Collective Action for a Safe Commute

The course is based on the manual “Collective Action for a Safe Commute: Action manual and checklist for employers and workers in the garment and footwear sector to enhance workers’ commuting safety” developed by the ILO Vision Zero Fund initiative, with financial support from Nike Inc. OBJECTIVES The overall objective of the course is to promote collective action between employers, workers and other stakeholders to address commuting risks faced by workers. By the end of the course, the participant has the ability to: 1. Identify the most common challenges affecting commuting safety in the garment and footwear sector. 2. Describe the underlying theory of change for improving commuting safety. 3. Explain how to assess commuting safety at workplace level and design an improvement action plan. CONTENT The course consists of the following 10 modules: Module 0: Introduction to commuting safety Module 1: Individual risk awareness and commuters’ safety behaviour Module 2: Safe transport available for commuting Module 3: Assessing collective transport vehicles and their drivers Module 4: Safe entry to the industrial park and/or the factory Module 5: Safety outside the industrial park and/or factory premises Module 6: Commuting safety concerns can be raised by workers and are addressed Module 7: Commuters’ preparedness in case of accidents and insurance Module 8: Enhanced collection of commuter accident data Module 9: Training and implementing guidance NUMBER OF HOURS: 6