Speaking in support of a motion on the Grenfell tower disaster, Unite delegate Jim Kelly today (September 11) paid tribute to all who were tragically killed in the fire, including the many trade…Read more…
Toxic trip?
As the last bank holiday of the summer approaches this weekend (August 28), hundreds of thousands of UK holidaymakers may fly to get to their destination – safe in the knowledge that flying is the…Read more…
11 weeks until the TUC National Inspection Day
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Lessons must be learned
Unite, the UK’s largest construction union, is calling on major contractors to urgently learn the lessons from the death of Rene Tkacik on the Crossrail project. Unite made its call after…Read more…
Stay cool outdoors
Heat exhaustion and heat stroke are serious if not treated quickly, so watch out for these symptoms in your co-workers. You should give first aid and call 999 if you think there are signs of…Read more…
Grenfall Tower Fire – The shock and the horror but East Enders rally to help
Like everyone I was horrified at the news reports and pictures this morning at the fire and destruction of Grenfall Tower in Kensington. I have been a housing officer in London for the past 25 years, who has managed a number of high rise resident…Read more…
Assaults against housing staff survey 2017
If you work in social housing please spend 10 minutes filling out this important annual survey hereRead more…
Putting your feet first
There are over 3m people who have been diagnosed with diabetes and there are a large number of people who are undiagnosed. One major complication that people with diabetes often develop is…Read more…
‘Paltry’ accident fine
Unite has criticised a ‘paltry’ fine imposed on a company for health and safety breaches that led to the permanent impairment of a worker. At Dundee Sheriff Court yesterday (May 11), Wallace…Read more…
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” Worker Memorial Day 2017
Today is Workers Memorial Day, and across the world trade unionists remember the 20,000 British and the 2.3 million deaths of workers worldwide who die prematurely every year in work related accidents or from occupational disease.
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Work till you drop
Punishing long hours’ culture in many professional kitchens is putting the mental and physical health of chefs in London at risk, a snapshot survey by Unite has revealed. Almost half (44 per…Read more…
Workers’ lives at risk
Unite is warning that workers’ lives are being placed at risk due to the cut in the number of frontline health and safety inspectors. Figures obtained by Unite, via a Freedom of Information…Read more…
‘We also have to protect ourselves’
In the run-up to International Workers’ Memorial Day on Friday, April 28, UNITElive will be running a series of stories on the importance of health and safety in the workplace, while paying…Read more…
Honour agreement call
Unite, the UK’s largest union for construction workers, has submitted a formal challenge to employers due to deep concerns about ‘worker competency’ at the Ferrybridge power station in Yorkshire….Read more…
Safety bypass?
A major infrastructure project is being built on the backs of injured workers, as the Press and Journal revealed today (April 3) that one construction worker is hurt each week working on the £745m…Read more…
International Workers Memorial Day 28 April 2017
Need to sort out and organise our Branch event for this year. Read more…
Masking sickness at work?
Fear for their jobs has prompted British workers to take the fewest number of sick days since records began – only 137m working days last year were lost to sickness, equivalent to just over four days…Read more…
Injured workers assault
Unite accused the government of using a supposed ‘endemic’ of whiplash claims to prepare a secret assault on workers injured at work. Responding to the Ministry of Justice’s consultation…Read more…
‘Shameful’
“Downplaying serious toxic fume events on board aircraft as ‘odour events’ smacks of spin and an attempt to manipulate official statistics to downplay how widespread the problem really is in the…Read more…
European Health and Safety Week 2016 – 24 October – 30 October
Healthy workplaces for all ages (this advice has gone out this week on my employers website. We will he carrying out joint union and management safety inspections)
Each year, European Health and Safety Week aims to promote goo…d health and safety practice. This year’s theme is Healthy…Read more…