The hazards facing people in their everyday working lives are ever changing. As new processes and materials emerge new health problems develop. There is a need to continually monitor these developments, to actively campaign for safer and healthier workplaces, and to ensure improved health and safety legislation and more effective enforcement by the HSE and Local Authorities.

The Scottish Hazards Campaign Group was inaugurated on 1st August 1993. It is a network of individuals and organizations interested and involved in workplace health. It includes trade union branches, trade union health and safety representatives and officials, safety officers, occupational health professionals, specific campaigns, e.g. RSI and Asbestos, as well as local councilors and community groups.

The Aims of the Group:

• To campaign for improved worker health and safety throughout Scotland;
• To join internationally with others to campaign for improved working conditions throughout the world;
• To be an active part of the UK Hazards Campaign and the European Work Hazards Network, and to campaign for the demands contained in the European Health and Safety Charter.

The Scottish Hazards Campaign Group acts as a focal point in Scotland for those committed to improving workplace health and safety. Activities include:

• Networking to share information and skills
• Training
• Workplace health information and advice
• Campaigning and Lobbying

The Scottish Hazards Campaign Group is grateful to the STUC for its continued support and to individual affiliates for their commitment to the Hazards movement.

UK Hazards Campaign is a national network established in 1988. It draws together Hazards Centres, Occupational Health Projects, Health and Safety Groups and Trade Union Council’s Safety Committees, specific campaigns and individual health and safety activists.

European Work Hazards Network is a network of national networks with the shared aim of improving working conditions in Europe and the rest of the world. It includes networks in Austria, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Scotland and Spain. It links with similar networks in Eastern Europe, East Asia, Southern Africa, South and Middle America and the USA.

To join the campaign:  CLICK HERE for application form