Employment Medical Advisory Service – ever decreasing circles Lord Robens may have been a curious choice to review Britain’s health and safety system given his close connection to the Aberfan […]
Occupational Health Awareness Week – #OHWA2024 Day One
This week marks Occupational Health Awareness Week The most commonly used figure quoted for workers who have access to occupational health services is 45%,. Scottish Hazards disputes this figure as […]
Union Workplaces are Safer Workplaces
In 2020 Clive Hendry, an employee of Mowi Scotland was killed at work, during a crew transfer between a workboat and a feed barge. The company was fined £800,000 […]
McDonald’s, Sexual Harassment and Silent Regulators
McDonalds is under the spotlight once more for failing to protect their employees from sexual harassment. In February the company entering into a binding agreement with the Equality and Human […]
Let’s Be Heard
Let’s be Heard is the opportunity for the people of Scotland to have their voices heard by the COVID Public Inquiry. Views are being sought from individuals and groups across […]
My Four Years of Delay, Despair and Disappointment
On the 19th September 2019 my husband John Mackay suffered a horrific death, killed while working for Nationwide Platforms Loxam as a platform operator on the site of the former […]
Occupational Cancer – Prevention v Cure
The death of a family member through cancer is a tragedy so many families have to face year in and year out, the pain and heartache of witnessing a loved […]
Trade Union Health and Safety Education, Agitation and Organisation for safer and healthier workplaces.
In all fairness the IOSH press release tells us nothing new, however it is a timely reminder that too many employers are ignoring their health and safety obligations with impunity. As […]
Remember the Dead, Fight for the Living
For the first time in 3 years physical commemoration of International Workers’ Memorial Day was possible and trade unions, politicians, members of the public and, most importantly, bereaved family members […]