ABSTRACT
Work structures the society as well as its individuals. There are occupations which place the person in control of immense resources and thousands of other workers. As the pinion point for both personal and societal organization, work presents the primary arena in which the most vital struggles of society are engaged. The struggle around work is most acute when it moves from the personal to the collective level. The passage of the occupational safety and health Act had a tremendous significance both as a watershed in the struggle over reforms in occupational health and as a demonstration of the vitality of the new forces that had entered this struggle in the 1960s. In each country, workers’ struggles have led to the establishment of some kind of labor inspectorate, some branch of which focuses on safety and health issues. Perhaps the primary element for improved occupational safety and health is worker education and control.
