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As the UK prepares for yet another heatwave, Unite is encouraging members to get involved with its “Beat the Heat” campaign and join the call for a legal maximum working temperature. Workers in all sectors are feeling the heat as climate breakdown supercharges extreme weather and fuels record breaking temperatures. Bus drivers have been campaigning […]
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Unite is urging workers to stay safe in the sun, and the second heatwave of the year is forecast to bring brutal temperatures across the UK. With workers once again melting under heatwave conditions the call for a national maximum working temperature for workers continues to grow. The extreme weather warning has been issued across […]
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As the UK swelters under the first heatwave of the year, bringing record breaking May temperatures, the call for a national maximum working temperature for workers continues to grow. Last week (May 20) the Climate Change Committee (CCC) published a report warning that UK temperatures are increasing faster than the global average, and called on […]
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The World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) have published a new joint report and guidance highlighting the growing global health challenges posed by extreme heat on workers. The report comes at a time when the UK has experienced four heatwaves in one summer and unions, including Unite, have been renewing calls […]
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Delegates at last week’s Food, Drink and Agriculture sector NISC in Dorchester supported the call for a “Heat Strike” campaign to protect workers from increasing extreme temperatures. Unite food worker, Monique Mosley, updated the group on the increasing movement to introduce a maximum working temperature in the UK, something Unite has been calling for some […]
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