Unite is warning because of systematic failures by outsourcing giant Mitie, which holds the facility management contract for the NHS Dudley Hospital Trust, staff and patients could be exposed to…Read more…
Workers suffering mental health ‘epidemic’
Ahead of tomorrow’s International Workers’ Memorial Day (April 28) workers are suffering a mental health ‘epidemic’, a UK and Ireland-wide survey of Unite workplace representatives has…Read more…
Deeply disturbing
Agriculture has long been considered the most dangerous sector in the UK, with fatality rates 18 times the national average.
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Safeguards needed on hi-tech work monitoring
Unite has warned that safeguards must be fully implemented in workplaces to protect workers from the ‘unintended consequences’ of hi-tech monitoring following the promotion of this latest equipment…Read more…
‘Damning verdict’
Unite, which represents over 20,000 bus drivers in London, has described a new report from the University College of London, which found that an earlier lockdown last year would have saved bus…Read more…
UNISON urges HSE to improve COVID guidance for employers
The union is highlighting the particular risk to vulnerable workers
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UNISON raises COVID-19 concerns for members at army college
Christina McAnea has written to the defence secretary seeking urgent response
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UNISON calls on Environment Agency to strengthen its health and safety measures
Unions seek urgent review of risk assessments to tackle new COVID-19 variant
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UNISON urges employers to review staff safety due to new COVID variant
Union writes to Health and Safety Executive urging updated guidelines to protect workers in light of new variant of coronavirus
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Govt must ‘get a grip’ says Unite
Hard-pressed, heroic NHS staff continuing to battle the covid-19 crisis are being badly let down by a government which, 10 months into this crisis, is still failing to ensure that the workforce is…Read more…
Heathrow fire safety concerns
Unite, which represents thousands of workers employed throughout Heathrow airport, is warning that Heathrow Airport Limited’s (HAL) contingency plans during the ongoing strike action have failed to…Read more…
‘A fight for our lives’
If the common saying is anything to go by, you’d think lovers and fighters were mutually exclusive categories — but Unite member and health and safety campaigner Hilda Palmer is in fact both….Read more…
UNISON welcomes better health and safety protection for zero-hours workers
High Court rules that zero-hours workers should have the same protection as others
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Politics can‘t interfere in the approval of PPE, warns UNISON
Political pressure to approve substandard PPE does not bode well for HSE independence once the UK finally leaves the safety of the EU, says the union
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Covid by nation
As you will be aware England will go into a second lockdown from 00:01 GMT Thursday November 5. Information from the Cabinet Office on the new national restrictions, including what they mean for…Read more…
Poultry factory ‘disregarded Covid-19 concerns’
Bernard Matthews bosses ‘disregarded coronavirus concerns’ at its Great Witchingham factory in Norfolk, where 75 staff have tested positive, Unite, the UK and Ireland’s largest union, said today…Read more…
‘We simply don’t have time’
Unite has vowed to escalate its campaign to introduce stricter safety measures for London buses after it emerged that Unite member Kofi Opoku, who worked for Metrobus and was based at the Croydon…Read more…
Take bins back in-house call
Bexley councillors have been urged to jettison the controversial Serco refuse contract, as about 140 refuse workers gear up for a strike ballot over health and safety Covid-19 concerns.
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UNISON recruits record numbers of health and safety reps
Since UNISON launched Be on the safe side campaign to recruit new health and safety reps this summer, over 1,000 members have come forward
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UNISON president calls for a ‘global recovery’ after the pandemic
UNISON members address virtual TUC congress, highlighting the impact on workers of the COVID-19 pandemic
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