hazards
magazine • issue 104 • october-december 2008
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Poisoned!
Hazards 104, October-December 2008
When workers developed the shakes, poor
memory and depression working for a South African manganese company,
their union knew the job was to blame. The government’s compensation
body agreed. So why did the company’s medics instead suggest the
symptoms were caused by alcohol, drugs or Aids? more
Where is the justice?
Will business-friendly policies finally
kill off safety enforcement?
The Health and Safety Executive is withering
away. In the last five years it has lost more than 1 in 6 of its frontline
inspectors, and there are more set to go. As workplace safety prosecutions
fall to an all time low, Hazards editor Rory O’Neill
warns of a growing corporate accountability deficit – and says
workers could end up paying with their lives
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You big fat liars
Healthy workplaces make for healthy workers
Oh, they say it's because they care. They'll
weigh us, keep tabs on our bad habits and ask questions when we are
sick. But when we fall short of perfection, they label us shirkers,
sickos and slobs. Hazards questions whether all this attention
from employers is really for our own good.
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Souped-up safety reps
Trade union safety reps - saving lives
since 1978
Trade union safety reps mean fewer accidents
and less sickness at work. That's why TUC head of safety Hugh Robertson
says this is no time for timidity and is calling for more reps with
more rights - and a clampdown on the dangerous employers who try to
get in their way. more
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