Issue No 57 | 09 June 2000 | |
NewsNeedle Stick Injury Sparks Waste Strike
Garbage supplies across the state will be affected next week by a 24-hour strike in the waste industry over a series of needle stick injuries suffered by workers.
Workers for waste contractors - responsible for the bulk of industrial, residential and clinical waste removal have voted to hold the stoppage next Wednesday. Transport Worker's Union Delegates from the Waste Industry across NSW met this week over the continued failure of the industry to take their health and safety concerns seriously. "Our members in the waste industry across NSW have had enough of their employer's and bureaucrats in the NSW Department of Health, Waste Services and the local Government Association refusing to take their concerns seriously and act to protect their health and safety," Transport Worker's Union State Secretary Tony Sheldon says. For over six months the industry has been promising the introduction of proper practices and procedures for the disposal of clinical and domestic waste to ensure our members are not at risk of needle stick injuries or exposure to blood, bodily fluids and other forms of contaminated waste. "The industry expects us to keep waiting until they get around to it, and for waste industry workers and their families across NSW, both union and non-union members, to continue to accept the risk of serious injury and the possibility of life threatening infection." In the most recent case of a needle stick injury that has come to the attention of the TWU a member and his family has been torn apart by the injury and the risk of serious infection.
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