health and safety

Making work safer through direct action - Daniel Gross and Joe Tessone recount the actions of…

Following the clearing in 2004 of IBM in a lawsuit alleging they knew about carcinogens found in their computer chip factories, a new scientific…

No worker should not have gone into the mine that day. But Halemba sent in some unqualified contractors. Laure Akai reports.

8 miners have been killed and 15 more remain trapped following an explosion in a deep coal mine yesterday in Ruda Slaska, Southern Poland…

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Following another worker's death, Ret Marut examines the conditions in China's factories.

Health and safety campaigners have welcomed the jailing of a rail boss, found guilty of killing four maintenance workers who died when a runaway wagon ploughed into them. Mark Connell, 44, had deliberately dismantled the brakes on two of his wagons in order to save money.

Some 15 teachers a year are dying of asbestos related cancer.

A report brought out by the Hazards campaign has shown that the government’s Health and Safety Executive have been deliberately not prosecuting offending companies and culling records of offenders from its website.

RMT and ASLEF arrange joint ballot over health and safety, harrassment and breached agreements.

As RMT station workers struck over jobs and safety on Monday 9 January, tube drivers on the Northern line took wildcat strike action in support of a suspended colleague.

The day-long strike of London Underground station staff ended last night, as 45 stations were closed.