We Didn’t Vote to Die at Work

12 noon – 2pm, Saturday 4 September

The Nerve Centre, The old Rapid Hardware Paintshop, Renshaw Street, Liverpool

Speakers

Hilda Palmer, Manchester Hazards Campaign

Dawn Adams and Linzi Herbertson, Families Against Corporate Killers

Chair: Steve Tombs

Screening of FACE THE FACKS, a film about the real burdens of corporate killing

Hilda Palmer will outline the We Didn’t Vote to Die at Work campaign, followed by Dawn Adams and Linzi Herbertson introducing FACE THE FACKS

And you can suggest how to take the campaign forward to stop the corporate killing and bring the perpetrators to justice

We Didn’t Vote to Die at Work

The new government has already launched attacks on health and safety law and enforcement, endangering workers and members of the public – attacks made easy by the predominance of the "health and safety has gone mad and gets in the way of kids playing conkers and people in general having fun" line that has been peddled by politicians and the media for years. But poor health and safety kills, as this session demonstrates, and cuts in protection need to be resisted…

… The Hazards-led campaign – We Didn't Vote to Die at Work – aims to do just this. Hilda Palmer of Greater Manchester Hazards Centre will introduce the campaign - and ask how you can get involved. Then, two speakers from Families Against Corporate Killers – will recall their own experiences of bereavement by corporate killers, introducing the screening of a new film – FACE THE FACKS – which documents who bears the real burdens of diminishing health and safety protection…