Title: NEW SERVICE: Health and Safety News on Your Union Web Site

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Section/SPIG: Occupational Health and Safety

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Rory O’Neill
Health, safety and environment officer
International Federation of Journalists
Editor, Hazards magazine
<www.hazards.org>

Most union Web sites these days have some material on health and safety, but to keep the health and safety information up-to-date in order to keep members informed of breaking news in this important field would require a huge investment of time and effort. I'm pleased to tell you about a new trade union health and safety news service. You can now have - with the absolute minimum of effort and at no cost - the latest health and safety news provided via a newswire direct to your union Web site.

The free service, which provides health and safety news updated every 15 minutes, is produced by LabourStart, the trade union news service, and Hazards (edited by me, Rory O’Neill, the International Federation of Journalists’ health, safety and environment officer). See: <http://www.labourstart.org/hswire>.

This unique resource is the single best way for you to receive health and safety news. You can also view a health and safety news archive online. See <www.labourstart.org>.

I would recommend that as many of you as possible make use of this new resource. Given the absence of funds to support this work, the newswire is a more survivable and cost effective way to provide health and safety news to those who require and value it.

The newswire includes the 10 latest health and safety news stories. It is updated every 15 minutes, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It is very
easy to add to your Web site -- all you need to do is copy and paste a single line of code. And of course, it's completely free of charge.

For more details go here: <http://www.labourstart.org/hswire>.

If you do use the newswire on your Web site, please be sure to let us know by e-mailing <ericlee@labourstart.org>.