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GMHC is an independent organisation giving help and advice with any health, safety and welfare problems to do with work. We work across the North West.
The Too Hard Bucket: UK safety regulator responds in full to fewer than a quarter of FOI requests. Read the full article by Sam Baker, Staff reporter, The Chemical Engineer.
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UK safety regulator responds in full to fewer than a quarter of FOI requests
THE UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) responded in full to less than a quarter of public information requests in Q2 2025 – less than half the rate recorded three years ago, according to new data.
www.thechemicalengineer.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
October 22, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Some lessons for Manchester here, and more likely to succeed if pupils, workers and their representatives are fully involved.

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Mayor invests £2.7m in air quality filters for schools to clean up air in classrooms
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today launched a new £2.7 million programme to deliver indoor air quality filters to hundreds of schools across the capital, bringing cleaner air to tens of thousa...
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October 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Issue 77: Greener Jobs Alliance Newsletter Inc. Trade Union Year of Climate Action, Big step forward at TUC, Transition plan for North Sea, workers demands, UNISON Year of Action timetable, Climate Risk, workers on front-line & the 36th Hazards conference
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October 16, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Now available in Flip-book format, the North West Long COVID Charter is an essential tool for unions, workers and their reps to understand the issues, the law and the strategies needed in the workplace.
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August 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Finnola is a supermarket worker, and one of millions of workers who will benefit from the Employment Rights Bill. Please read her story and sign her open letter to the Prime Minister letter.megaphone.org.uk
Pass the Employment Rights Bill in full: Sign the open letter
Finnola is a supermarket worker, and one of the millions of workers who will benefit if the Employment Rights Bill is passed in full. Please read her story and sign her open letter to the Prime Minist...
letter.megaphone.org.uk
August 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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A basic human right that had to be fought for. Train drivers will finally have access to toilets at work thanks to campaigning by ASLEF. This is a massive win for ASLEF members and the union's Dignity for Drivers campaign.
August 12, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Greener Jobs Alliance Newsletter issue 75 just out.

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🎟️Saturday 26th July 2025 book your place actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...

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July 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
No legally defined limit in the UK but what about others?
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July 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Too hot to work? Take action
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