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Health and safety

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

It’s International Workers’ Memorial Day on 28 April, but what relevance does this have to you as an equalities or LGBT activist, or to LGBT members?

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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

This legislation was a landmark after years of UNISON campaigning for safer procedures to combat the risks of sharps (needlestick) injuries. UNISON head of health and […]

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UNISON attacks government obsession with sickness absence

The figures also show that the differences in absence rates between the public and private sectors have narrowed, and that where you live and work is a far more likely cause of poor health and […]

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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

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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

According to an OSHA poll, stress is the second most frequently reported work-related health problem in Europe […]

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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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