6th Scottish Hazards Conference

10am-4pm

Thursday, 16 November 2006

STUC, Glasgow

Tomorrow (Thursday 16th November) over 100 delegates from throughout Scotland will gather at the STUC Centre in Glasgow for the 6th annual Scottish Hazards Conference.

At a time of rapid expansion of the European Union, unprecedented international movement of work and labour and unacceptable transfer of work risks from the developed to the developing world, the conference will concentrate on the health and safety of vulnerable groups in Scotland – young workers, migrant workers, workers with disabilities – and on action being taken in Scotland and throughout Europe to fight for better conditions for all workers. In light of ongoing unacceptable levels of workplace death and injury in Scotland, the conference will also be continuing Hazards campaigning for strong corporate killing legislation in Scotland.

The Hazards conference brings together trade union activists, community activists, occupational health and safety professionals and others involved in workplace health and safety. It is open to anyone with an interest in workplace health.

At this year’s conference, delegates will hear from a range of speakers. These include:

Dr Thora Brendstrup, an occupational physician who works with trade unions in Denmark. She will be speaking on behalf of the European Work Hazards Network and telling delegates about joint work being carried out between Danish and Baltic States construction unions;

Tommy Gorman, a campaigner on asbestos victims rights and other OH&S issues and a member of the Stirling University Occupational and Environmental Health Research Group, who will speak about occupational cancer and what we can learn from the history of asbestos related disease.

Margaret Burns, a member of the Health and Safety Commission and Chair of the Scottish Partnership on H&S Steering Group

Members of FACK – Families Against Corporate Killing (relatives of people who have died through work who have joined together to campaign to stop other workers being killed in preventable incidents)

Conference workshops will include: Migrant workers Young workers Disabled workers Environment Stress Driving for work Self regulation Cancer and work Occupational health services

ENDS

For further information contact

Kathy Jenkins, Secretary,
Scottish Hazards Campaign Group 113 Kingsknowe Road North, Edinburgh 0131 477 0817 email

Or

Ian Tasker STUC 0141 337 8100 email