Health and safety

Everyone has the right to work in a healthy, safe environment. Unite offers the latest training, information and advice to representatives, members and employers to ensure that best practice is followed, creating healthier, safer working environments for everyone. For more information on these areas, see the links below.

Locally Unite, Amicus section has around 10,000 safety reps that are supported by branches, regions and national staff and resources. Safety reps deal with issues locally supported by their senior workplace reps. If you have a health and safety question and cannot find the answer in the links below you should contact your safety rep, your regional office or call Membership Department on 020 8462 7755 to find out your regional office contact details.

 

The Health and Safety Unit is led by Mike McCartney, with five Health and Safety Advisers (Clare Baker, Keir Clayton, Bud Hudspith, Debbie Hutchings, and Rob Miguel) reporting to him. The Safety Advisers lead on particular health & safety policy issues, advise union officers and members, write safety guidance, advise on various Industrial Advisory Committees and liaise with Government and other public bodies.  To contact the Health and Safety team, email healthandsafety@unitetheunion.com.

 

Health and safety related motions from the 2007 Unite, Amicus Policy Conference can be found in Decisions of Unite Amicus Section Policy Conference 2007 (pdf, 397KB). These are on the 35 hour week and working time (Composite 7, page 19), corporate manslaughter and directors' duties (Composite 15, page 31), health and safety (Composite 16, page 32), domestic health and safety (Motion 102, page 53), asbestos legislation (Motion 103, page 53). Previous years' health and safety policies can be found here.