This brochure from the ETUI takes stock of trade union participation in European standardization over the twenty years since the Machinery Directive was adopted. Since 1989, the ETUI has helped to develop ways and means by which to give workers an active say in technical standards development. It is highly complex work, but work that is vital to their safety because poorly-designed machines cause injury, illness and death.
This booklet looks at what trade unionists across Europe from Sienna to Hamburg and Brussels to Rouen are doing with doctors, ergonomists and engineers to see that machinery is designed not just with the financial bottom line, but also and especially human factors, in mind. Contents
From the workshop to CEN, arguing the workers' case
Work-proofing standards
Standards, little known, but hugely important
A New Approach
"Evening-up the unequal positions for everyone to play their role", interview with Ian Fraser
Getting the workers' voice heard
Telescopic lift trucks: sizing up the German workshop, interview with Horst Leisering
"Standards shape the work environment", interview with Marc Sapir
Humanising standards, a long painstaking job
Italy, birthplace of the feedback method
Actual work vs. prescribed work, interview with Gilles Seitz
ETUI - a helping hand for unions and workers, interview with Stefano Boy
Trade unions and standard-makers talking to one another: the German model
Prevention professionals propose a standard
Concluding thoughts
Annexes
Who's Who in standardization
The tortuous journey of a harmonized standard!
A short primer on the Machinery Directive
 
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