Dave Whyte

Natural solidarity July 2010
The Deepwater Horizon oil disaster was as much a disaster for workers as for the planet, writes David Whyte. Reconnecting life and work to the environment must be part of our response

‘Sin Patron’ in Dundee? May 2010
The Prisme packaging factory in Dundee was perhaps the first in the country to be occupied and to successfully take production under workers control. David Whyte visits the factory a year after the occupation

Casualisation still kills April 2007
Construction has a fatality rate five times the all-industry average, and causes by far the highest number of deaths of any industry, write Steve Tombs and Dave Whyte.

Nuisance neighbour laws used to silence protesters August 2004
Nine people were in court last month, facing charges brought in accordance with the Anti-Social Behaviour Act after they held a peaceful protest outside offices belonging to US bulldozer manufacturer Caterpillar.

Contractor killers April 2004
Dave Whyte reports on the hidden human costs of sub-contracting in the construction and engineering industries