23rd July 2010

‘We didn’t vote to die at work’

Contributed by Lee Rushworth

The Hazards Campaign has launched a national ‘We didn’t vote to die at work’ campaign. The initiative, which was premiered at last week’s National Hazards Conference in Keele, has already attracted wide support from unions and safety reps. The campaign also has its own dedicated Facebook group. This declares the campaign is ‘against the Con-Dem government attacks on workplace safety and health.’ It adds: ‘We need to fight against: the deregulation of health and safety law; the misrepresentation of health and safety as silly, unnecessary, red tape instead of our human right; the lie that health and safety is a burden on business when in fact good health and safety pays for itself and business externalises the cost of poor health and safety on to us all, paying less than 25 per cent of the cost of the massive burden of death injury and ill-health caused by poor health and safety standards; and cuts in enforcement proposed by the new coalition government.’ ‘We didn’t vote to die at work’ posters have proved so popular, stocks were exhausted in three days and a reprint is underway. And don’t be surprised if you see someone wearing the t-shirt – hundreds have sold already.
·       Join the ‘We didn’t vote to die at work’ Facebook group. If you want to get hold of campaign resources, contact the Hazards Campaign, Windrush Millennium Centre, 70 Alexandra Road, Manchester, M16 7WD, or email or phone 0161 636 7557. T-shirts cost £6 (that includes postage) and are available in small, medium, large, XL, XXL and XXXL (send a cheque made out to ‘Hazards Campaign’).

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