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This booklet was the first attempt by the union to produce a coherent political line vis-à-vis health and safety hazards at work and to change the prevalent mentality of workers which would typically just demand that more toxic jobs to be remunerated with some extra money. It also inaugurated the idea of ‘non delegation’ that is, that on matters concerning health, the workers impacted should always be the ones to decide, without any intermediary.
The Work Environment was a tool for organizers and workers together to begin to research and understand the risks to which their jobs would expose them. The booklet focuses on NOXIOUSNESS which it breaks down into 4 groups of factors:
The Work Environment was a tool for organizers and workers together to begin to research and understand the risks to which their jobs would expose them. The booklet focuses on noxiousness which it breaks down into 4 groups of factors:
1) Environmental conditions: noise, temperature, light, ventilation, humidity…
2) Production-specific elements, such as: gas, dust, smoke, fumes, exposure to chemicals…
3) Physical factors: exertion, muscular fatigue, lack of sufficient rest and sleep, excessive rhythms, etc…
4) Mental load: identifying on the one end of the spectrum boredom and monotony and at the other end stress, anxiety, overstimulation and humiliation.
1) ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS: noise, temperature, light, ventilation, humidity…
2) PRODUCTION-SPECIFIC ELEMENTS: gas, dust, smoke, fumes, exposure to chemicals…
3) PHYSICAL FACTORS: exertion, muscular fatigue, lack of sufficient rest and sleep, excessive rhythms, etc…
4) MENTAL LOAD: identifying on the one end of the spectrum boredom and monotony and at the other end stress, anxiety, overstimulation on the other, as well as the psychological violence linked to managerial practices of humiliation.
These four noxiousness factors made discussing health conditions easier. The classification it proposed was of immediate understandability because it was based on the experience of workers.