“RECKLESS AND UNNECCESARY” PLANS LEAVE COUNCIL WORKERS AT RISK
UNISON and GMB unions have hit out at Merthyr Tydfil CBC plans to re-open its civic amenity sites UNISON and GMB have slammed Merthyr Tydfil […]
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Covid-19 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Survey
Survey to establish how our members are being issued with Covid-19 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) With the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, we are facing an unprecedented […]
Key Workers: Stand up and be proud (Send us your photographs)
To all our members in key services we applaud you! We want to shout from the roof tops what a grand job you are doing […]
KEEP UP TO DATE: Sources for Latest Information for Staff
As this situation is ever changing, please refer to your local authority guidance by following the links below. RCT Council https://www.rctcbc.gov.uk/EN/Resident/EmergenciesSafetyandCrime/CoronavirusCOVID19latestinformationandadvice.aspx Merthyr Tydfil Council https://www.merthyr.gov.uk/coronavirus […]
COVID 19 AND PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS (Message from Branch Secretary)
Public Sector/Services workers in Local Government are once again on the frontline of providing essential service to our communities. Just a few weeks ago they […]
Reporting Accidents and Incidents
All staff should be made aware that any Incident or accident should be logged, whether it be verbal, physical or vocal aggression, incidents or actual […]
Mental Health Survey
Health and Safety is not just about fixtures and fittings and physical safety of workplaces. It is also about your mental health This survey is […]
HEALTH AND SAFETY: Join our new focus group to tackle stress
Unison’s Health and safety Officer is setting up a Focus group, to discuss Stress at work. The group would look at how we can help […]
Stay elfy this Christmas
Some words of advice from our Branch Health and Safety Officer, Michelle. Its common sense really – but sometimes sense is not that common. Christmas […]
Blacklisting firms face a £75m bill
Eight of the country’s biggest construction firms have agreed to pay an estimated £50m in compensation to blacklisted workers, equating to an average payout of […]