Scottish Election 2011

In the run up to the election in May, the Scottish Hazards Campaign has produced a paper putting forward our priorities for action for the Scottish Parliament.  This paper has gone to all the political parties and we have asked them to support these priorities and to give us a statement on them.
You can download the paper here.  We are asking everyone involved in the Campaign network to use this paper in the run up to the election:

Send it to your MSPs and ask their response
Send it to local candidates and ask their response
Use it to raise questions at hustings meetings
Use it to make demands on local councils

Many of you have had some part in putting together these ideas.  We would really welcome your comments on the paper, suggested changes and additions to it.  This way we can keep it alive as a type of ‘charter’ for the Campaign.
Below is a possible model letter/email message  that could be used to send the paper:
Dear …….(MSP or Candidate)
I am a part of the Scottish Hazards Campaign.  The Campaign has written to all Scottish political parties with a statement of priority actions in the field of workplace health and safety.  The Campaign has asked each party to incorporate these priority actions in their election manifestos and in future health and safety strategies.      I enclose a copy of this statement.  I would ask you to raise the issues highlighted in this paper within your party and work to ensure that the actions outlined in it are made priorities during the election period and in the years of this Parliament.  
I look forward to hearing from you.
YS
Information about the Campaign
The Scottish Hazards Campaign Network campaigns for improved worker health and safety throughout Scotland and joins with others internationally to campaign for improved working conditions throughout the world.  It is part of the UK Hazards Campaign and the European Hazards Network.
The Campaign has major concerns about the present state of workplace health and safety in Scotland and, even more so, about the implications for working conditions of the current financial crisis and projected public sector cuts.  It is crucial that the electorate and those running for office in the 2011 Scottish Parliamentary elections give priority to keeping people in work and keeping them safe at work.
We campaign for the right of every person to return alive from work each day and to return as fit and as healthy as when he or she left home that morning.
The Campaign can be contacted through its secretary, Kathy Jenkins, at kajenkins@blueyonder.co.uk