Piling on the pressure

Photo: Marcus Rose
 
The growing number of workers and union activists facing mental health issues need better support, delegates at the UNISON water, environment and transport conference in Liverpool declared today.
Paul Smith, from Yorkshire Water, said employers were ignorant about mental health.
“They pile on the pressure and there are far too many heart attacks, far too many suicides, far too many strokes,” he declared.
This is particularly true in contact centres, where em