Workers’ unions are pressing their demand this International Workers’ Memorial Day #IWMD22 to finally make health and safety at work a fundamental principle and right.

The ITUC and its affiliates are calling on governments to take action by:

• ratifying and implementing core ILO health and safety conventions;
• ratifying and implementing all sectoral or hazard-specific conventions;
• establishing national health and safety bodies bringing unions and employer representatives together;
• requiring occupational health services for all, and proper compensation including making Covid-19 a recognised occupational disease.