IWMD 2009 - UNISON Events

Just a few of the many UNISON events which are being planned for IWMD 2009.

Workers Memorial Day 2009 - Remember the Dead, Fight for the Living.

Remember the dead and fight for the living on International Workers Memorial Day, and join UNISON in one minutes' silence at 12 midday on Tuesday 28 April 2009.

UNISON is campaigning for government recognition of the Day. UNISON believes that there needs to be a cultural change in the way work related deaths, injuries, and ill-health are viewed. They are not just part of the job, or just unfortunate. In most cases they are also avoidable. Official recognition of the Day will bring us a step closer towards universal condemnation of the tragic and preventable loss of life, injury, and ill-heath. This in turn may lead to better enforcement of existing health and safety laws, and thereby better health and safety at work.

European Health & Safety Week Campaign: Risk Assessment

No one should be put at unnecessary risk at work. UNISON believes that work related deaths, injuries, ill-health, and “accidents” are not acceptable.

Your employer has a responsibility to ensure that your work does not cause you harm. Not only is it the right thing to do – it’s the law.

UNISON is campaigning to ensure that every employer carries out proper risk assessments and keeps those risk assessments under review and up to date. The safety of staff, visitors and the public depends on it. So we’re taking part in this years Health and Safety Campaign, are you?