UNISON wins compensation for members after brutal assaults at work

Three UNISON members working in a care home received compensation totalling £60,000 after being attacked and assaulted by a service user

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

UNISON tackles cancer in the workplace

Employers must do more to support workers with cancer – that was the message at a UNISON health and safety fringe event at the union’s national delegate conference last week, as the union launched its campaign ‘cancer in the workplace’

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Problems at work: chef wins compensation after fall at work

Chef left permanently injured after fall at work

Magazine on the UNISON National site.

Vigil reveals true cost of asbestos

Labour conference vigil calls on government to fund research into mesothelioma

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON backs healthy workplaces campaign

Four in 10 workers believe that work-related stress is not handled well by their employers

Article on the UNISON National site.

Remember the Rana Plaza collapse – and tell Matalan to pay up

Thursday 24 April marks the first anniversary of the collapse of Rana Plaza, when 1,138 people lost their lives and 2,000 more were injured as the unsafe building collapsed

Article on the UNISON National site.

Problems at work: librarian’s career destroyed by heavy lifting

Health and safety failings to blame for library assistant’s chronic back pain

Magazine on the UNISON National site.

UNISON attacks government obsession with sickness absence

Figures released by the Office for National Statistics show that days lost due to sickness absence fell in 2013

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON marks progress on world AIDS day

Health and safety developments help to improve situation, although UNISON stresses that there are still things to fight for

Article on the UNISON National site.

Calling all mobile workers!

UNISON asks mobile workers to send experiences of needing access to toilets for health and safety campaign.

Article on the UNISON National site.