Protecting workers from violence at work

2025-03-05

Society seems, somehow, to be getting more violent. And that means that working life is more likely to experience violent incidents – which means, of course, workers are more at risk. Understanding what drives this trend, and gathering together the many and various ways unions are seeking to protect their members is the mission of a new publication for the Labour Research Department. In a special episode we chat with report author Andrea Oates. You can grab yourself a 15% saving on the cov...

Society seems, somehow, to be getting more violent. And that means that working life is more likely to experience violent incidents – which means, of course, workers are more at risk.

Understanding what drives this trend, and gathering together the many and various ways unions are seeking to protect their members is the mission of a new publication for the Labour Research Department. In a special episode we chat with report author Andrea Oates.

You can grab yourself a 15% saving on the cover price of the LRD pamphlet by visiting lrd.org.uk and using the code UNIONDUES at the checkout. Alternatively, visit the companion blog here where you can scan a QR code.

Matthew Holder joins us to talk about the long-awaited digitalisation of the LRD’s principal publication for the union health and safety community, Safety Rep. He reminds us that it’s not just Covid that has had very distinctive and challenging consequences, but that the still contentious legacy of the Grenfell tragedy is playing out in workplaces and policy development.

To sign up for a free sample copy of the digital Safety Rep, just email your details to safetyrep@lrd.org.uk

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