Ministers should introduce a sugar tax and ban the advertising of sugary drinks and food, as the obesity crisis amongst children grows, Unite, the country’s largest union, said today (Friday July…Read more…
Government takes a swipe at Safety Representatives
The Trade Union Bill is a particular worrying Bill with implications for anyone at work. There have been lots of really good blogs on this site about it so I am not going to repeat these. I just want…Read more…
Assaults on Housing staff survey: Why health & safety is a trade union matter
My grown up job is a housing officer in East London. It was about 10 years ago during an eviction in a flat which had been taken over by violent criminals that I was assured by one of them that he would come back and put an “axe in my F……… head”….Read more…
G7 starts to address workplace safety
Although most of the publicity around the G7 Summit in Germany has been around the relationship with Russia and the problems in the Middle East, there have been a lot of other discussions taking…Read more…
‘On the level with asbestos’
Unite has blown the lid off the dangers cabin crew members face being exposed to toxic air – a scandal that’s being compared to asbestos exposure. This morning (June 8) on the Victoria…Read more…
1200 dead so far & 7 years to go? Qatar: The human toll of FIFA’s corruption
Shocking chart and story from Washington Post. Hat tip TUC Risks. People quite rightly go on about the corruption and money but what about this waste of human life? Support the TUC “Play fair” campaign.
“The Washington Post has flipped the focus from the financial corruption gripping football’s…Read more…
Why Coke, VISA, McDonalds, Adidas, Kia & Hyundai are nothing more than human rights abusers
I have just sent this email below to the CEO’s of human rights abusers – Coke, VISA, McDonalds, Adidas, Kia & Hyundai.
The TV news tonight begins with the arrest and charges of FIFA officials with corruption. This is serious but the needless death…Read more…
The trade agreement that threatens our safety.
Last year I wrote about the dangers to health and safety from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) where the European Commission and US Government want to reduce “barriers” to…Read more…
Remembering those we have lost
Unite members in North East Lincolnshire have played a major role in today’s International Workers Memorial Day (WMD April 28) events in their area. This is the 13th year in which…Read more…
Never forget
Today (April 28), International Workers Memorial Day, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey dedicated a bench in Red Lion Square, London, to never forget those who have died at work. To hear…Read more…
Incalculable human cost
On Workers Memorial Day we remember the dead and fight for the living. With only days to go for the most important general election in a generation today’s (April 28) Workers Memorial Day has…Read more…
We will remember them
A Unite member who won an International Women’s Day award from Manchester City Council for campaigning for safer workplaces wants her fellow union members to participate in today’s…Read more…
The Happiness report – Food for thought
There has been a lot in the press about the World Happiness Report that was published today by Sustainable Development Solutions Network, an initiative under the United Nations. This aims at…Read more…
What the Party Manifestos say on health and safety.
We now have the manifestos of all the main parties, it is interesting to see what they say (or don’t say) about occupational health and safety issues.Read more…
Unison Health & Safety Seminar Cardiff 18 March 2015
Report from the branch delegate – Health & Safety Seminar Cardiff 18 march 2015Read more…
Government fails end of term health and safety report.
The Government has published a “report book” on its reform of health and safety legislation over the past five years. It proudly boasts that it has reduced the number of regulations by 50%, and…Read more…
Workers Memorial Day 28 April 2015 – Event in Stoke-On-Trent
The North Staffs Trades Union Council has organised a march starting at Stoke Station on 28/4/15 at 4pm with leafleting and finishing with a march to Timithoy Trow Memorial, London Road, Stoke Details are available here – Workers Memorial Day 28 … Continue reading →Read more…
Personal Injury Settlements February 2015
During February 2015, members of the West Midlands region received £98,603.43 in compensation for personal injury payments. Members of this branch received £3,650. It always pays to be a Unison member.Read more…
STANDARDS – PRIVATISATION OF REGULATION BY THE BACK DOOR?
How do you think people would react if the Government passed a law that said that our traffic laws would be decided by motoring organisations like the AA or RAC, or if the European Commission…Read more…
100,000 work cancer deaths: time for action
The former head of the EU’s Safety and Health at Work Agency Jukka Takala has sounded a wake-up call: cancers induced by working conditions kill over 100,000 people in the European Union each year….Read more…