Survey
The OHSEI survey of the four national
centre and TEAM projects will ask those who have been
trained:
- how much training or discussion
leading has been carried out.
- what has been the response
to that training from union representatives, workers
and employers.
- what improvements have been
made.
Indicators to date are that, following
the training activities, workers are taking more interest
in occupational health and safety. A number of trade
unions have established occupational health and safety
committees and have negotiated with their employers
for unions to elect at least some of the worker representatives
on joint occupational health, safety and environment
committees. In some workplaces joint occupational health,
safety and environment committees have been created
following workers learning of their right to have such
committees. Some trade unions have affiliated to trade
unions which have shown their ability to conduct meaningful
training in occupational health, safety and environment.
 Employers
have, in some cases, begun to accept union trainers
on their own courses. They have introduced more regular
inspections and meetings. In other cases they have offered
promotion!!
The survey will give OHSEI a better
understanding of how effective the training has been
and suggest ways in which that training can be developed
to reach out beyond the mainly Bangkok area covered
to date. In the photo Khun Noi is conducting the survey
with Khun Narong and metal worker who has been trained
and is conducting training for TEAM and for his employer.
When he was asked how he viewed training he said "it's
part of his daily life". Note that Khun Narong suffered
major burns when electrocuted at work and lost both
of his feet!
In the period from mid June to end
of October forty nine (49) 3-day courses for members
of union occupational health and safety committees or
the Committee on Occupational safety, health and working
environment have been conducted (see OHSEI Website (training
materials for details of this course). 732 participants
took part (370 females) from 370 companies. Courses
have been conducted in the Bangkok region and, more
recently, in more remote industrial areas (where employers
have moved because the minimum wage even lower than
in Bangkok).
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