‘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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By clicking the link below you will go direct to Angela’s speech. 

Angela demolishes some Tory myths about the bankers' and financiers' collapse. She explains how the Tories are determined to make 'blue collar' and low paid 'white collar' workers pay for it as an excuse to introduce cuts - for ideological reasons that have no bearing on the true situation.

It is well worth reading.

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2010-07-20a.192.0&s=speaker%3A10182#g232.2

With the rank Tory 'Mail' turning on the Tories they must be in a pickle!

In a remarkable change from its usual gushing support for all things Tory the Daily Wail Mail has just printed an article most unfriendly to David Cameron about Tory bus pass promises.  The front page article reads:

“The move will embarrass David Cameron who dismissed Labour claims that the Tories would slash free bus travel as ‘pure and simple lies’ during the election campaign.”

According to the ‘Mail’ the Tory leader is now having to eat his words as the Tory led ‘ConDem’ government is set to increase retirement ages and also, according to the ‘Mail’ ,“The government also faces the accusation that it has gone back on its promise not to tamper with free bus journeys in its coalition agreement.”

So what is the lesson from this?  Cameron hurls the accusation that Labour was lying before the election for predicting exactly what the ‘Mail’ suggests he may himself now be set to implement.  And will he apologise for calling the Labour leader a liar?  Well, that would be a nice gesture wouldn’t it?

Merseyside has for years through its consortium ‘Merseytravel’ provide free passes for over 60s.  Is this to be scrapped by the government? 

And our earlier report exposes what a spin the Wirral ConDem coalition is in, too.  Will they scrap Labour’s free swimming for kids and pensioners, too, and then tell the pensioners they must find bus fares on top?

And what else does the usually Tory supporting ’Mail’ report on today?  Well, it seems highly interested in whether  Boris, the Tory Mayor of London, is conducting his private life quite as his Sunday School Teacher might have advised.  Well, maybe that takes attention from how well he’s doing in the day job?

Oh dear.  It just gets worse, doesn’t it?