LABRST 3D03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: General Duty Clause, Household-Responsibility System, Radium
29 Sep 2017
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1. 3 from voluntarism to internal responsibility: on occupational health and safety act. 1880s 1910s > passage of factory acts and workmen compensation laws: male workers usually. 1920s 1960s > most unions do not pursue ohs w any degree of urgency. But : this did opt mean that there were no issues. Radium dial painters: in 1920s in us women who were working w radium would put brush in mouth then dip and paint, radium poisoning led to cancer. Worker h&s movements & the push for change: 1960s protest movements, workers movements. Brown lung disease: harden lungs so its not flexible. Government was interested bc: in this era health care started to soar, wanna bring down cost. Thursday, september 14, 2017: its beginning to cost a lot, point of conflict, workers start to organize around these issues. Events leading to the act: elliot lake. Didnt tell workers how bad the conditions were.
