concerning the question of safety and health in these enterprises. These embrace, firstly, the significance of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in the economy of the EU, not only in terms of their number and share of employment but also their wider contribution to the economy, their position in the structure and operation of markets and their wider contribution to European societies. Secondly, they acknowledge that outcomes for the safety and health of workers in a substantial proportion of these enterprises represent a serious cause for concern and are a consequence of the multifaceted dimensions of the resource poverty experienced in many of these enterprises. Thirdly, these current understandings recognise that such resource poverty and the inequality in the exposure to risk with which it is accompanied occurs not only from the often, limited awareness, skills and capacities of owner-managers of MSEs to effectively manage safety and health. It is also a consequence of the weak and vulnerable position in which these firms are situated in the wider markets in which they conduct their business, where their struggle to address the competitive pressures that determine their economic survival may cause them to fail to prioritise adequate arrangements for the safety and health of their workers. ..." |
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| Physical Description: | 126 p. Digital |