Author Archives: Rory
Toxic chemicals action can benefit everyone
There must be new legislative and policy measures to prevent exposure to toxic chemicals, a new US report has concluded. It says this mix of mandatory and voluntary initiatives can deliver benefits for workers and the community. ‘Preventing toxic exposures: Workplace lessons in safer alternatives’ calls for a comprehensive, proactive federal chemicals management policy to […]
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged chemicals, Health Research for Action, University of California Berkeley. Health Resaearch for Action. Toxics Use Reduction Comments closed
Anatomy of a cancer cover up
The UK’s official workplace health and safety watchdog is helping the microelectronics industry cover up worrying evidence of occupational cancer risks, a campaign group has charged. Phase Two, which represents workers who believe their health was damaged by exposures at National Semiconductor’s (NSUK) plant in Greenock, Scotland, was speaking out on the 24 August publication […]
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged cancer, Health and Safety Executive, HSE, microelectronics, National Semiconductor, Phase Two Comments closed
It’s good to reuse the green, green glass….
Discarded beer and wine bottles can help build a greener future, a Hong Kong union has demonstrated. The Hong Kong Dumper Truck Driver Association (HKDTDA) launched an innovative Green Glass Green pilot project in June. Drivers collect used wine and beer bottles from designated disposal areas three times a week. From there, the green glass […]
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Unions back ‘just transition’ to green transport
Transport workers must take responsibility for tackling climate change, their unions have agreed. The first-ever climate change conference of ITF, the global union federation for the sector, heard delegates urge ITF to develop sustainable means to achieve emission reductions from the transport industry. The conference, which preceded ITF’s congress in Mexico City this month and […]
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Cut throat contracts sink ‘social responsibility’ claims
Are the policies paraded by brand name companies, proclaiming their virtuous factory floor to shop floor operations worldwide, really worth the paper they are written on? The occupational cancer and suicide scandals that have hit microelectronics firms operating in Asia are the latest to cast doubt on the supply chain oversight employed by multinationals to […]
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Apple, Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, Garrett Brown, MHSSN, Samsung Comments closed
Deregulation’s deadly reality gulf
Governments listen to business. Left to them, there’s three certainties in life – deregulation, disasters and workplace deaths and diseases. In a new campaign, we remind them that ‘We didn’t vote to die at work.’
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Oil industry ‘malfeasance’ kills hundreds
The US oil and gas industry has been responsible for thousands of fires, explosions and leaks over the last decade, causing hundreds of deaths and widespread habitat and wildlife destruction, a new report has concluded. The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) says its findings underscore “petroleum company malfeasance.” It says its study, based on official data […]
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No clean start for BP
CLEAN START? Producing oil may be a high risk business, particularly if you plumb unmanageable depths in the world’s oceans. But BP’s problem stems from its first priority: producing profits.
Killing workers is bad for the environment