Committee members should also be allowed paid time off for training relating to health and safety. Health and safety in the workplace is a goal that employers and workers should be able to agree on and work together to achieve. Dangerous situations can be avoided most quickly when workers and their supervisors are informed about hazards and supervisors have the authority to take corrective action. In reality, workers most often have to fight for job safety rights. As with other workplace issues, this can be done by negotiating language and enforcing the contract.
Strong language can protect workers jobs if they refuse unsafe work.
Talk with your co-workers about the hazards they face. Find out what problems they have not been able to get the employer to fix. Look over your contract. See if any grievances have been filed over health and safety and if they were won or lost. Review the injury and illness reports.