RMT SAFETY REPS NEWSLETTER ISSUE NO 5
Winter 2024
Register now for RMT Health and Safety Conference 2025
RMT Health and Safety conference 2024: advisory committee members at the conference reception desk. If you haven’t yet got your nomination form in for the RMT Health and Safety Advisory conference – then please sort this out now! It is the biggest of RMT conferences – and it is an excellent opportunity to meet with safety reps from around the country and from difference sections of the transport sector, as well as to learn more about health and safety. The conference and conference training will take place over the 18 and 19 February, with conference training on the afternoon of Tuesday 18 February and the conference itself on Wednesday 19 February 2025, at the Radisson Hotel, York. The theme of this year’s conference is “Health and Safety under a Labour Government”: speakers for the main conference debate on this theme include Lord
John Hendy KC, Janet Newsham, Manchester Hazards Centre, Justin Madders MP, Parliamentary UnderSecretary of State (Minister for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets). Conference training will be on the following topics: violence at work, focus on the health and safety six pack legislation, MSDs (Musculoskeletal disorders), safety inspections, ORR inspectors/what to do when an inspector visits and night work & impact on fatigue; all workshops will be delivered by experts in their field. If you want to attend the conference, contact your branch secretary and ask that your branch nominate you as a conference delegate. If you experience any difficulties in the nomination process, then please contact RMT’s Health and Safety team by emailing: healthandsafety@rmt.org.uk.
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