health and safety

Shack Fire Summit, Kennedy Road settlement, 22 September 2008

red jack — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:55:35 +0000

Wednesday, 08 October 2008

Abahlali baseMjondolo (KwaZulu-Natal & Western Cape)
Landless Peoples' Movement (KwaZulu-Natal & Gauteng)
Rural Network (KwaZulu-Natal)
Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign (Western Cape)
South African National Civics Organisations (eThekwini region)

Metronet climb down on activist victimisation

Jack — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:39:33 +0000

As previously reported here, Metronet have been victimising militant RMT rep Andy Littlechild. Andy had been suspended for 3 weeks for following Metronet agreed health and safety policy against the wishes of a manager.

Building workers on strike in Trinidad

Ed — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:21:35 +0000

On Saturday, the workers at the CCR plant walked off the site in protest against what they described as unfair treatment of women employees by management.

Bitter death in a chocolate factory

laureakai — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:00:23 +0000

In May 2008, Krzysztof Pruszewicz would have been 21. He was killed on April 16 in an industrial accident in the Vobro Chocolate Factory in Brodnica, Poland.

Wildcat strike in South African mines

Ed — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:00:15 +0000

On 28 May, 42 load-haul-dumper operators stopped unprotected work at the Everest mine, and the rest of the underground workforce, numbering around 1,300 employees, stopped work in sympathy the following day.

Coca Cola plant goes up in flames

peter_oyeti — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:07:56 +0000

The development had prompted the management of the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) to suspend operations at the plant.

The dead workers were said to have been taken to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) morgue while the injured were reportedly receiving treatment.

Tube strike suspended after safety guarantees won

Steven. — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:44:11 +0000

Faced with the prospect of three days of strike action from 18:30 on Sunday, London Underground has abandoned plans that the union had described as a fundamental attack on Tube safety standards and casualisation of safety critical work.

RMT and TSSA vote for joint strike action

Ed — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:13:46 +0000

The strike ballot saw 1,673 members vote for action with 333 voting against. The ballot result opens the way for joint action with fellow Tube union TSSA, whose own members voted for action earlier this month. The unions are opposing management attacks on safety standards and the casualisation of safety-critical work (details in notes below).

Strike brings Brussels public transport to a halt

Jack — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:42:55 +0000

Starting at 6.30, citywide buses and trams were completely shut down. Metro services were reported to be overcrowded beyond capacity.

French air traffic controllers continue strike

jef costello — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:24:53 +0000

The strikes led to 50% of flight from Orly airport being cancelled with many others suffering delays of up to five hours. Marseille, Nice, Lyon and Toulouse airports were forced to cancel flights to Orly knowing that they would not be able to land. The Airport at Roissy was largely unaffected.