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GMHC is an independent organisation giving help and advice with any health, safety and welfare problems to do with work. We work across the North West.

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Demand an employment rights bill #2 Add your name to the calls for an employment rights bill #2.

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Now available in Flip-book format, the North West Long COVID Charter is an essential tool for unions, workers and their reps to understand the issues, the law and the strategies needed in the workplace.
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26.08.2025 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pass the Employment Rights Bill in full: Sign the open letter Finnola is a supermarket worker, and one of the millions of workers who will benefit if the Employment Rights Bill is passed in full. Please read her story and sign her open letter to the Prime Minist...

Finnola is a supermarket worker, and one of millions of workers who will benefit from the Employment Rights Bill. Please read her story and sign her open letter to the Prime Minister letter.megaphone.org.uk

13.08.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wildfire major incident in Dorset reveals dangers of fire service funding crisis, says FBU With two significant wildfire incidents breaking out within 24 hours this weekend, the Fire Brigades Union has issued a warning that UK fire services do not have the resources to keep the public safe.

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A basic human right that had to be fought for. Train drivers will finally have access to toilets at work thanks to campaigning by ASLEF. This is a massive win for ASLEF members and the union's Dignity for Drivers campaign.

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Greener Jobs Alliance Newsletter issue 75 just out.

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workersplanet.org

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Join the Brum Bin Strike Megapicket II- 25 July 2025 RSVP and sign up with your comrades to join the Brum Bin Strike Megapicket on 25 July.

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🎟️Saturday 26th July 2025 book your place actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...

#Troublemakers25

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No legally defined limit in the UK but what about others?
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NSC and NCCCO New Report - Newsroom - National Safety Council NSC and NCCCO Foundation release a new report to protect crane workers from growing heat stress threat.

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Too hot to work? Take action
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09.07.2025 09:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Bullying of LGBT workers, new TUC report

Bullying of LGBT workers, new TUC report

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National Hazards Conference 2025 This year sees the 36th annual Hazard Conference and like last year it will be a packed weekend for trade union members and safety activists. The conference is hybrid (both in-person and online) you c...

Join me at National Hazards Conference 2025 www.megaphone.org.uk/events/natio...

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In the week the HSE release their update on UK work-related fatalities, Hazards Magazine presents the concerning omissions and a picture of ineffective regulatory deterrents
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Too hot, too cold How to protect workers from extreme temperatures and fight climate change

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The results are in – a resounding 81 % of people across the world want governments to tax fossil fuel companies fairly for the damage they’re causing to the climate.

Add your voice – It’s time to make the biggest and richest polluters #PayUp. bit.ly/4n9Bon7

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We need a maximum working temperature Every summer, temperatures are rising and working in prolonged heat and sun can be dangerous. It can cause a number of health concerns, from dehydration and dizziness to the most serious of illnesses....

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In our report β€˜A breath of fresh air’ we set out recommendations for the UK government, from tackling pollution at source and developing an indoor air quality strategy.

πŸ”—Read the report: ow.ly/J9Rv50WcaRL

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A breath of fresh air: responding to the health challenges of modern air pollution

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has published a new report examining the effects of air pollution on health throughout the life course, calling on UK governments to treat air quality as a public health issue.
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'Indoor air can be 2-5 times more polluted than the air outside'. Workplaces need to do better.

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Is it too hot to work? With temperatures set to rocket to highs of 32Β°C in parts of the Britain this week,β€―the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued a heat-health alert for the β€˜hottest summer ever’.

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