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Unite member and Safety Representative Terri Miller, who works at De La Rue Security Print in Dunstable, has been awarded a MBE in the recent honours list for services to Health & Safety in the Printing Industry.

Terri is very active within her local region and at a national level and is the vice-chair of the Unite Graphical Paper and Media Sector National Committee. She has been a safety rep for 14 years and covers the whole Dunstable site.

On the health and safety front Terri represents Unite on the national tripartite Printing Industry Advisory Committee (PIAC). The PIAC advises the Health and Safety Executive board on the protection of people from health and safety hazards arising within the printing and publishing industries. The HSE is also responsible for the protection of the public from related hazards.

Unite Assistant General Secretary, Tony Burke, said: "I am delighted for Terri. She is an outstanding member of our Union, one of the unsung heroes who works tirelessly on the behalf of her work colleagues and her community."

Unite Health & Safety officer, Bud Hudspith, added: "Terri has made a major contribution to health and safety in her workplace, and within her company, throughout the union and at a national level within the printing industry. There is no doubt that her work has made a considerable difference to safety in her workplace, and across the industry.

"Her personal contribution to health and safety in the workplace has been considerable. Over and above her normal employment she has voluntarily taken on the role of a trade union safety representative and represented her colleagues at local level. She has pursued her education as a safety rep through trade union education and extended that representation to a regional and national level where her experience and advice on health and safety has benefited workers and employers throughout the printing industry."

Terri has completed Trade Union Congress Health and Safety Courses at Stage 1 and Stage 2. She has also done the TUC 36 week H&S Certificate course.

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