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ETU national secretary Allen Hicks (Photo: ETU)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

April 28, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Electrical Trades Union has called for stronger measures to prevent further workplace deaths in Australia.<\/p>\n

So far this year, 46 Australian workers have been killed at work; in 2014 there were 184 deaths.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe number of workplace deaths in Australia is quite simply unacceptable,\u201d ETU National Secretary Allen Hicks said, speaking ahead of International Workers\u2019 Memorial Day events today.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll workers have a right to go to work in the morning confident that they won\u2019t be injured or killed.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir families should be able to feel confident that their loved ones will return home safe.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery workplace death is preventable, and each one represents the loss of a parent, a child, a friend and a workmate.\u201d<\/p>\n

The union also warned that proposed changes to national workplace safety legislation threatened to erode protections against workplace incidents, placing workers at greater risk.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe proposal to move Australian workers to an unfair and unsafe national scheme only serves to endanger lives and must be put aside,\u201d Mr Hicks said.<\/p>\n

He also voiced support for the ACTU\u2019s call to hold company directors personally liable for the deaths of workers on their payrolls.<\/p>\n

Currently directors are able to restructure their businesses to avoid liability for workplace deaths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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