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Disappointing to see @unibirmingham hasn't observed #IWMD20 but has made time to share #PetsofUoB updates... it's made all the more sad in light the tragic death of a construction worker on campus in January. Shouldn't we be remembering them today? 🤔 birminghamucu.org/2020/01/16/wor…
.@unibirmingham didn't inform staff, students or even official safety representatives about the death. We only found out thanks to local news reporting. Let's remember Igor Malka's life and death today and resolve to fight for greater transparency and safer workplaces #IWMD20
There's a nice tribute to Igor in the @ExpressandStar expressandstar.com/news/local-hub…. Let's hope @unibirmingham choose to remember him next year #IWMD20
Just caught up on last nights damning Panorama, I’m heartbroken and I’m furious.
For those who are still insisting on regurgitating the ‘totally unprecedented event’ messaging being pushed by the Government, please do some research. A pandemic is NOT an unexpected event.
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For those who are still insisting on regurgitating the ‘totally unprecedented event’ messaging being pushed by the Government, please do some research. A pandemic is NOT an unexpected event.
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For the last decade it’s been designated as the greatest threat to Britain + Government pandemic guidance from 2009 made it clear what should be stockpiled to prepare for an outbreak like Covid-19. Yet last year, advisors were raising concerns over inadequate stockpiling.
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As one doctor observed: “We’ve been put on the frontline, as they keep calling it, but without frontline protection. It’s like being sent into battle without the resources to fight.”
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I will proudly & with deep sadness join the #IWMD20 minute's silence today, for all the workers who have died from Coronavirus, whether on the frontline of health and social care or elsewhere.
I won't for a moment allow sadness to detract from utter fury that many of these people would still be alive today if government & employers had done their single most important job and ensured every single worker had the PPE & working conditions they needed to keep them safe.
TUC: "Every year more people are killed at work than in wars. Most don't die of mystery ailments, or in tragic "accidents". They die because an employer decided their safety just wasn't that important a priority."
This is true every year, but never more so than today. >
This is true every year, but never more so than today. >
