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Risks 141 - 31 January 2004

This week's Risks contains - · Action: RSI Association funding appeal. Union news: TUC calls “work your proper hours” day * Amicus wins safety rep time off tribunal * HGV drivers secure milestone hours deal * Where there's a chill there's a way * RMT action call in working-while-sober sackings * FBU blasts “dangerously naïve” fire bill * Asbestos health concern grows Other news: UK faces asbestos cancer epidemic * Farmer guilty of slurry attack * MEPs support end to working time opt-out * HSE warns that machines still kill * Smaller seed bags to solve growing back problems International news: Denmark: Guards say no to jail house monsters * Europe: Work risks to women are neglected * Global: Brutal conditions in microchip factories * Regulations are the only way to stop abuse * USA: Woman denied strains payout gets $12m * USA: Ergonomic experts boycott conference Events and courses: Work your proper hours day, 27 February * International RSI Awareness Day, 29 February * Beating violence and abuse at work seminar, 1 March. TUC courses for safety reps
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