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Health and safety

UNISON believes health and safety in the workplace is an issue for everyone. Every year, thousands of people suffer accidents and ill-health at work – most of which could be avoided.

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UNISON becomes partner in Asbestos – Your Right to Know

UNISON Cymru/Wales has become a campaign partner in the Asbestos – Your Right to Know campaign, which aims to create a central accessible register of asbestos schools in Wales

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Health and safety news on Twitter

UNISON health and safety on […]

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Keeping people safe at work is common sense, says union

Attacks on health and safety are a smokescreen for wider economic problems, says UNISON

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House of Lords throws out attack on people injured at work

UNISON welcomes decision and says government should do the same

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Raise health and safety concerns to help LGBT members

Write an article for your branch's newsletter on LGBT health and safety issues. Let us know if you've come up with another idea! Your branch […]

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New safety in numbers campaign launched

UNISON launches Safety in Numbers campaign to increase the number of safety reps.

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Union asbestos committee urges release of report

Health and Safety Executive refuses to publish report into contamination at Welsh school

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Calling all mobile workers!

UNISON asks mobile workers to send experiences of needing access to toilets for health and safety campaign.

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UNISON marks progress on world AIDS day

Health and safety developments help to improve situation, although UNISON stresses that there are still things to fight for

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UNISON attacks government obsession with sickness absence

Figures released by the Office for National Statistics show that days lost due to sickness absence fell in 2013

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Problems at work: librarian’s career destroyed by heavy lifting

Health and safety failings to blame for library assistant’s chronic back pain

Magazine on the UNISON National site.

Remember the Rana Plaza collapse – and tell Matalan to pay up

Thursday 24 April marks the first anniversary of the collapse of Rana Plaza, when 1,138 people lost their lives and 2,000 more were injured as the unsafe building collapsed

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UNISON backs healthy workplaces campaign

Four in 10 workers believe that work-related stress is not handled well by their employers

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Vigil reveals true cost of asbestos

Labour conference vigil calls on government to fund research into mesothelioma

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