As the rain stops and Britain's sizzling summer puts in a late appearance, bakers' union BFAWU is urging sweltering bakery workers to spell out just why a legal workplace temperature ceiling could save them from cooking at work. An online survey will allow members to detail their experiences of high workplace temperatures. The initiative is part of the union's 'Cool it!' campaign, in conjunction with the BFAWU Parliamentary Group, to get legal protection from one of the most widespread but unregulated problems bakery workers encounter. According to BFAWU, which is urging all its members 'working in relevant conditions' to take part: 'The survey has been designed to build up a dossier of evidence that will help demonstrate how widespread a problem excessive temperatures in the workplace are.'
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