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Justice and Values: Whose Interests Are Served?

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This chapter explores the justice element of legitimacy—how far what has been done since 1960s accords with the values and demands of wider society and whose interests were served. It examines four major aspects: the commercialisation of health and safety; the notion of a ‘harmony of interests’ and a period of consensual working in the 1970s; the idea of worker autonomy and choice; and wider societal and workplace cultures, including around gendered roles that might have had a detrimental impact upon health and safety outcomes. The contested nature of health and safety is fundamental to this analysis, as is the position of lived experience.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    N. T. Freeman (BTP Ltd.), ‘Safety in the Seventies’, in Minutes of Teesside Industrial Accident Prevention Committee meeting, minute 3248, 25 November 1970. Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents [RoSPA] Archives, D.266/2/18/11.

  2. 2.

    Lord Drumalbyn, H. L. Deb., Hansard vol. 304, col. 1061, 23 July 1969.

  3. 3.

    British Rail, Meeting of Regional Accident Prevention Representatives (16 May 1967), minute 1. The National Archives of the UK, London [TNA], AN 208/218.

  4. 4.

    T. A. Swinden, paper presented to Joint Industrial Conference on the prevention of accidents, 13 November 1962, p. 10. Trades Union Congress [TUC] Library, HD 7273.

  5. 5.

    National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers, Legal Department, Memorandum to Executive Committee following meeting with Minister of Agriculture, 21 March 1967, p. 2. Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading [MERL], SR 5NUAW/B/XXI/4.

  6. 6.

    Verbal evidence of W. G. Alexander on behalf of RoSPA to Robens Committee, 14 June 1971, transcript, pp. 4–5. TNA, LAB 96/75.

  7. 7.

    E. C. Parker, letter to Work Hazards 21 (c. 1979), p. 17. Samuel Barr Collection, Glasgow Caledonian University [GCU] DC 140/2/1/2.

  8. 8.

    See http://www.hse.gov.uk/fee-for-intervention/ and Temple (2014) for discussion.

  9. 9.

    Martin Thompson, University of Aberdeen ‘Lives in the Oil Industry’ project, tape 4 side a. British Library, C963/13.

  10. 10.

    For example, the Institute of Directors: http://www.iod.com/influencing/policy-papers/regulation-and-employment/hse-proposal-for-extending-cost-recovery, and the CBI (in 2004): http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmworpen/456/456we42.htm (at para. 20).

  11. 11.

    Employment Committee, The Work of the Health and Safety Commission and Executive (1991/1992 HC 263), Minutes of Evidence 12 February 1992, para. 49.

  12. 12.

    ‘Workers’ Safety and Health’, HC Deb 21 May 1973, Hansard vol. 857 cc62–117, 65.

  13. 13.

    Michael Foot, ‘Health and Safety at Work Etc. Bill’, HC Deb 3 April 1974, Hansard vol. 871 cc1286–1394, 1287.

  14. 14.

    William Whitelaw, Conservative, ibid., 1302; Cyril Smith, Liberal, ibid., 1322.

  15. 15.

    National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers, Minutes of Health Safety and Welfare Committee, 12 October 1960, p. 1; 25 October 1961, p. 2. MERL, SR5NUAW BXXI/I.

  16. 16.

    Such as Neil Kinnock, ‘Workers’ Safety and Health’, HC Deb 21 May 1973, Hansard vol. 857 cc62–117, 65–66.

  17. 17.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-505788/Jeremy-Clarkson-Prime-Minister.html.

  18. 18.

    Thomas Lee, Portsmouth Dockyard worker c. 1933–1981, including as Safety Officer c. 1963–1976. Recording 1, c. 22:00. Portsmouth Royal Dockyard Historical Trust [PRDHT] Interview, accessed at Portsmouth History Centre [PHC], PD3/AD/185.

  19. 19.

    Letter from Assistant Shipyard Manager to Shipyard Convenor of Shop Stewards (18 April 1968), p. 2. Samuel Barr Collection, GCU DC 140/1/1/5.

  20. 20.

    K. R. Allen, ‘Training for Safety’, talk given to Central Metropolitan Group of the London Industrial Committee (9 November 1963), p. 2. MRC, MSS.292B/146/2/3.

  21. 21.

    Correspondence written by D. A. Verdon-Smith, 9 June 1970. TNA, AN 174/1522.

  22. 22.

    RoSPA, ‘RoSPA’s experience with posters as an aid to accident prevention’ (1968), p. 2. MRC, MSS.292B/146/17/2.

  23. 23.

    See, for example, employer responses to the CBI’s call for contributions on the HSC’s consultation on the issue, at MRC, MSS.200/C/3/EMP/4/40.

  24. 24.

    University of Aberdeen report to HSE, ‘The effectiveness of offshore safety representatives and safety committees’ (1993), pp. 70–71. TUC Library, HD 7269.

  25. 25.

    Anonymous interviewee, interviewed by David Walker in 2009, about his work at Glasgow docks. Glasgow Dock Workers Project, Scottish Oral History Centre, University of Strathclyde Archives and Special Collections, GB249 SOHC18 (2009).

  26. 26.

    Thomas O’Connor, interviewed by David Walker in 2009. Glasgow Dock Workers Project, Scottish Oral History Centre, University of Strathclyde Archives and Special Collections, GB249 SOHC18 (2009).

  27. 27.

    ‘Danger: Women at Work’, GLC Women’s Committee Bulletin (23 March 1985), p. 48. TUC Library, HD 7268.

  28. 28.

    British Rail, Minutes of meeting of Regional Accident Prevention Officers, 28 September 1966, minute 11. TNA, AN 208/218.

  29. 29.

    James McGrath, interviewed by David Walker in 2009. Glasgow Dock Workers Project, Scottish Oral History Centre, University of Strathclyde Archives and Special Collections, GB249 SOHC18 (2009).

  30. 30.

    Martin Thompson, interviewed as part of the University of Aberdeen’s ‘Lives in the Oil Industry’ project. British Library, C963/13, tape 4, side a.

  31. 31.

    Written evidence of the Dock and Harbour Authorities’ Association to the Robens Committee, n.d. (c. 1971), pp. 4–5. TNA, LAB 96/57.

  32. 32.

    Trade Union Research Unit, ‘Safety, accidents and collective bargaining’, 1974, p. 1. TUC Library, HD 7262–7262.5.

  33. 33.

    Doug May, interviewed by David Walker, 2005. Chemical Workers Project, Scottish Oral History Centre, University of Strathclyde Archives and Special Collections, GB249 SOHC7 (2004–2005).

  34. 34.

    Letter from Assistant Shipyard Manager to Shipyard Convenor of Shop Stewards, 18 April 1968, p. 1. Samuel Barr Collection, GCU DC 140/1/1/5.

  35. 35.

    ‘CHASM’, Work Hazards 21 (c. 1979), p. 19. Samuel Barr Collection, GCU DC 140/2/1/2.

  36. 36.

    Alfred McMillan, interviewed by David Walker 2009. Glasgow Dock Workers Project, Scottish Oral History Centre, University of Strathclyde Archives and Special Collections, GB249 SOHC18 (2009).

  37. 37.

    KG, interviewed by David Walker, 2005, Chemical Workers Project, Scottish Oral History Centre, University of Strathclyde Archives and Special Collections, GB249 SOHC7 (2004–2005).

  38. 38.

    Minutes of Barrow Docks Safety First Committee, 1 October 1959, p. 1. TNA, BK 9/48.

  39. 39.

    Yard Council Meeting (Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Yard), 14 April 1970, p. 2. Samuel Barr Collection, GCU DC 140/1/1/5.

  40. 40.

    Letter from Assistant Shipyard Manager to Shipyard Convenor of Shop Stewards, 18 April 1968, p. 2. Samuel Barr Collection, GCU DC 140/1/1/5.

  41. 41.

    John Armitt Interview, para. 52.

  42. 42.

    Martin Thompson, interviewed as part of the University of Aberdeen’s ‘Lives in the Oil Industry’ project. British Library, C963/13, tape 4, side b.

  43. 43.

    David Maidment Interview, paras. 17–19.

  44. 44.

    ‘Steel Men Say Safety Hats Make Them Look Ridiculous’, Scarborough Evening News, 3 May 1963.

  45. 45.

    ‘High Visibility Clothing’ memorandum, 9 May 1967, p. 1. TNA, AN 171/683.

  46. 46.

    Ibid., p. 2.

  47. 47.

    ‘High Visibility Clothing’ memorandum, c. May 1971, pp. 1–2. TNA, AN 171/683.

  48. 48.

    TUC, ‘Restoring the Balance. Women’s Health and Safety at Work’, n.d. (c. 1999), inside pages. TUC Library, HD 7268.

  49. 49.

    Equal Opportunities Commission, ‘Health and Safety Legislation: Should We Distinguish Between Men and Women?’ (March 1979), p. 80. MRC, MSS.222/AP/5/102.

  50. 50.

    Council of Service Unions, ‘Health of Women at Work’, 2 March 1982, pp. 1–3. MRC, MSS.381/W/1/4/10.

  51. 51.

    K. R. Allen, ‘Training for Safety’, talk given to Central Metropolitan Group of the London Industrial Committee (9 November 1963), p. 1. MRC, MSS.292B/146/2/3.

  52. 52.

    Tom Smith, Portsmouth Dockyard worker c. 1950, transcript, p. 15. PRDHT, PHC, PD3/LF/3.

  53. 53.

    KG, interviewed by David Walker, 2005. Chemical Workers Project, Scottish Oral History Centre, University of Strathclyde Archives and Special Collections, GB249 SOHC7 (2004–2005).

  54. 54.

    Owen McIntyre, interviewed by David Walker, 2009. Glasgow Dock Workers Project, Scottish Oral History Centre, University of Strathclyde Archives and Special Collections, GB249 SOHC18 (2009).

  55. 55.

    Thomas O’Connor, interviewed by David Walker in 2009. Glasgow Dock Workers Project, Scottish Oral History Centre, University of Strathclyde Archives and Special Collections, GB249 SOHC18 (2009); Tom Smith, transcript p. 16. PRDHT, PHC, PD3/LF/3.

  56. 56.

    Brian Stubbs, Portsmouth Dockyard worker c. 1955–1980s, including as Safety Officer. Comments at c. 1 hour 2 minutes. PRDHT, PHC, PD3/AD/123.

  57. 57.

    Minutes of Workington Safety Committee, 7 November 1978, minute 5. TNA, BK 9/14.

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