Families against corporate killers (fack) launched

Hundreds of people are killed by work every year in incidents the Health and Safety Executive say should have been prevented. Relatives of people killed at work have launched a national campaigning group called Fack – families against corporate killers – to protest, lobby and demand urgent action, including:

* Urgent government action to halt the complacency about deaths at work;
* introduction as a matter of urgency of corporate manslaughter legislation which would see employers who kill by gross negligence sent to jail as the appropriate, proportionate penalty and effective deterrent;
* a review of the way work-related deaths are investigated and the way families are treated; and
* more rights for workers and safety reps at work, to protect themselves against exposure to unacceptable risks to their lives and health.

Further information: www.fack.org.uk