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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

Article on the UNISON National site.

Health and safety news on Twitter

For the latest UNISON news and information on health and safety at work now available at Twitter

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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

The day's tagline is 'remember the dead, but fight like hell for the living'. So just what relevance is WMD to you as an equalities or LGBT activist or to LGBT […]

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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

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

Article on the UNISON National site.

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

The 'Healthy workplaces manage stress' campaign was launched in Brussels by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (OSHA). According to an OSHA poll, stress is the second most frequently […]

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Vigil reveals true cost of asbestos

UNISON head of health and safety Tracey Harding welcomed Labour's support for the call to fund research. But if the party wins the general election, she added, "we would like to […]

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Problems at work: chef wins compensation after fall at work

Chef left permanently injured after fall at work

Magazine on the UNISON National site.