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Workers Memorial Day 2020
On a day when huge numbers of people round the country remembered health workers who had died of Covid-19, in Birmingham, we remembered them, specifically in the West Midlands.
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Improving Lives - The Work, health and Disability Green Paper
Hugh Robertson Senior Policy Officer from the TUC has produced a short summary of some of the issues arising from the green paper.
Why are preventable occupational and environmental breast cancer risks ignored?
Breast Cancer Awareness Month has provided a welcome focus on a condition that has risen sharply over the last 40 years, but campaigners are concerned the UK government and breast cancer charities are resolutely ignoring the host of preventable occupational and environmental causes of the condition.
European Health and Safety Week
European Health and Safety Week takes place in October each year and is designed to raise awareness of health and safety.
Nearly half of workplaces have never had a visit from a health and safety inspector, say health and safety reps
Nearly half of UK workplaces have never had a health and safety inspection – including more than 80% of construction workplaces – according to a new TUC survey of health and safety reps.
Five die in wall collapse at Birmingham recycling site
Five men have been crushed to death after a huge concrete wall collapsed at a recycling site in Birmingham.
After Brexit - Where now on health and safety and employment rights?
Before the referendum the TUC gave a strong warning that the rights of workers to a safe workplace could be threatened by a vote to leave the EU, as could many employment rights. Now that that has happened what is likely to happen?