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Union key workers demand urgent action on rights for those with long Covid

By John Pring on 13th July 2023 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Union key workers demand urgent action on rights for those with long Covid
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Teachers, train drivers and other union activists have called for urgent action to secure the rights of disabled workers with long Covid. Among their demands, they are calling for statutory recognition of long Covid to ensure disabled employees are protected under […]

Covid inquiry ‘must publish early report on safety of clinically vulnerable people’

By John Pring on 2nd March 2023 Category: Human Rights

Covid inquiry ‘must publish early report on safety of clinically vulnerable people’
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The Covid public inquiry should produce an interim report that would suggest measures to improve the safety of disabled people who continue to be at far higher risk of severe harm from coronavirus, campaigners have urged. The campaign group Clinically Vulnerable […]

EHRC refuses to apologise over ‘shameful’ long Covid blunder

By John Pring on 12th May 2022 Category: Activism and Campaigning

EHRC refuses to apologise over ‘shameful’ long Covid blunder
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The equality watchdog has again refused to apologise for failing disabled people, after suggesting publicly that people experiencing symptoms of long Covid should not be entitled to protection from the Equality Act. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) sparked outrage […]

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