What can be done if the employer has forced a worker Certified member to take employer based training?
Local unions (OPS and CAAT) should insist that their certified member be trained by the Workers Health and Safety Centre in accord with the 1993, 1994 and 1995 agreements which are still in effect. Local unions should file grievances for a violation of these agreements. In addition, local unions can take the following action: Local unions should remove the worker Certified member who has been trained by the employer. The local union can do this by virtue of Section 9 (8) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act which requires that the union select worker members to Joint Health and Safety Committees. As well, OPSEU Board Policies on Health and Safety require that Certification training be done by the Workers Health and Safety Centre (see below). The replacement member should then be designated as the Certified member who will now have to be trained for both general and workplace-specific training. And here again we would insist that the worker be trained by the Workers Health and Safe
