The Daily Hazard

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No 96, April 2008 Whole newsletter as pdf (what's pdf?)

Main story
• Action call on asbestos in schools
Other stories
• Good news for health and safety in London
• Health, work and getting older reports are launched
• Workers' Memorial Day
• Work and the ageing worker
• Hackney firm fined
• Fine follows demolition disaster
• ELMS Action for Mesothelioma Day
• Mesothelioma Day in Barking and Dagenham
• Plaques protest in parliament
• Not enough but it is a start
• Trade Union support for initiative tackling domestic violence: fonesforsafety
• Property companies fined for unsafe flats

 

No 95, December 2007 Whole newsletter as pdf (what's pdf?)

Main story
• Lobbying the Minister
Other stories
• Bus workers demand toilets
• Canary Wharf worker memorial unveiled
• Safety representatives rebuffed over violence
• Union blasts detonator storage on the Tube
• Bad Hand Day
• Noisy neighbours taken to the cleaners
• Wembley worker memorial unveiled
• Asbestos News
• Camden Council admits they are guilty following two Inquests
• Japanese Campaigner visits

No 94, September 2007 Whole newsletter as pdf (what's pdf?)

Main story
• Crane collapse strengthens calls for action
Other stories
• Massive increase in work deaths
• Rise in workplace fatalities ‘linked to HSE cuts’
• Flawed manslaughter law passed
• Wembley memorial
• Safety screens dispute
• Occupational cancer protest
• Memorial to asbestos legacy
•Asbestos compensation battle in the Lords
• New asbestos support group set up
• Success for asbestos cancer drug campaign

 

No 93, July 2007 Whole newsletter as pdf (what's pdf?)

Main story
• Liliana Alexa speaks out on Workers Memorial Day
Other stories
• Lobbying your Member of Parliament (MP) for health and safety
• Camden Council criticised over electrocution
• Workers' Memorial Day
• Dispelling REACH myths
• Smoking ban
• Work experience teenager killed

 

No 92, April 2007 Whole newsletter as pdf (what's pdf?)

Main story
• Will Olympic firm be charged with manslaughter?
Other stories
• 999: Health workers under attack
• Cranes Banned after three Deaths and Industry given a warning about crane safety
• BADasbestos News
• Construction deaths increase
• RMT calls for inquiry into tube deaths
• Health and Safety training

No 91, December 2006 Whole newsletter as pdf (what's pdf?)

Main story
• Campaign group set up after crane disasterOther stories
• Families Call for tougher manslaugher laws
• Weakened Asbestos Regulations will usher in more deaths
• Asbestos compensation to include costs of non-NHS drugs
• Barking and Dagenham (BAD) Asbestos News
• Construction worker's memorial
• Scaffolder Electrocuted
• London Borough of Hackney fined after worker coma
• Riverboat safety protest
• Northern Line staff most at risk of assault
• Croydon company fined for employee injury
• Gas safety and dodgy gas fitters

No 85, June 2005 Whole newsletter as pdf (what's pdf?)

Main stories

• The de-regulated Chancellor
• Waste firm fined over worker death
• Workers Memorial Day
• Can tell, won't tell (employers,the DPA and RIDDOR)

No 84, April 2005 Whole newsletter as pdf (what's pdf?)

• Another Needless Death
• PPP and the Tube
• The Daily Grind
• It's Mass Murder
• Asbestos Support Group Launch Web Site
• Miniscule Fine For Worker's Death
• PC Faces Manslaughter Charge over Youths Poll Deaths
• Draft Corporate Manslaughter Bill Published - Finally
• Call Our Advice Line- Its Free

No 83, December 2004
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• Smoke and Mirrors: The government con trick
• Pensioners Take on T-Mobile
• Fly-tippers' lorries crushed
• Mayor's Survey Supports Workplace Smoking Ban
• Safety Reps Serve Notice On New Labour
• Columbian Trade Unionist Killed
• Fines not enough for young worker's death
• Roving Safety Reps In Action
• Black and Minority Etnic Project Success

No 82, August 2004
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• HSE: De-regulation or revitalisation
• Turning against the big smoke
• Construction death inquest / recent London deaths
• Fly-tipping to increase
• Rising from the dust
• European Social Forum comes to London
• Bhopal disaster campaigners call for action
• Cry wolf: review

No 81, May 2004
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• Death at the National Stadium
• Asbestos: back to school for employers
• Katsouris food workers organise
• Refugee and Migrant Workers Occupational Health and Safety Project
• Centre supports BME groups
• Revitalising 'Revitalising'
• Who does the DPA protect?
• Welcome David

No 80, February 2004
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• Probation unions pioneer asbestos management
• Hugh MacGrillen
• Migrant Workers at risk in London
• Government to restrict tribunal protection
• Whistleblowers defend safety
• UK 'compromises freedom of choice'
• Alan Dalton
• Multiple fatality crane crash 'a mystery'
• Asbestos management - Waltham Forest shows how
• Fatality at Park Royal stonemason
• Training inspires voluntary groups


No 79, November 2003
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• London Boroughs Have Worst Working Hours
• Bad safety managers can be sued
• European formula for chemical chaos
• Hot workers want animal rights
• Poor enforcement by local authorities exposed
• Hazards Conference livens up London
• Project will support 300 BME groups
• European Hazards Conference

No 78, August 2003
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• Asbestos fly-tipping in London
• New Labour going backwards on safety
• Asbestos claim success
• Mobile Phones - the Truth about their Safety
• Dirt on the Environment Agency
• When smoke ran like water

No 77, March 2003
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• How safe is the tube?
• Occupational asthma settlement
• Dangerous driving
• No sweat!
• BME report
• Hazards 2003 at the London School of Economics
• Workers' memorial day
• Centre funding

No 75, August 2002
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• Probation Service inaction - loss of officer's life
• Another preventable death
• Asbestos victory in the Lords
• Council given notice over risk assessments
• Hazards 2003 in London
• Free health and safety training update

No 74, May 2002
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• 55,000 damages for unfairly dismissed safety rep
Asbestos round-up:
• Government quick fix "inadequate"
• It's still a killer
• Lewisham exposes workers again

• Protest against casualisation
• Fight for the Living
• Free Training Project on Health and Safety in London

No 73, February 2002
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• Robbed of health and now of compensation
• Dock boss cleared in Simon Jones case
• Labour risks workers lives
• The enforcers
• A new health and safety training initiative

No 72, November 2001
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• Jobcentre Plus, minus anti-violence screens, equals injured workers • Campaign seeks Justice for Christopher • London work deaths rise • Book review • European activists meet in Vienna

No 71, August 2001
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• Workers die while Government dithers • Victory on reps' rights • Tube manager busted • Revitalised reps vote for action • Voluntary sector training project reaches conclusion • Management Council dayschool

No 70, May 2001
• Unsafe underground • Edmonton residents protest at dangerous demolition • Voluntary sector - stressed and unsafe • Review: Asbestos Facts • Workers' Memorial Day London 2001 • New staff at the Centre

No 68, October 2000
• Protesters demand action on workplace deaths • CWU fights for rights • WTO Backs French Asbestos Ban • Dust on the Underground • Voluntary sector project • The face of decent work - ILO video

No 67, July 2000
• Islington tenants halt mobile phone masts • Rail safety rep unfairly dismissed but stays sacked • Asbestos management: have your say • RESOURCES: • Direct action for health and safety justice • Steering clear of asbestos • Don't let Best Value grind you down • Government launches safety strategy

No 66, April 2000
• Safety rep sacking sparks strike at Waterloo • Simon Jones Campaign gets a result • Voluntary sector takes steps to improve health and safety • Resources • Centre for Corporate Accountability

No 65, January 2000
• Safety Reps - act now to improve your rights • Councils penalise sick workers • There's no business like show business • IER looks at the way forward for safety • ETUC heralds Europe-wide union strain injuries campaign

No 64, November 1999
• Ladbroke Grove disaster highlights poor safety systems • Local residents stop the job • Losing trust in public sector management • Training project a roaring success

No 63, August 1999
• Safety reps' rights: time for action • Twice victimised - but fighting back • Breakthroughs on stress • Asbestos banned at last • Revised Hazards Charter now available • New Staff join the Centre Team

No 61, January 1999
• Campaign highlights need for stronger enforcement • Jubilee line safety gain • Hazards Centre helps Tooting man win benefit • Dates for your diary • London Hazards Centre health and safety training • Health Works in Newham • New Resources

No 60, October 1998
• Scene set for improvement in safety reps' rights • Asbestos ban breakthrough • Tower Hamlets sick building success

No 59, July 1998
• Action in Ascham St. • Islington stewards act on chemicals • Workers memorial day '98: Ban asbestos - now • Stop the Canadian government peddling poison • Out in the autumn: Chemical Hazards Handbook • Safety reps conference report now available • PINs motion for conferences

No 58, April 1998
• Ban asbestos - now • Drivers train sights on risk assessments. • HSE and Council stall on sick building. • Magnetic field mapping • RMT Safety Rep leads the way on training

No 57, January 1998
• Communication Workers put Safety First• Pinning down employers• Safety tribunal win - but worker still loses his job• Will Labour deliver on health and safety?• International directory

No 56, September 1997
• Government Reveals Health And Safety Plans• Kentish Town Residents In Action• New Labour Council To Axe Health And Safety• National Hazards Campaign Conference calls for stronger enforcement• Centre News

No 55, June 1997
• New government, old hazards • 9th National Hazards Conference • Out now! RSI hazards handbook • Southwark tenants get asbestos survey • Fumes force Hammersmith council office closure • New TUC handbook published • European work hazards conference 1997 • Advice line... cancer • Advice line... homeworking

No 54, March 1997
• Westminster tenants reject asbestos assurances • Islington painters show solvents won't wash• Government proposes to sabotage working time directive• In Parliament:• RIDDOR figures faked• Dignity at Work Bill

No 53, December 1996
• HSE issues violence notice (well almost)• Asbestos in Imperial College• AGM sets priorities for the incoming government• Threat to pioneering project

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