Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14365/1581
Title: The Role of Universities in the Promotion of Worker Protection: Ucla Labor Occupational Health and Safety Program as a Model for Countries With Developing Economies
Authors: Sisli, Zeynep
Keywords: Occupational health and safety
University-based programs
Workers' training
Workers' participation
globalization
Publisher: Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd
Abstract: Protection of the workers' health in countries with developing economies is increasingly important because of the adverse effects of globalization, along with changing industrial relations, the rise of precarious work and outsourcing, and the decline in unionization. In this study, I examine whether the institutes created by universities might serve as an interface between workers, academia, and state agencies, and provide assistance for both improving workplace conditions and enforcing occupational health and safety rules. I describe the history of one such effort: The Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program (LOSH) at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Using a review of written sources along with participatory observation and interviews as methods, I found that the challenges faced by LOSH historically have important parallels in countries with developing economies today. Ultimately, university-based occupational health programs like LOSH need to be followed in other parts of the world and be supported by governments if the mission to reduce workplace injuries and diseases is going to be realized in the United States and in other countries.
URI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0023656X.2019.1537024
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14365/1581
ISSN: 0023-656X
1469-9702
Appears in Collections:Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection
WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collection

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