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The Joint Union Asbestos Committee (JUAC) welcomes the news from the Australian Government that it will set up a new office of asbestos safety. Workplace...

We are receiving a very high volume of enquiries from women who have had Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) breast implants, and are worried about their...

The Joint Union Asbestos Committee (JUAC) welcomes yesterday’s landmark ruling by the Supreme Court (in the case of Joan Eddleston versus the Excess Insurance, MMI,...

The government has admitted that a 2010 act designed to help people gain compensation for industrial diseases is unlikely to be implemented until 2013. The...

An Equity member has accepted £17,500 compensation for substantial injuries to her knee after she tripped on a backstage step that had been added without...

Sally Hawkins needed Equity’s help when she was injured on a film set and the insurance company refused to pay. Sally was filming a ‘fight...

“This was always about getting the company to change a bad system. It was never about the money,” says Jacqueline, an engineer with a rail...

In late 2008 a member of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers was patrolling the school entrance when he noticed a pupil smoking. Following the...

Leeds, 10 October 2011 – The nation’s education trade unions today renewed calls for government to proactively manage asbestos in schools following the recent publication...