RMT SAFETY REPS NEWSLETTER ISSUE NO 3
Spring 2024
International Workers’ Memorial Day 28 April International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD) takes place on 28th April each year; the idea of the day is to remember the dead – and fight like hell for the living. Each year the day has a different theme. The day is also used as an opportunity to get reps out and about into workplaces to raise the profile of workplace health and safety.
you a RMT safety rep’s clip board and HV vest.
Any rep who signs up will be provided with information and resources to assist, including a building safety inspection check-list. They will also receive TUC Education accreditation.
The Hazards Campaign has joined forces with Heat Strike to organise a meeting on Wednesday 10th April at 6.30pm to campaign for maximum workplace temperature and heat furlough. Join with other trade unionists and be part of the campaign: REGISTER NOW!
Climate risks for workers
Extreme weather and changing weather patterns are likely to affect the majority of RMT members in their daily work.
The impact of working in extreme weather is that it can cause fatigue, increase workplace injury and stress-related disease. It adds higher UV In relation to the latter, the TUC is encouraging exposure, placing workers safety reps to carry out an at risk of chronic health inspection during the week International Workers’ problems, including skin commencing 22nd April, to put pressure on employers Memorial Day theme for 2024: cancer and eye damage (macular degeneration). Yet and the government to ‘Climate risks for workers’ despite this, there are no tackle building safety issues laws on maximum workplace including RAAC, asbestos, temperatures. and fire safety.
Please tell the TUC if you want to get involved and carry out an inspection: https://www.tuc.org.uk/building-safetyinspections-week-action Whatever you do for IWMD, whether for it is an inspection or holding a workplace health and safety meeting, please let us know about this by emailing: healthandsafety@rmt.org.uk and we will send
Also, check from Hazards Campaign this great resource on Heat and Health & Safety And see RMT advice on working in extreme weather: https://www.rmt.org.uk/about/health-andsafety/health/working-in-extreme-weather/
RMT – SERI0US ABOUT SAFETY