Friends and families who have lost loved ones to workplace fatalities are having to wait an agonising 3 years 4 months to secure justice , according to a Freedom of Information (FoI) request made by…Read more…
Never forget
In part 2 of our series in the run-up to International Workers’ Memorial Day on Friday (April 28), UNITElive hears from Andy Wilson, Unite senior shop steward at East Ayrshire, who recounts…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…
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…
London UNISON Housing Association Branch AGM 2017: Speaker Tom Copley AM at the UNISON Head Office
Picture collage from our branch AGM which took place last week at the UNISON Centre with keynote speaker, London Assembly Member, Tom Copley.
The AGM was split into 2 meetings to aid participation by members. A part 1 lunch time session then a Part 2 …Read more…
Defying all justice
The boss of a Birmingham drug and alcohol charity, which sacked health and safety rep Alison Morris for raising concerns with her manager over fire safety, has received nearly 3,000 emails calling…Read more…
“Remember the dead but fight for the Living”: Workers Memorial Day 2016
Please see attached photo and press release on behalf of UNISON Housing Associations Branch, Newham NUT, Newham United Against Austerity and West Ham Labour TULO.
Last Thursday 28 April Trade Unionists and Labour Party supporters gathered around the “Clasped Hands” statue in Three Mills Green,…Read more…
‘Fight, fight, fight’
Short film with extracts from Unite general secretary Len McCluskey, TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady and shadow chancellor John McDonnell.
The post ‘Fight, fight, fight’ appeared first…Read more…
Passionate speeches
Merseyside today (April 28) remembered its loved ones that have been killed and died as a result of work. International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD) began in the USA in 1970 and its success…Read more…
Resist safety erosion
Unite today, April 28, said attempts by Conservative ministers and unscrupulous bosses to dilute or circumvent health and safety legislation across the UK must be resisted when at least two people a…Read more…
Workers’ lives at risk
Attempts by Tory ministers and unscrupulous bosses to dilute or circumvent health and safety legislation along the south coast must be resisted. This is the core message that was the theme of…Read more…
Justice for Alison
Today, Workers’ Memorial Day, as we remember those who have lost their lives at work, Unite officers and members are fighting to have a health and safety rep reinstated after she was sacked for…Read more…
Workers Memorial Day at 3 Mills Green – Thursday 28 April 2016
UNISON Housing Associations Website: “Workers Memorial Day is an international event which takes place on 28 April every year. It is a day to firstly remember all those who have been killed at work or died from industrial injuries and illnesses. Second…Read more…
Workers’ Memorial Day 2015 at the historic Three Mills Green, Stratford
On Tuesday 28 April it was Workers Memorial Day. An international day to remember those who have been killed at work or die from work related ill health. UNISON estimates this kills up to 50,000 workers every year in the UK.
UNISON Greater Londo…Read more…
Workers Memorial at Three Mills Green Park,, Stratford, London
I went this evening to check out the memorial and the site for the remembrance ceremony next week.
On Tuesday 28 April it is Worker Memorial Day (also known as the International Day for Workers Safety). Which is a United Nations sponsored event suppor…Read more…
Workers’ Memorial Day 28 April 2015
A powerful video on the history and importance of workers health and safety. Warning: it does contain some disturbing scences. Hat tip unison health and safety.
This year I am organising an event to mark Workers’ Memorial Day at the statute in Three M…Read more…
Personal Injuries, Workers Memorial Day & Bite Sized Intro to Health and Safety at Work
The picture is from a course I helped run last year for my UNISON branch on Health and Safety. It was organised by our Outreach Worker, Andy Robinson and the guest speaker was Personal Injury lawyer from Thompsons Shamoona Sheikh (right of photo).
Sha…Read more…