Organising for Health and Safety - a TUC resource for use in the workplace

This resource is designed to help you achieve more active membership, with more safety representatives. It will make you more effective on the ground – where real gains can be made, and help create a greater culture of safety in your workplace. We know that safety representatives do make a difference. These workplaces with union representatives and joint safety committees have half the injury rate of those without. At the same time health and safety is one of the main reasons that people join a trade union. There is a lot to be done. Over a million workers get injured every year, and around thirty million working days are lost every year as a result of work-related injuries and ill health.

Organising for Health and Safety [PDF]