Working together, the local union safety and health committee, staff representatives, and specialists from the International Union attempt to identify the precise nature of the problem and the best way to solve it.
Some cases involve little more than sending a fact sheet or manual to the local.
Some may require research and a letter or report. Others require a great deal more work, research, site visits, meetings with the employer and government agencies, and legal action. The key to success, however, is organizing by an active local union safety and health committee supported by local union officers and council staff. Our job at the International is to work with the local union, not instead of it. When we conduct site visits we always request that representatives from the local union health and safety committee accompany us on inspections and to meetings.