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In the week ahead of International Workers’ Memorial Day on Sunday (April 28), UniteLive turns its attention to this year’s IWMD theme – workers’ health and the climate crisis. Earlier this week in our IWMD series, we looked at the affect of rising temperatures on farming and forestry workers, who are toiling in increasingly unsafe […]
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Unite delegate and construction worker Tracey Whittle made a powerful contribution to a debate on working in high temperatures on Wednesday (October 19). Highlighting that as weather becomes more and more severe, Tracey said it was vital that conference discuss “the realities of working in a climate crisis”. Drawing from her own experience in the […]
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As temperatures are set to rise above 40C this week, with the UK possibly experiencing its hottest day in recorded history Monday or Tuesday (July 18-19), British workers are well and truly feeling…Read more…
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…
The extreme heat of recent days could be putting crane drivers at risk their union Unite has warned as the UK was struck by yet another August heatwave, with temperatures in some parts of the UK…Read more…
Britons are sweltering amid yet another heatwave this summer, with today (July 31) recorded as the hottest day of the year so far, as temperature are expected to surpass 34C in parts of the country….Read more…
As temperatures are set to rise well above 30C this week, with a record-breaking 37C on Thursday (July 25) predicted in parts of the South East, British workers are well and truly feeling the heat….Read more…
Unite is extremely disappointed that the government has rejected recommendations to introduce a maximum working temperature. The Environmental Select Committee published a report in July…Read more…
As Britons today (July 26) swelter in the hottest day of the year so far – with temperatures soaring well over 30C in some parts of the country amid a relentless heatwave — Unite welcomed MPs’…Read more…
A privateer water firm that loses over 400m litres every day because of leaky pipes will hand nearly £181m to shareholders just two days before it imposes a hosepipe ban. United Utilities is…Read more…