anthrax and smallpox links to union guidance, medical factsheets and press releases on anthrax.

asbestos selling death, the global asbestos scandal

behavioural safety Hazards issues a BS alert — "blame the worker" behavioural safety schemes can be bad for your union and bad for your health

cancer The great occupational cancer cover up

commission impossible Unions have said a resounding “no” to the government’s strategy for workplace health and safety and have called for a greater emphasis on enforcement, more rights for safety reps and more resources for the Health and Safety Executive.

compensation The Hazards definitive guide to claiming compensation in the UK.

computer workstations Hazards resources to ensure a safer computer workstation

deadly business If you kill, maim or hurt someone, you can expect to go to jail. Except if you employ that someone. Unions have the workplace safety criminals in their sights.

drink and drugs Resources, news and links on smoking, drugs and alcohol policy and practice at work.

genetic screening Why genetic screening is not the answer to workplace health and safety problems.

get a life! Union tools to ensure your job doesn't take over your life.

hazards news Latest news from Hazards on the corporate safety criminals, disasters at work, worklife balance and TUC health and safety E-zine Risks

hazards tools New online tools from Hazards can help you work out what hurts at work - and what you can do about it.

health information Your employer can no longer play fast and loose with your health information. A new code on obtaining and handling information about workers' health puts strict limits on the health information that can be obtained by employers.

needlesticks News, links, resources and advice on needlestick injuries

notices - pins/uins Union Inspection Notices, a new resource in the safety rep's tool kit.

organising Organised workplaces may be safer workplaces, but good organisation doesn’t happen by chance.

privacy Union response to snooping, drug and alcohol testing at work

rehabilitation union arguments for a better deal for workers when injury or sickness strikes. Details of new TUC research, a CAW Return to work checklist and a Hazards job retention guide

SARS News, links, resources and advice on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

sickness Sickness absence rates are the lowest on record, so why are bosses calling for a clampdown on "malingerers"?

smoking and the workplace A new Hazards webpage on workplace smoking policies, news and campaigns.

standing Millions of workers spend most of the working day on their feet. Hazards warns that there are serious health reasons why they shouldn’t stand for it.

strain injuries Strain injuries are commonly reported as the top cause of work-related injury, disability and lost time. They are easily prevented.

suicide Most of us have seen someone reduced to tears by work stresses. But crying can be just the start of it. Some workers get so distressed they opt for suicide. And workplace stress is geting worse

testing times Expert panels will soon make recommendations to the UK government on drug and genetic testing at work. Many companies are keen on both. Hazards warns that this is a dangerous development.

toilet breaks Workers are being denied adequate toilet breaks - and could be facing potentially serious health problems as a result.

union campaigns The best of the health and safety campaigns from around the world

union effect Hazards shows why safety is better organised.

union safety reps The reasons, roles and resources that mean trade union safety reps make work a whole lot safer

union safety training Union safety reps have a dramatic, positive impact on safety at work - and the more training they get, the more marked

victimisation Hazards looks at how you can get fired up about health and safety at work without getting fired.

voice loss Millions of workers, from teachers to telephonists to trade unionists, rely on their voices to do their jobs. But overwork your voice - shouting over the racket of a noisy class or taking call after call after call on the switchboard - and that might be the last you hear of it.

vulnerable workers Who's protecting the migrant workers?

Workers' Memorial Day Hazards features recent trade union health and safety campaigns to show how trade unions are addressing creatively workplace health problems.

women and work hazards Union, academic and campaign resources on gender and workplace health.

work and health Workplaces make people sick. They kill tens of thousands each year. But governement plans give far greater emphasis to changing your lifestyle than changing your workplace.

working world Hazards photofiles picture the dangers of the world of work and what international trade unions are doing to combat them.

worked to death It's the thoroughly modern way to die at work. Top occupational diseases of the 21st century workplace will be heart attacks, suicide and strokes.

young workers A young worker is seriously injured every 90 minutes and killed every four weeks. These workers aren’t “accident prone” or careless, they are inexperienced. When they are hurt, it means not enough was done to protect them.