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  • Alcoa cancer link

    28 June 2002 Alcoa workers risk of cancer greater than the national average....read more

  • Australian workers more likely to be injured

    21 June 2002: Australian workers are three times more likely to sustain a workplace injury than their British counterparts according to visiting UK health and safety authority Rory O’Neill....read more

  • Drug testing a red herring

    29 November 2002 Unions reject employer calls for drug testing....read more

  • Health and Safety Representatives to tackle issues

    21 June 2002: Hundreds of health and safety representatives from across Victoria will converge on the Melbourne Exhibition Centre on Wednesday June 19 for a one day Conference...read more

  • Renowned UK health and safety authority visits Melbourne

    18 June 2002: Renowned UK health and safety activist, Rory O’Neill, will address over one thousand Victorian health and safety representatives at a one day conference at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre tomorrow...read more

  • Thousands die yearly from exposure to hazardous chemicals at work

    24 August 2002: Exposure to deadly chemicals at work kills thousands of Australian workers every year....read more

  • Unions declare Royal Commission a ‘health hazard’

    19 September 2002: Building unions host successful health and safety conference in defiance of the Cole Royal Commision....read more

  • Unions vow to continue to fight for tougher OHS penalties

    6 December 2002 The VTHC welcomes the appointment of Rob Hulls as Minister for Industrial Relations and WorkCover....read more

  • Victorian workplace deaths rise by 17%

    11 July 2002: A 17 per cent rise in Victorian workplace fatalities demands a policy reversal from the State Liberal opposition on the recently defeated Crimes (Workplace Deaths and Serious Injuries) Bill according to Victorian Trades Hall Council....read more

  • West Gate Bridge workers remembered

    October 15: A memorial service was held today for the 35 workers who lost their lives when a span of the West Gate Bridge collapsed at 11.50am on this day in 1970....read more

  • Workplace bullies beware

    17 May 2002: Bullying in the workplace is a serious health and safety issue....read more