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Reactivate OHS! By Shaun Phillis, Locomotive Driver, Port Augusta Over twenty unions and Labor Councils took part in the Australian Council of Trade Unions’ seminar on occupational health and safety, held in Sydney on May 13-14, 2003. - a union right of entry
- a right to union-initiated prosecutions
- mandatory employee consultation
- OH&S reps to be able to issue provisional improvement notices.
The seminar said it was important to increase the number of OH&S reps in workplaces and for the union movement to support them with networking, training, and surveys. There should be a pilot program and new laws to create regional or roving safety representatives. Delegates criticised the Cole Royal Commission into the Building Industry for: - its attacks on workers based on spurious allegations of misuse of health and safety laws;
- ignoring the real health and safety issues in the building and construction industry;
- recommending a health and safety structure that would reduce protection for workers, and increase the likelihood of industrial confrontation.
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