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Risks 117 - 2 August 2003

This week - Union news: safety on the union agenda * Amicus seeks the time of our lives * TGWU's holiday farm warning * union calls on shopworkers to stand up and be counted Other news: work deaths “a blemish on a civilised society” * the fall and rise of construction death figures * unions are central to site deaths prevention drive * boss jailed for workers' deaths * migrant labourers face deadly work threat * breakdown worker killed on M-way * doctors could sue over hours * toilet waste “hampers rail repairs” * working mothers are “too stressed” * holidays mean hard work Resources: new HSE health services website International news: Global: concerns over trucker safety and preventable, predictable and all too common * New Zealand: unions needed for safe chemical handling * USA: workers hit by depression era hours and rising job stress could hit the bottom line and laundry company told to clean up its act and Korean-Americans warned of workplace dangers
1.8.2003

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