From the Your Rights at Work team an email OHS lobbying campaign
http://www.rightsatwork.com.au/ohscampaign
and with the ACTU OHS radio ad going to air, worker pressure on Gillard is increasing. ‘It is time to remind our governments that Australian workers cannot live with second rate safety standards. (See earlier OHS posts on this blog )In the few minutes it will take you to read this article, someone else — perhaps a friend or workmate of yours — will have been seriously injured at work. From crane drivers to nurses to engineers, workplace health and safety is an issue that affects every worker. Yet, most Australians are unaware that their health and safety laws are being radically reformed.
Our governments are working to harmonise all the existing health and safety laws into one national system for the states, territories and Commonwealth.
Big businesses are pushing for this new national system because they say it will reduce red tape and be easier and more affordable for them.
But there is a real risk that the new laws will reduce red tape at the cost of lower safety standards for working Australians.
Every year more than 350,000 Australians are hurt or become ill at work — seriously enough to take a day or more off work.
Tragically it is estimated there are more Australians who die from injuries or work-related disease than the national road toll.
As a nation, the proposed new laws are an opportunity to significantly improve safety standards.
Why shouldn’t Australia have the world’s best workplace safety laws?
We are world leaders in tackling road safety and we should also aim to be world leaders in making sure our workplaces are safe.
Please send our governments this message and tell them — Don’t risk second rate safety!
http://www.rightsatwork.com.au/campaigns/dontrisk2ndratesafety/
The “Your Rights at Work” Team
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