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UnionSafe News – May 200427 May 2004Welcome to the UnionSafe bulletin, keeping you informed about the hottest additions to your occupational health and safety website during April and May 2004.
Union safety reps have a dramatic, positive impact on safety at work - and the more training they get, the more marked the "union safety effect" according to a report by UK safety magazine, Hazards. (21 May 2004) [READ MORE] Workers and bosses have joined forces to slam a move by the Federal Government to abolish a peak national workplace safety body. (21 May 2004) [READ MORE] Bosses responsible for the deaths of employees could be charged with corporate manslaughter and made to face bereaved family members under proposed changes to NSW law. (21 May 2004) [READ MORE] Worker Dies After Company "Pressure" Three weeks ago Cory Bentley asked his girlfriend to marry him. Last Wednesday afternoon she joined friends, family and workmates to say good bye at a Memorial Service that shut down Pt Hedland. (13 May 2004) [READ MORE] Memory Lines - A Workers Memorial The NSW Union movement has unveiled a spectacular sculpture in memory of workers who had lost their lives at work and for those who had died as a result of a workplace illness. (6 May 2004) [READ MORE] The Federal Government is moving to dodge the ACT's Industrial manslaughter laws in a move slammed by the ACTU as "immoral". (2 April 2004) [READ MORE] "Life is priceless,' says Sun Winson Chai, whose father died after a fall on a Strathfield building site. (26 March 2004) [READ MORE] Catch all the latest workplace safety news from UnionSafe at unionsafe.labor.net.au/news/! Frequently Asked Questions - What do employers in the hairdressing industry need to do to comply with OHS laws and how much is really known about SARS? These and so many more answers are provided on the fastest growing section of this website at http://unionsafe.labor.net.au/faqs/ Call For Contributions - Got a burning issue you would like covered on UnionSafe? Have you held a recent seminar or campaign and would like your materials uploaded onto this site? The UnionSafe team always welcomes content suggestions and story leads. Email your ideas to phil@essentialmedia.com.au Subscriber Feedback - To comment on this bulletin or anything else appearing on the UnionSafe website please visit http://www.unionsafe.labor.net.au/shoptalk/index.php | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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