Health and Safety
TUC spells health and safety
It took union campaigns to deliver the comprehensive health and safety legislation that the UK workforce enjoys.
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But it takes union know how, resources and campaigns to make workplaces as safe as possible. That's why TUC and unions provide high calibre resources and training for trade union safety reps.
These union reps are the reason union workplaces are safer workplaces. This website is part of TUC's work to ensure union safety reps have the information and resources to continue and to improve that work
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The most recent documents available on this subject are:
Unions step up campaign to keep people well at work
The TUC has today (Monday) called on UK employers to give better occupational health assistance to the two million employees who every year believe they have become ill as a result of their jobs.
28 April 2008
Formaldehyde linked to Lou Gehrig's disease
New preliminary research suggests that exposure to the chemical formaldehyde, present in workplaces from laboratories to hospitals to MDF factories, could greatly increase a person's chances of developing Lou Gehrig's disease.
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25 April 2008
Not much naming, less shaming
A Health and Safety Executive commitment to name and shame dangerous firms is failing because of the watchdog's 'simply extraordinary' failure to publicise most convictions.
PDF version available for download
25 April 2008
Risks 353 - 26 April 2008
Health and safety newsletter 26 April 2008
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25 April 2008
TUC welcomes DWP report on HSE
Commenting on the DWP Select Committee report on the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) today (Monday), Midlands TUC Regional Secretary Roger McKenzie said: “We welcome this far-reaching report on the work of the HSE.
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21 April 2008
TUC welcomes DWP report on HSE
Commenting on the DWP Select Committee report on the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) today (Monday), TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: “We welcome this far-reaching report on the work of the HSE.
“The report contains a number of positive recommendations and the committee endorsed all the key points raised by the TUC in its evidence, including increasing penalties for rogue employers who ignore legislation, and the importance of consultation and involvement of safety representatives.
21 April 2008
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