editor of Hazards, global trade union work and health geek, UNEP/ILO/WHO expert groups, would-be slayer of capitalist dragons, visiting professor @ccccjustice
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Rory O'Neill retweeted
🚨1 year after India’s Human Rights Commission flagged Amazon’s heatwave abuses, UNI Global Union shows the crisis continues: extreme warehouse heat, unsafe delivery, workers collapsing on the job.
It’s time for accountability. #MakeAmazonPay
independent.co.uk/asia/india…
Rory O'Neill retweeted
🎥Webinar - #ForDemocracy that Delivers Peace and Prosperity for All
🗣️“Militarization does not equal safety. Real safety comes from justice, equality, dignity, and solidarity. Governments must prioritize people over weapons.” — Ed Pomfret @Oxfam
📺Watch the full webinar: youtube.com/live/4eWMMTKZob0
📰Read our statement: ituc-csi.org/global-call-to-…
Rory O'Neill retweeted
🌍🔥 Heat is killing workers. Climate change is making it worse. A new @WHO & @WMO report shows over 2.4 billion workers face rising risks from workplace heat stress — including dehydration, injuries, and even death.
👷🏽♀️👨🏾🔧 The ITUC is calling for urgent action:
⚖️ Binding max temperatures
🤝 Collective bargaining for heat protection
📋 Mandatory heat risk assessments
🏥 Medical monitoring & safety rights
💬 “Working people cannot wait while the world burns.” – @luc_triangle
🚨 Heat is now one of the fastest-growing occupational health threats. Decent work and climate action must go hand in hand. 💪
🔗 ituc-csi.org/heat-stress-and…
#ClimateAction #WorkersRights #TooHotToWork #HeatStress #ClimateJustice #OSH #JustTransition
Oh, @H_S_E, you get something right for once and then go 'correct' it. Irritant asthma really does exist and is well reported in the peer-reviewed medical literature. We shouldn't have to be correcting HSE on the basics... again.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3582…
Rory O'Neill retweeted
📱 Algorithms shouldn't determine if a worker can feed their family. Join our webinar on April 24 (13:30 CET) to hear how platform workers worldwide are organising for their rights and how you can help secure global protections.
🎙️Multilingual: EN, ES, FR, RU, AR
🔗pulse.ly/rspufameki #ForDemocracy #TimeToDeliver #PlatformWorkers
Rory O'Neill retweeted
Last week the APPG hosted a public hearing on the legacy of asbestos manufacturer, Cape (owned by Altrad).
A full transcript and written submissions can now be viewed on our website:
appgosh.org/post/evidence-pu…
For more on the unaddressed work-related suicide scandal, see hazards.org/suicide
Tragic case of work-related suicide
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmjg…
First ever trade union winner! A trailblazer! Brilliant news - and really well deserved. And Rob is not just a influencer in the UK - he's helped negotiate groundbreaking language on contruction safety and biological hazards at the International Labour Organisation.
LAST GASP | Will @H_S_E finally act to prevent Britain's breathtaking #silica tragedy? - @hazardsmagazine hazards.org/dust/lastgasp.ht…
Rory O'Neill retweeted
Whilst the company are saying it isnt fire and rehire, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck…
bfawu.org/news-from-bakers-u…
Rory O'Neill retweeted
🗣️"A #JustTransition isn’t a luxury—it’s a necessity, a hope for survival. We need systemic change that upholds human and workers' rights: fair wages, safe conditions, skill development, and security. No #ClimateJustice without social justice and peace." Eric Manzi, ITUC Deputy General Secretary @manzieric65
📺Watch the full speech: pulse.ly/xrulvasxw3
#Unions4JustTransition #COP29Azerbaijan
Rory O'Neill retweeted
The Hazards Campaign says the UK’s Health and Safety Executive underestimates massively the true figures of workplace deaths and injuries
hazardscampaign.org.uk/thewh…
@SarahGibsonLD @LibDemsinBiz @MarishaRayLD @H_S_E @DaveBlacklist @The_TUC @nowak_paul @hazardscampaign
Rory O'Neill retweeted
#COP29 rumours go about agreement on emission trading #article6 @ opening tomorrow.
This is NOT the 1.5°C action we need!
Every emission credit traded is a lost reduction.
We have to cut emissions, not trade them.
@COP29_AZ wrong start!
#Unions4JustTransition
Rory O'Neill retweeted
A stone worker in hospital with terminal silicosis says he developed the disease after inhaling dust while cutting engineered stone, known as quartz, kitchen worktops in unsafe working conditions. Ewan Tant represents leighdaylaw.info/3UP6JPN
ALT Marek Marzec in a hospital bed
Spycops scandal: All police files must be released, victimised site workers say hazards.org/blacklistblog/20… via @hazardsmagazine
Rory O'Neill retweeted
Julia Waters's address to Reading Borough Council yesterday :"Staying silent is dangerous. Refusing to ask uncomfortable questions or take preemptive action is dangerous". A message that also needs to be heard by the regulator responsible for preventing workplace deaths.@H_S_E
We are still being killed at work by silica - a hazard recognised since antiquity. But the industry has now found a way to make it worse, so it kills faster and younger - with hyperfine dusts in 'engineered stone - @bwiglobal bwint.org/cms/bwi-global-cli…
Rory O'Neill retweeted
Keir Starmer’s apology will do nothing to prevent another Grenfell.
Abandoning austerity & rebuilding public infrastructure might.
My piece with Vickie Cooper:
theconversation.com/grenfell…
@european_group @Lowkey0nline @johnpringdns @KirsteenPaton @pashukanist @hazardscampaign
Rory O'Neill retweeted
#Silicosis - my article in the latest edition of @BritSafe Safety Management journal.
Workers are being unnecessary put at critical risk. Australia has already banned these worktops
@hazardscampaign
