FLU PANDEMIC

FLU pandemic resources

US union guidance on ‘pandemic flu’

TUC pandemic flu guide

Canada: CUPE flu pandemic guidance webpages • [pdf]

USA: Pandemic Flu Fact Sheets
Labor Safety and Health Training Project is a joint project of the National Labor College and the AFL-CIO has published advice on Pandemic Flu in English and Spanish more

UK: TUC flu pandemic guidance
The TUC is warning against an over-reaction from firms on the flu pandemic threat, saying some employers are panicking and taking pointless and disruptive measures. Guidance for employers and unions published last week by TUC gives advice on how workplaces could best prepare for a possible UK outbreak. It warns of the possibility that employers could fall victim to 'snake-oil' salesmen, as happened during the recent SARS outbreak, and urges employers not to panic or stockpile products that could have no impact on the spread of the virus. Instead, TUC calls on employers to develop a contingency plan for dealing with an outbreak that could disrupt transport, supplies, banking, the internet and which could see up to 50 per cent of the workforce absent at any one time.
TUC news release, 14 June 2007 and flu pandemic guidance [pdf], Hazards news, 23 June 2007