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11th August 2006
Relatives of people killed at work have launched a group called Families against Corporate Killers (FACK). The Group is a national campaigning network which will campaign to stop workers and others being killed in preventable incidents and will direct bereaved families to sources of legal help and emotional support.
FACK believes families bereaved as a result of unsafe and unhealthy workplaces are both angry and frustrated. The families feel as if they have been robbed twice, firstly of their loved ones in incidents that should have been prevented by employers simply obeying the law on workplace health and safety; and secondly of their right to justice.
The campaign is seeking urgent government action to halt the complacency about deaths at work and is calling for new laws which will bring dangerously negligent bosses to justice. FACK wants a review of the way work-related deaths are investigated and the way the grieving families are treated. It also believes workers and safety reps must be given more rights to protect themselves against exposure to unacceptable risks to their lives and health.
For quite some time now, Thompsons Solicitors have been campaigning with the help of Trade Unions to reduce the number of accidents and fatalities at work. They have also been calling for new laws to punish employers who continue to allow their employees to work in unsafe workplaces.
For more information visit our News Desk or read the following News Stories:
21st July 2006 - Trade union solicitors welcome Corporate Manslaughter Bill but condemn wasted opportunity to improve workplace safety.
30th June 2006 - Daughter calls for answers over father’s tragic death at work
1st June 2006 - Hatfield Crash Companies Awarded £20.9m
26th April 2006 - Families urge Government to ensure the Corporate Manslaughter Bill is tough on rogue employers
31st March 2006 - Family from Bridgend attempts to take Crown Prosecution Service to court following teenager’s tragic death
20th December 2005 - Thompsons welcomes government report on corporate manslaughter
14th July 2005 - Urgent need for new law after Hatfield prosecution failure
6th July 2005 - Next government must end workplace deaths
28th April 2005 - Next government must end workplace deaths
21st July 2004 - Notts firm admits blame for death of worker
20th May 2003 - Corporate killing proposals let company directors off hook
19th March 2003 - New protocol but workplace accident investigations still dice with death
7th December 2001 - Lawyers call for law change after farmer escapes jail for death of biker
20th December 2000 - Thompsons welcomes government report on corporate manslaughter
16th November 2000 - Unions and lawyers demand ministers stand firm on corporate killing law
27th September 2000 - Directors should be prosecuted over death of labourer, lawyers demand
8th September 2000 - Company bosses should face prison for breaches of health and safety that result in the deaths of employees
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