Nepalese BWI affiliate BWI-NAC is conducting a worksite awareness meeting and distribution of personal protective equipment on 28 April. There will be a joint visit with a construction contractor to distribute the masks and gloves. The brick kiln owner with whom the joint declaration on OHS has been signed, is expected to attend.
BWI Affiliates in Nepal and Bangladesh demand the recognition of occupational health and safety as a fundamental right of workers. #IWMD2022
Global building unions’ federation BWI has announced the 28 April plans of its Nepal affiliates BWI-NAC (CUPPEC, CAWUN, ANCWU). The affiliates will be running work safety awareness training for the IFI Projects’ Cadre .
ANROEV has supplied a list of some of their affiliates’ initiatives in various countries campaigning for the recognition of COVID 19 as an occupational and compensable disease.
ANROEV affiliates activities [pdf]
Center for Public Health and Environmental Development (CEPHED) has requested the Nepal government recognise Covid-19 as an occupational disease.
Call for information: Covid-19 compensation and official recognition as an occupational disease by country
CEPHED notes a number of countries have already recognised Covid-19 as an occupational disease and agreed that work-related cases of Covid-19 must be reported to the authorities and now qualify for workers’ compensation. In some examples, cases of Covid-19 in frontline workers are presumed by the compensation authorities to be caused by the job (with ‘frontline workers’ covering a wide-range of job categories).
CEPHED wishes to make available information on best practice. and is seeking information from with regard to:
a) compensation (and if possible any conditions/restrictions on eligibility)
b) official recognition of Covid-19 as an occupational disease, and any related reporting/recording requirements.
Thank you for your assistance. It will be extremely helpful in our efforts to secure prevention of Covid-19 and justice for all affected workers.
CEPHED initiative of COVID 19 in Nepal
Center for Public Health and Environmental Development (CEPHED)
Mahalaxmi Municipality,
Ward No.2, Lalitpur ,
Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel/Fax: +977-1-5201786
#វីដេអូខ្លី : ស្តីពីទិវាពិភពលោកដើម្បីសុវត្ថិភាព និងសុខភាពការងារឆ្នាំ២០១៩ ក្រោមប្រធានបទ៖ ការលើកកំពស់សុវត្ថិភាព សុខភាព និងកិច្ចគាំពារសង្គមសម្រាប់កម្មករក្នុងវិស័យសំណង់។
ក្នុងគោលបំណង៖ ធ្វើការបង្ហាញដល់ សាធារណៈជន កម្មករនិយោជិត ក្រសួងស្ថាប័ន អង្គការសង្គមស៊ីវិល បានដឹងនូវ :
១/ លើកកម្ពស់ លក្ខខណ្ឌការងារ ប្រាក់ឈ្នួលសម្រាប់កម្មករក្នុងវិស័យសំណង់
២/ លើកកម្ពស់ សុខភាពសុវត្ថិភាពរបស់កម្មករសំណង់
៣/ ការអនុវត្តន៍គោលនយោបាយគាំពារសង្គម របស់បេឡាជាតិរបបសន្តិសុខសង្គម ឲ្យបានពេញលេញ សម្រាប់វិស័យសំណង់ (បសស) ។
២៨-មេសា-២០១៩
Short Video : At for International Health and Safety Day 2019 under theme “Promotion health, safety and social protection for workers in the construction sector.”
Demand to the government to address the key following issues;
1) Improve better working conditions and wages for construction workers
2) Improve labor policy on Occupational Health and Safety for construction workers;
3) Full implementation of National Social Security Fund (NSSF) for construction sector.
28-April-2019
Building Wood Workers’ International (BWI) affiliates in India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh have planned a wide range of activities to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day. Those activities will include workshops, roadshows, meetings, candlelight vigils, training, press events, seminars, silicosis screening a mega health camp and a human chain.
BMS In Gujarat one-day workshop on occupational health and safety will be held in association with the employer’s association and the Government along with a Road show on construction workers safety and health issues on 28th April.
CFBWU Workers’ awareness meeting on occupational health and safety followed by a candlelight vigil.
INCWF Commemoration at the Lafarge Holcim plant in Chhattisgarh and 28 April commemoration at selected other cement plants across the country.
CLU Health and Safety Training Workshop for District-level and second line leadership in Patna, Bihar State.
AHBWU Mega Health Camp (focusing on stone quarry and construction workers) including screening for silicosis.
TKTMS Workers rally and press meeting in Dharampuri District, Tamil Nadu. Over 1,000 workers are expected to participate. Victims and affected families shall also share experiences at the press meeting.
MAMU Meeting with Workers on health and safety awareness in East Delhi.
ACEEU Awareness seminar on safety practices and possible hazards at worksites for construction workers in cooperation with selected employers.
PFBWW Occupational health and safety awareness for union members and local union leadership of the Tarbela T4 project.
NAC Unions are planning specific site level actions with details to follow.
BBWWF Workers’ rally and occupational health and safety awareness in Dhaka (including Metro workers) and the Khulna Districts.
BSBWWF Human chain in front of Dhaka Press Club followed by a press meeting on occupational health and safety.
In Nepal, the BWI Nepal Affiliates Committee will run health and Safety awareness activities and demonstrate protective equipment usage at a construction site of a member-contractor of Federation of Contractors Association of Nepal (FCAN) in the outskirts of Kathmandu. They will distribute free nose masks to workers.