Prevention is always a good thing. However, the changes proposed here do not address the participation of all of the workplace parties. A lot of the participatory nature, the internal responsibility system in the workplace, the balance of power, so to speak, is being recrafted. So when you look at how you make changes in the workplace, it's through the workplace parties. But if only one individual of those parties is dictating the outcome and that individual is not listening to the workers themselves, the ones in the line of fire, the ones facing the danger.... It's not the employer, who may be sitting in the office, who is not on the assembly line or in the work process itself. I have a vested interest in ensuring that I'm safe.
On November 19th, 2013. See this statement in context.