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Health & Safety Organiser - where reps turn first

Are you getting yours? The Organiser is the most important source of health and safety information for all UNISON branch health and safety officers and workplace safety reps. It comes out every two months, packed with up-to-date info on topical health and safety issues. To find out how to get your copy, click here.
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Health & Safety Organiser, Issue 56, June/July 2008

25 June 2008
This issue features articles on: violence; UNISON's health and safety fringe at the NDC 2008; diary dates; BackCare Week; Hazards Conference; Health and Safety Week; bullying; stress; display screen equipment (computers/VDUs); HSE enforcement; the TUC's Hazards at Work; Workers Memorial Day, catering; slips, trips, and falls; dermatitis; cancer; and is work good for you (a report back from a stakeholder event).

[Back Pain, Lifting, Musculoskeletal disorder, repetitive strain injury, inspections].
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Health & Safety Organiser, Issue 55, April/May 08

25 April 2008
This issue features articles on: International Workers Memorial Day including UNISON's national campaign and regional and branch events, the Alan safety reps award, catering, health and safety posters, UNISON's revised health and safety website, the NHS and violence and needlestick injuries, and stress at work.
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Health & Safety Organiser, Issue 54, Jan/Feb 2008

28 February 2008
This issue is a special for International Workers Memorial Day, but also features articles on: Asbestos, Fire Wardens, Gender and H&S, Mesothelioma, No Smoking Day, RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) Day and World TB (Tuberculosis) Day.
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Health & Safety Extra, Issue 1, Dec 07_Jan 08

24 December 2007
This issue includes further information on the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007.
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Health & Safety Organiser, Issue 53, Dec 07/Jan 08

24 December 2007
This issue features articles on: AIDS/HIV, bullying, examples of UNISON branch action and events, corporate manslaughter, directors duties, Hazards Conference 2008, employers charging for H&S materials, H&S Week, UNISON branch/safety rep. info. request, Legionnaires disease, International RSI Day including UNISON's MSD leaflet and the HAzards Campaign poster, sickness absence, how to get UNISON's H&S materials, and a new HSE leaflet for the waste and recycling sector.
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Health & Safety Organiser, Issue 52, Oct/Nov/2007

21 December 2007
This issue features articles on: HSE budget crisis risk, the National Ban Bullying Day, UNISON's MSDs leaflet, Dermatitis, the TUC's Hazards at Work, UNISON's Water@Work campaign, memorial to workers, diary dates, and a special feature on slips hazards.
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CONTACT DETAILS
• For urgent help and advice at work to go Help at Work.
• UNISON's Health and Safety Unit researches policies and issues briefings on hazards, standards and good practice.
UNISON Health and Safety Unit
1 Mabledon Place
London WC1H 9AJ
Email: healthandsafety@unison.co.uk
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UNISON health & safety reps and officers who need specialist advice can get support from their branch.
Branch secretaries can contact regional officers for help where necessary.
To find out more about training courses on health and safety issues, get in touch with your regional education officer.