The campaign to beat the pandemic

Together against Covid conference

Covid Action was heavily involved in sponsoring and building the Together against Covid conference online on September 28, 2024. We are happy to be able to publish most of the videos from the conference here:

Opening plenary

Janet Newsham, Chair of Hazards Campaign gives the keynote address at the 2024 Together Against Covid conference:

Why infection control policy really matters Dr Jonathan Fluxman, Covid lead, Doctors in Unite:

Workshop on workplaces

Workplace standards and how we hold employers to account? Marie Monaghan, North West Covid Support Group speaking at the 2024 Together Against Covid Conference

Hilda Palmer, Greater Manchester Hazards Centre: Practical projects in the workplace

Getting protections into the workplace and in trade union premises: Joseph Healy, former Unite workplace Rep

TUC’s aims at the Covid Inquiry Nathan Oswin, TUC lead for Covid-19 UK Inquiry

Jonathan Fluxman, Covid lead, Doctors in Unite introducing the idea of the declaration in the Workplaces workshop

Inequalities

How Covid magnified existing inequalities in society, and created new ones – Sally Witcher introduces

Race and Covid: Introduced by Wilf Sullivan – former Race Equality officer TUC Part of the session on ‘How Covid magnified existing inequalities in society, and created new ones’

Disabled People and Covid Introduced by Paula Peters, Disabled People Against Cuts Part of the session on ‘How Covid magnified existing inequalities in society, and created new ones’

Clinically vulnerable people  Introduced by Lara Wong, founder Clinically Vulnerable Families

Impacts of Long Covid  Introduced by Sarah Barley-McMullen, Long Covid SOS

Health and social care

What standards are needed in health and social care vs govt standards David Osborn, H&S consultant speaking in the Heath and social care workshop

Implementing protections in hospitals Stuart Jordan, Unite H&S rep speaking in the Health and social care workshop

Managing Long Covid: Kerry Davies, Registered Nurse, Queen’s nurse,

Jonathan Fluxman introduces the idea of the declaration

Education

Chaired by UCU NEC member Vicky Blake in discussion with Natalie Bain-Regius, researcher IAQ in schools on what standards are needed in education vs govt standards: Wayne Bates NASUWT Health and Safety Officer on Current protections; AQ monitoring; absence policies, penalising families: Implementing protections in a primary school: Ruth Brooker, parent and campaigner Installing CR boxes in schools: Colin Pidgeon, Long Covid Kids, N Ireland and Janet Newsham on the declaration with respect to education.

Closing Plenary

Sally Witcher gives the closing address:

We will update the page as we get access to the last video and also share some of the presentations from the event.