:: rawblogXport ::
union news / workers rights / construction / safety / irony...
 |
|||||||
| carpentersunionbc.com | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| google news | |||||||
recent posts: | |||||||
| BlogRolling: | |||||||
blogs that link here  
    
  implementation: email d@ve2300 this weblog is the work of dave livingston, a union carpenter in nelson bc canada 
|
FAIR USE NOTICE: This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of labor and economic issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a "fair use" of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 Chapter 1 Sec.107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. | ||||||
 | |||||||
|
"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Sunday, January 07, 2007 ::
100 electrifying years - By JOEL DRESANG, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Electrical workers of Local 494 look back on how work has changed
Neimon: "Safety, I'd have to say, was almost non-existent at first. Really, if anybody wanted to push safety, they were jeopardizing their job. And it was later, I think it was maybe when OSHA came in (1971), that we finally could get together with the contractors and we had safety meetings on the job, like once a week, and had to keep records. We got hard hats and things like not working on energized items. And it gradually came around. But in the beginning, when I first started as an apprentice, safety - you were very careful to complain about something unless it was really dangerous or really, really serious. You kind of just sucked it up and kept on going."------------------------------------------- posted 8:51 AM :: reference link ::
0 comments ::
Comments:
Post a Comment
