Unions called in 2012 for an ambitious European agenda on workplace health and safety, including EU-wide action to tackle work-related cancers. They warn that the economic crisis should not be used as an excuse to backtrack on safety standards. The much delayed 2013-2020 strategy, finally released in 2014, did not include action on workplace carcinogens.

ETUC news release and resolutions on a new occupational safety and strategy and action on musculoskeletal disorders. Risks 563.