For yet another year, the Royal Mail Group completely outperforms BT with regard to commitment to working with the CWU in supporting the annual European Health and Safety Week and the EU Healthy Workplaces Campaign 2012-13, "Working Together for Risk Prevention".

This campaign is designed to help companies, managers, workers, Safety Representatives and the whole supply chain evaluate and reduce workplace risks.

The European Agency for Safety and Health will be joining forces with the HSE and other national partners across the EU to promote the European Healthy Workplaces Campaign 2012-13a nd the EU Week for Safety and Health at Work.

Dave Joyce reports in his LTB797/12 that discussions have been undertaken with the main CWU members employers, but whilst details of RMG events are outlined in the LTB; it reports that BT’s response has been minimal to say the least! Not even BT posters concernign the weeks theme are being distributed and put on notice boards by the blue chip copany!

“The Department has written to the Head Safety Managers in BT and O2 inviting them to fully participate and support the week this year including supporting National Safety Inspection day on the Wednesday 24th.

They were informed that CWU will be calling on our USRs to carry out workplace inspections on that day to talk to members about European Health and Safety Week and in particular about risk prevention.

BT have produced posters for this year's campaign on mass for use in BT buildings and have distributed them via the CWU Regional H&S Committee Chairs network.”

The following information is taken from LTB797/12 which can be downloaded, including its attachments here

Royal Mail Group

The RMG Board are supporting the Week.

There are three key Royal Mail Group events during the EU Health and Safety Week with Area Safety Reps invited to apply for places:

* Tuesday 23 October - Allan St John Holt Memorial Lecture - Professor Ragnar Loftstead is the guest speaker/presenter.

* Wednesday 24 October - National Inspection Day. ASR's and Managers to participate in Safety Inspections.

* Friday 26 October - FM Conference at the Connaught rooms, Lead by Royal Mail Group Property in conjunction with Romec Ltd and external contractors. Royal Mail Group Director of Health & Safety Shaun Davis is opening this event and speaking on the importance of Safety leadership and engagement.

Royal Mail

To the right is a Joint Communication agreed with the RM National Safety Director Gerry Teggart. This promotes the Week, and emphasises the importance of management working proactively with CWU ASRs in DOs, Mail Centres, and Regional Distribution Centres, and puts the focus during the Week on Severe Weather and Walk Risk Assessment (WRAP) Click the pic to download the document.

During the week Royal Mail will be concentrating on reducing risk through engagement, looking specifically at severe weather, slips, trips and falls and dangerous dogs e.g. posting pegs and hazard card holders, walk logs etc.

This will be supported with the use of:

• RMTV,
• Joint Statement with Unions  
• Promoting National Inspection Day on Wednesday 24/10/12
• Union Safety Inspections to check Severe Weather measures, Delivery Safety, Hazards, PPE, and dogs data (WRAP, Walk Logs, etc).
• Intranet, CWU Website.
• Courier and Voice.

Source: CWU