Jeff Sparrow recently gained considerable media attention with his book that reflected on violence in society. Yossi Berger once described occupational health and safety as a “kind of violence” in his book of that title. There is a lot of research into occupational violence, much of it from the United States which, to some extent, has an unrepresentative view of … Continue reading “Dipping into workplace violence”
Yossi Berger, Australian OHS guru with the Australian Workers’ Union, has posted an article on the Croakey blog explaining his thoughts on the issue of quad bike safety.
Following on from Asbestos Awareness Week, an ABC media report on 3 December 2009 says that the Australian Workers Union is continuing to apply pressure to the Tasmanian Government and Cement Australia for testing of former employees and local residents for exposure to asbestos. An epidemiological study of former employees has been agreed to by the company and is being conducted … Continue reading “Union continues pressure on asbestos as an urgent public health issue”