Campus Development joins period dignity campaign
Published: 28 January 2019
First site in the UK to join the Unite initiative
The University of Glasgow’s Campus Development is the first site in the UK to sign up to Unite’s period dignity campaign.
This initiative is designed to improve the facilities for female workers following an industry survey of welfare facilities in the industry.
Caron Dunlop, Head of Community Engagement at Multiplex said: “Multiplex is committed to providing great workplaces and spaces for everyone that comes to our sites.
“We’ve singlehandedly developed a new standard for temporary construction offices and are planning to certify all of our offices by the end of the year. Supporting the Period Dignity campaign as part of our community engagement work is a natural extension to what we currently provide and we are delighted to support this initiative at our University of Glasgow Campus Development programme.”
Ann Allen, Director of Estates at the University of Glasgow said: “This is a fantastic achievement by Multiplex and we fully support this campaign as another step towards making the construction industry more attractive and accessible to women.
“This move helps bring working conditions on our campus development site in line with those of the wider University campus where we aim to create a supportive environment for all.”
Gail Cartmail, Unite Assistant General Secretary, said: “Unite is asking construction employers to sign up to four basic demands which will ensure that women workers can experience period dignity.
“With ever growing skills shortages in our industry, it is absolutely essential that construction becomes more attractive to women workers. A small step in achieving this is to ensure that women construction workers can have period dignity at work.
“Unite welcomes Multiplex’s role as a trailblazer in signing up to the campaign and will continue to highlight other sites and companies which also sign up in the future.”
First published: 28 January 2019