Stress in the charity workplace – ‘a modern day plague’, says
Unite
28 April 2010
Stress in the not for profit sector workplace will come under
the microscope as Unite launches a campaign which will involve more
than 2,500 of its reps surveying their members.
Unite, the largest union in the country, announced the launch of
its year-long campaign to eradicate stress on International
Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD) (Wednesday, 28 April).
Recent Unite research revealed that more than 90% of voluntary
sector staff feel their well-being is being undermined due to the
financial crisis facing charities.
Rachael Maskell, Unite National Officer, Not for Profit Sector
said: ‘Stress in the workplace is like a modern day plague – it is
virulent and can strike at any time, any place and is
indiscriminate as to who its victim is.’
‘The object of the campaign, which will culminate with a
national conference, probably in November, is to give the workplace
activists representing our 60,000 members in the not for profit
sector, the tools to take up the issues of stress with
management.’
Unite’s aims are to:
- fully understand what is happening in the workplaces
- reinforce the message to employers that they have legal
obligations to manage and prevent workplace stress
- put in ‘best practice’ policies and procedures which will help
to manage and prevent workplace stress and ensure that staff with
work-related stress are provided with appropriate support
- ensure that these polices are implemented effectively.
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NOTES TO NEWS EDITORS:
For further information, please ring:
Rachael Maskell, National Officer, Community and Not Profit
Sector 0207 4208979 / 07768 693933; Doug Nicholls, National
Officer, Community and Youth Workers Sector 07970 345381; or
Shaun Noble, Communications Officer (Third Sector) 020 74208951 /
07768 693940
Unite represents over 60,000 members in the not for profit
sector.
Unite press releases on the not for profit
sector can be seen on website
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