La pandémie de #COVID19 n’est pas à l’origine de la crise sanitaire au travail, mais l’a mise en évidence!
La pandémie de #COVID19 n’est pas à l’origine de la crise sanitaire au travail, mais l’a mise en évidence!
Le 28 avril, à l’occasion de l’hommage rendu aux travailleuses et travailleurs morts ou blessés au travail ou suite à des maladies professionnelles, les syndicats présentent deux revendications essentielles pour sauver des vies.
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Sharan Burrow, la secrétaire générale de la CSI, a déclaré : « Il s’agit d’une question de la plus haute importance, qui a déjà pris trop de temps. Chaque année, les mauvaises conditions de santé et de sécurité au travail causent la mort d’environ 2,78 millions de personnes. Si la question de la santé et de la sécurité au travail devient un droit fondamental de l’OIT, les gouvernements et les employeurs auront une plus grande responsabilité pour mettre fin à cette hécatombe, et les syndicats et les représentants de la sécurité au travail auront davantage de poids. Seuls les mauvais employeurs s’opposeront à cette mesure et nous sommes prêts à nous battre pour sauver des vies. »
« La plupart des foyers de COVID-19 apparaissent au travail, ainsi que dans les écoles. Des lieux de travail sûrs joueraient un rôle crucial pour juguler la propagation de la pandémie. L’accès à une indemnisation dans les cas de COVID-19 contractée au travail est particulièrement important, notamment parce que le virus a coûté la vie à de nombreux travailleurs et qu’il peut provoquer des maladies invalidantes longtemps après l’infection.
« Nous saluons la couverture des personnels de santé mais nous désapprouvons le fait que certains pays aient exclu d’autres travailleurs qui, en raison d’une mauvaise réglementation et de la négligence de leur employeur, ont été exposés à des niveaux élevés d’infection comme, par exemple, les personnes qui emballent de la viande ou qui travaillent dans des entrepôts. Tous les travailleurs méritent une couverture satisfaisante. Les pays qui n’ont pas pris de mesures en ce sens doivent le faire au plus vite, et la classification de la COVID-19 comme maladie professionnelle par l’OIT encouragerait cette démarche », a précisé Sharan Burrow.
La CSI appelle également à redoubler les efforts pour produire les vaccins contre le virus de SARS-CoV-2 à l’origine de la COVID-19, et demande la suppression de tous les obstacles, en particulier la propriété intellectuelle et la recherche du profit, pour veiller à ce que les vaccins, les tests, les traitements et autres outils de santé publique soient disponibles pour tous et toutes, sans discrimination.
https://www.ituc-csi.org/journee-internationale-de-2021
Al conmemorar a los trabajadores y las trabajadoras que han perdido la vida y sufrido accidentes y enfermedades en el lugar de trabajo, los sindicatos presionan este 28 de abril con dos reivindicaciones claves para salvar vidas.
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Sharan Burrow, secretaria general de la CSI, declaró que “Se trata de una cuestión que reviste una importancia capital y que lleva ya demasiado tiempo sin resolverse. Normas inadecuadas de salud y seguridad en el lugar de trabajo cuestan cerca de 2,78 millones de vidas cada año. Hacer que la salud y seguridad en el trabajo sea un derecho fundamental de la OIT incrementaría la responsabilidad de Gobiernos y empleadores para poner fin a esta masacre y daría además mayores medios de presión a sindicatos y representantes de seguridad en los centros de trabajo. Sólo unos malos empleadores se opondrían a ello y estamos dispuestos a luchar duro para salvar vidas”.
“La mayoría de los brotes de COVID-19 se producen en lugares de trabajo, incluyendo los centros escolares. Unos lugares de trabajo seguros resultan esenciales para frenar la propagación de la pandemia. El acceso a compensaciones en caso de contraer la enfermedad en el trabajo es especialmente importante, teniendo en cuenta que se ha cobrado ya la vida de muchos trabajadores y trabajadoras y que puede además ocasionar afecciones debilitantes de durante mucho tiempo tras la infección.
“Aunque nos felicitamos de que se dé cobertura al personal sanitario, no nos parece correcto que algunos países excluyan a otras personas como quienes trabajan en el empaquetado de carne o en almacenes, donde por culpa de una mala regulación o de la negligencia de sus empleadores se han registrado altas tasas de contagios. Todas las personas trabajadoras merecen estar cubiertas. Aquellos países que todavía no hayan tomado medidas al respecto deberían hacerlo cuanto antes, y la inclusión de la COVID-19 en la lista de enfermedades profesionales de la OIT serviría de aliciente”, añadió la Sra. Burrow.
La CSI reclama asimismo un gran impulso en la producción de vacunas contra el virus SARS-CoV-2 causante de la COVID-19, y que se eliminen todos los obstáculos, incluyendo los relativos a la propiedad intelectual y la búsqueda de beneficios, para garantizar que vacunas, pruebas, tratamientos y otras herramientas de salud pública estén disponibles para todos, sin discriminación.
https://www.ituc-csi.org/jornada-internacional-de-24360
As workers around the world who have lost their lives to workplace accidents and disease are commemorated on 28 April, trade unions are pressing two key demands to save lives.
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Sharan Burrow, ITUC General Secretary, said: “This is an issue of the utmost importance and it has already taken too long to resolve. Poor workplace health and safety costs some 2.78 million lives every year.
“Making occupational health and safety a fundamental ILO right will increase the accountability of governments and employers to stop the carnage and give more leverage to unions and workplace safety representatives. Only bad employers would resist this and we are prepared to fight hard to save lives.”
“Most Covid-19 outbreaks happen in workplaces, including schools. Safe workplaces would play a crucial role in suppressing the spread of the pandemic.
“Access to compensation for work-related Covid-19 is especially important, in particular because it has killed many workers and can cause debilitating illness long after infection.
“While we welcome coverage of health workers, it is wrong that some countries have excluded others such as meat packing and warehouse workers who, through poor regulation and employer neglect, have seen high rates of infection.
“Every worker deserves to be covered. Those countries that have failed to act must do so without further delay, and ILO listing would encourage that,” said Sharan Burrow.
The ITUC is also calling for a massive boost in the production of vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19. This must include the removal of all barriers, including intellectual property and profit-gouging, to ensure that vaccines, tests, treatments and other public health tools are available to all, without discrimination.
https://www.ituc-csi.org/international-workers-memorial-day-2021
Join BWI as they build strong commitments worldwide between trade unions and employers in ensuring safe and healthy workplaces. Add your voices in calling the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to recognise occupational health and safety as a fundamental right of all workers. Together, let us save lives at workplaces. #SaveLivesAtWork #IWMD21
The 2021 World Day for Safety and Health at Work calls on leveraging the main elements of national OSH systems, highlighting how each element is of equal significance and relevancy when facing these challenges.
Recognizing that a robust national OSH system safeguards lives and livelihoods, it is imperative to have OSH systems well-resourced and robust enough in order to better pre-empt the impacts, tackle the challenges head on, provide resiliency to the world of work, and indirectly positively affecting public health.
The ILO Director General, Guy Ryder and a panel of global leaders and senior representatives from governments, employers and workers’ organizations will provide perspectives and showcase how investing in OSH, both programmatically and financially, contributes to a stronger infrastructure at the national level which is prepared to respond to crises such as COVID-19 and similar events.
Speakers at the Event:
Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director General
Owen Tudor, ITUC Deputy General Secretary
Roberto Suarez Santos, Secretary-General, IOE
Marty Walsh, Secretary of Labor, United States
Gisèle Ranampy, Minister of Labour, Employment, Social Services and Social Law, Madagascar
Vedat Bilgin, Minister of Labour and Social Security, Turkey
Jeannette Galanis, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor, United States
Silas Sng, Commissioner for Workplace Safety and Health, Ministry of Manpower, Singapore
Maria Fernanda Campos, Inspector-General, Authority for Working Conditions, Portugal
Selçuk Yasar, Head of International Collaboration Unit, DGOSH, Turkey
Kris De Meester, Senior Advisor, Belgium Federation of Employers
Maureen Onyia, Head of Occupational Health and Safety, Nigeria Labour Congress, Nigeria
Jerson Razafimanantsoa, Director General of Labour and Social, Madagascar
Joaquim Nunes, Branch Chief, LABADMIN/OSH
Manal Azzi, Senior OSH Specialist and Coordinator of the World Day report and campaign
Closing statement:
Vera Paquete-Perdigão, Director, GOVERNANCE, ILO
Moderator:
Femi Oke, Journalist and Moderate the Panel Co-Founder
Two annual events taking place on 28 April serve as a reminder of the importance of the occupational safety and health profession in protecting workers.
On International Workers’ Memorial Day, organised by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), we remember those who have lost their lives or suffered life-changing injuries or illness at work.
These tragedies could have been prevented. This is why 28 April also marks World Day for Safety and Health at Work, which raises awareness of actions to prevent injury and death at work. It is an initiative of the International Labour Organization, which this year is focusing on strategies to strengthen national occupational safety and health systems to build resilience, to face crises now and in the future. IOSH’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for a systematic approach to protecting workers: preparedness is the key to prevention.
Jimmy Quinn, President of IOSH, said: “Our members – occupational safety and health professionals – have had a crucial role in responding to the pandemic. They’ve helped to ensure that safe practices and procedures have been introduced and implemented in the workplace to protect workers, customers and suppliers. If ever there was a time for our members to demonstrate the value of their knowledge, skills and experience, it has been now. IOSH has supported them by producing and sharing up-to-date guidance, continuing to be a trusted and authoritative source of information throughout the pandemic.
“Yet we also remember that even before the pandemic 2.78 million people were dying each year from work-related illness and injury. These deaths are even more tragic because they are preventable.”
The following figures from the ITUC show the scale of the challenges in protecting people at work:
Jimmy added: “These shocking facts remind us of the need to redouble our efforts with governments, business and labour to bring about radical change in how work is organised. Work should support life. It should not do the opposite – endanger life. This is the overarching message from IOSH on this day of remembrance and motivation to protect workers around the world.
“IOSH has always advocated that the best approach is prevention first. Anticipating and preparing for risks requires investment in and good management of resilient occupational safety and health systems. It also requires a competent, trained and experienced occupational safety and health profession.”
IOSH has been added to the register of participants in the United Nations Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative, aligning our strategy to universal principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. We are committed to being an exemplar of sustainability in supporting the health, safety and wellbeing of all workers.
IOSH is encouraging members and others to observe a minute’s silence at 11am BST on 28 April to pay tribute to those who have died or suffered life-changing injuries or illness at work.
https://iosh.com/more/news-listing/work-should-support-life/
⚠️Se aproxima el 2⃣8⃣ de abril, Día internacional en memoria de los trabajadores fallecidos y heridos.
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Global Launch of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2021
Anticipate, prepare and respond to crises – Invest Now in Resilient Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Systems
The aim of this global virtual webinar is to stimulate dialogue on the importance of investing in safety and health at work in responding to emergencies and crises affecting workplaces, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Zoom webinar will be held in English and interpreted in French and Spanish. Apr 28, 2021, 1:30 pm (CEST). Registration and further details
En su reunión de la semana pasada, los gobiernos respaldaron abrumadoramente a los miembros trabajadores del Consejo de Administración para seguir adelante con el proceso y se prevé formalizar la decisión en la Conferencia Internacional del Trabajo en 2022.
Sharan Burrow, Secretaria General de la CSI, dijo: “Nos hubiera gustado que se añadiera la salud y seguridad a la lista de derechos fundamentales en la Conferencia de este año, pero agradecemos el apoyo de los gobiernos para que ocurra el año que viene. Esto supondrá una mayor rendición de cuentas por parte de los gobiernos y las empresas para salvar vidas en el trabajo”.
“Esta cuestión todavía es más importante a la luz del terrible balance de la pandemia de COVID-19. Una mayor seguridad en los lugares de trabajo también implica una mayor seguridad para los trabajadores y el público. Existen pruebas claras en todo el mundo de que la mayoría de los brotes de Covid se producen en los lugares de trabajo, incluidas las escuelas”.
Apoyo al pueblo de Myanmar
Otros acontecimientos importantes en la reunión del Consejo de Administración incluyen:
El Consejo de Administración también ha expresado un apoyo abrumador al pueblo y los trabajadores de Myanmar mientras continúan los ataques militares contra ellos y ha pedido que se restaure el Gobierno elegido democráticamente.
El Grupo de los Trabajadores del Consejo de Administración también ha adoptado declaraciones sobre Myanmary la equidad de la administración de vacunas.