This isn't a matter of chance or because unions are only to be found in safer firms. It is because unions provide the voice, skills and the workplace muscle needed to secure improvements. Asbestos cancers are set to be the single largest cause of male cancer deaths. This year unions and campaigners nationwide will be highlighting Britain's growing asbestos scandal. Dead at the desk.
Class struggles, child labour.
Genetic screening could be coming to a workplace near you. The TUC calls for a ban on this discriminatory, immoral and scientifically suspect alternative to safe workplaces. Hazards looks at how unions can organise to ensure the workplace is safe. Unions take up the challenge. President Bush and his poisonous policies.