Hazards Conference 2025 Awards

Bad Boss Award Nominations:

Birmingham City Council: Refuse workers dispute (joint winner)

Lancashire County Council: Stress, social worker workloads and safety concerns

Hull Trains: Driver sacked due to fatigue (joint winner)

Certificate of Excellence:

End Not Defend – Workers Policy Project against workplace sexual harassment

ASLEF Toilet Dignity campaign – Access and use of toilets while at work

Unite: United Minds mental health campaign – focus on prevention and risk assessments

NW Unison COVID Action Group – campaign and support for workers and bereaved families

RCN Campaign ‘Corridor Care’ – survey and report from RCN exposing risks to patients and staff

UCU University of Birmingham Work-Related Stress – evidenced unsafe workloads and seeking prevention

GMB Midlands Health and Safety Forum – building and developing reps from scratch to enforce rights

Arthur Murray – Posthumous award for Arthur and the prosecuted Shrewsbury 24, after a 50 year campaign in March 2021 the Court of Appeal overturned the convictions of those taking strike action in 1972.