Maritime sector safety strategy

As part of the continued campaign to bring Health and Safety to the forefront of the Maritime agenda with the aim to improve members’ understanding of and participation in health and safety in the workplace, your National Secretary proposed a number of objectives which should be used as part of the Maritime Health and Safety strategy for in 2023.

At its meeting on 12th January, your National Executive Committee resolved as follows:

We instruct the General Secretary:

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To continually update a national matrix for Health and Safety Reps within the Maritime sector

To identify potential Health and Safety Reps

To provide full training and support for all elected Health and Safety Reps

To continue to pursue improved workforce involvement and engagement through effective Safety Committees and mandatory training for Safety Reps and Safety Officers at national level meetings within the Maritime sector

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To furnish members with a greater understanding of Health and Safety legislation in their particular sector

To produce a quarterly Health and Safety newsletter with a dedicated section on the union’s work around mental health that is to be issued to members via text and email

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To continually monitor Health and Safety representation

To revise the RMT Maritime Health and Safety publications

To put Health and Safety on an equal footing with industrial matters in the workplace.

Health And Safety Conference

At the recent RMT Health and Safety Advisory Conference, which was attended by 170 rank and file delegates, there was NOT ONE single Maritime delegate in attendance or a resolution submitted by a Maritime branch for debate.

As this publication identifies, there are many issues of concern across all sectors of Maritime and we must become actively engaged if we are to tackle any of them!

Let’s ensure that at the next Health and Safety Conference we have a number of resolutions and delegates from Maritime branches!