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Global: Act together to build a positive safety and health culture – virtual discussion

Día Mundial de la Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo 2022: Actuar juntos para construir una cultura de seguridad y salud positive. español 

Journée mondiale de la sécurité et de la santé au travail 2022: Agir ensemble pour instaurer une culture positive de la sécurité et de la santé français 

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When: 28 April 2022
Where: ILO HQ – Geneva
Contact: SafeDay Team (safeday@ilo.org)

The World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2022 will be commemorated on 28 April 2022 and will explore the topic of participation and social dialogue in creating a positive safety and health culture.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen that having a strong OSH system, which includes meaningful participation of governments, employers, workers, public health actors and all relevant parties at the national and enterprise level, has been crucial in protecting working environments and safeguarding the safety and health of workers.

Through effective social dialogue, governments and social partners actively participate in all phases of OSH decision-making processes. This is important from the development and revision of OSH policy and regulatory frameworks to address persistent and new OSH challenges, to actual application at workplace level. Social dialogue not only contributes to improving OSH policies and strategies, but it is also essential to build ownership and commitment, easing the way for their rapid and more effective implementation.

At the workplace level, a strong OSH culture is one in which the right to a safe and healthy working environment is valued and promoted by both management and workers. A positive OSH culture is built on inclusion, through the meaningful involvement of all parties in the ongoing improvement of safety and health at work. In a workplace with a strong OSH culture, workers feel comfortable raising concerns about possible OSH risks or hazards in the workplace and management is proactive in collaborating with workers to find appropriate, effective and sustainable solutions. This requires open communication and dialogue built on trust and mutual respect.

As we continue to live through a global health crisis and face ongoing OSH risks in the world of work, we must continue to move toward building a strong safety and health culture at all levels.

The World Day will be commemorated on the 28 April 2022 and will feature a report, PowerPoint and global webinar.

Click here to register for the global webinar 

Further information

Event

High-level virtual discussion on acting together to build a positive safety and health culture 

ILO 28 April webpage.

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Global: RECONNAÎTRE LA SANTÉ ET LA SÉCURITÉ AU TRAVAIL COMME UN DROIT FONDAMENTAL À L’OCCASION DE LA JOURNÉE INTERNATIONALE DE COMMÉMORATION DES TRAVAILLEUSES ET DES TRAVAILLEURS

À l’occasion de la Journée internationale de commémoration des travailleuses et des travailleurs #IWMD22, les organisations syndicales font pression en exigeant que la santé et la sécurité soient finalement reconnues comme l’un des principes et droits fondamentaux au travail.

La CSI et ses organisations affiliées appellent les gouvernements à prendre des mesures pour :

  • ratifier et mettre en oeuvre les conventions fondamentales de l’OIT sur la sécurité et la santé ;
  • ratifier et mettre en oeuvre toutes les conventions sectorielles ou sur les risques professionnels ;
  • établir des instances nationales chargées de la santé et de la sécurité regroupant des représentants des syndicats et des employeurs ;
  • assurer des services de santé au travail pour tous et garantir des mesures d’indemnisation appropriées, notamment en reconnaissant la Covid-19 comme maladie professionnelle.

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Global: Make safe and healthy work a fundamental human right this International Workers’ Memorial Day

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.

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Global: Hacer de la salud y seguridad en el trabajo un derecho fundamental esta jornada internacional de conmemoración

Con ocasión de la Jornada Internacional de Conmemoración #IWMD22, sindicatos de todo el mundo presionan reclamando que por fin se considere la salud y seguridad como un derecho fundamental en el trabajo.

La CSI y sus afiliadas piden además a los Gobiernos que tomen medidas para:

  • ratificar e implementar los convenios básicos de la OIT sobre salud y seguridad;
  • ratificar e implementar todos los convenios sectoriales o sobre riesgos laborales específicos;
  • establecer organismos nacionales sobre salud y seguridad agrupando a representantes de sindicatos y patronal;
  • requerir servicios de salud laboral para todos y acordar la debida compensación, incluyendo el reconocimiento de la COVID-19 como enfermedad laboral.

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Global: Health and Safety must be a fundamental principle and right at work | IndustriALL

IndustriALL news release – 14 March, 2022

As the 344th Session of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organization (ILO) commences on 14 March 2022, global unions are calling for an amendment to the 1998 Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work that will lead to Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) being considered a fundamental principle and right at work.

The amendment would see OHS joining the four fundamental principles and rights at work that the Declaration currently recognizes: freedom of association and the right to organize and bargain collectively; the prohibition of forced labour; prohibition of child labour; and the elimination of discrimination in employment.

The Governing Body meets three times a year, in March, June and November. It takes decisions on ILO policy, decides the agenda of the International Labour Conference, adopts the draft programme and budget of the organization for submission to the conference, and elects the Director-General.

The call by global unions’ is consistent with the 2019 ILO Centenary Declaration on the future of work and a global campaign for OHS to be added to the fundamental principles and rights at work. In June 2019, UN experts urged the ILO to immediately recognize and adopt safe and healthy working conditions as one of its fundamental principles and rights at work. A follow-up to the resolution on the ILO Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work called for proposals, including safe and healthy working conditions, to be added to the ILO’s framework of fundamental principles and rights at work.

According to the first joint WHO/ILO monitoring report, released on 27 September 2021, at least 1.9 million workers lose their lives every year due to the work-related diseases and injuries. However, when adding causes of death by risk factors not included and filling in information gaps from poor record-keeping, the number is closer to a staggering three million deaths.

“Health and safety at work is neither a perk to be bargained for nor a favour to be asked. It is our right,” said IndustriALL mining director and OHS lead, Glen Mpufane.

“No wage is worth our health or our life, and no remedy can be granted by an arbitrator that will restore our health or our life, once it is lost.”

At the November 2021 meeting of the ILO Governing Body, global unions finally secured agreement that the agenda for the 2022 International Labour Conference would include an amendment to the ILO 1998 Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work to achieve this.

On the back of this achievement, and to maintain the momentum and ensure that the  ILO Governing Body takes the decisions workers need on OHS, IndustriALL Global Union calls on its over 50 million members and affiliates to amplify the call by the ITUC to call on governments and employers:

  • To designate Convention 155 on OHS as a fundamental right at work, as it is the main convention setting out what governments need to do.
  • To designate ILO Convention 161 on Occupational Health Services a complimentary fundamental right at work. ILO Convention 161 on Occupational Health Services requires governments to ensure that workers have access to an occupational health service, either in their workplace or through the public health system.
  • To allow the broadest interpretation of health and safety, urge Governments to support the term “working environment” as reference in the fundamental principle and right at work.
  • To ensure that should be no international competition over OHS standards in trade agreements.

“The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights include a duty and responsibility to protect the health and safety of workers. With the United Nations’ resolution recognizing access to a healthy and sustainable environment as a universal right, another historic moment awaits the Governing Body to make the correct decision,” said IndustriALL assistant general secretary, Kan Matsuzaki.

https://www.industriall-union.org/health-and-safety-must-be-a-fundamental-principle-and-right-at-work

 

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Global: Final push for ‘fundamental right’ to safe work

Workers’ unions worldwide are pressing their demand for health and safety to finally become a globally recognised fundamental principle and right at work. “We demand that the International Labour Organisation (ILO) adopts occupational health and safety as a fundamental right at work.” said ITUC general secretary Sharan Burrow, adding: “It’s as important as freedom of association and the elimination of forced labour, child labour and discrimination in employment.”

ITUC news release and 28 April #iwmd22 webpages.

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Hacer de la salud y seguridad en el trabajo un derecho fundamental esta Jornada Internacional de Conmemoración

Hacer de la salud y seguridad en el trabajo un derecho fundamental esta Jornada Internacional de Conmemoración – 28 de abril #IWMD22 – Confederación Sindical Internacional

Reconnaître la santé et la sécurité au travail comme un droit fondamental à l’occasion de la Journée internationale de commémoration des travailleuses et des travailleurs – le 28 avril #IWMD22 – Confédération Syndicale Internationale

Make safe and healthy work a fundamental right this International Workers’ Memorial Day – 28 April #IWMD22 – International Trade Union Confederation

Hacer de la salud y seguridad en el trabajo un derecho fundamental esta Jornada Internacional de Conmemoración – 28 de abril #IWMD22

Con ocasión de la Jornada Internacional de Conmemoración #IWMD22, sindicatos de todo el mundo presionan reclamando que por fin se considere la salud y seguridad como un derecho fundamental en el trabajo.

04-02-2022

“No cabe la menor duda. Cualquier persona debería saber que tiene derecho a esperar que se haga todo lo necesario para garantizar su seguridad en el trabajo.

“Pedimos por tanto que la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) adopte la salud y seguridad como un derecho fundamental en el trabajo. Resulta tan fundamental como la libertad sindical o la eliminación del trabajo forzoso, el trabajo infantil y la discriminación en el empleo”, aseguró la Secretaria General de la CSI, Sharan Burrow.

Han transcurrido ya tres años desde que la Conferencia del Centenario de la OIT acordó hacerlo. En ese tiempo alrededor de 8,1 millones de personas han perdido la vida por culpa de su trabajo, y muchas otras sufren lesiones y enfermedades que han cambiado sus vidas porque sus empleadores no las protegieron debidamente.

Sharan Burrow continúa afirmando que “La pandemia de COVID-19 ha venido a demostrar sin lugar a dudas que la gente trabajadora no puede seguir esperando un cambio al respecto. Las muertes en el lugar de trabajo son evitables y las últimas cifras indican que se produce al menos una muerte cada diez segundos en el trabajo. La OIT daría así un primer paso para poner fin a esta tremenda cifra de víctimas mortales y de lesiones”.

Más que un derecho fundamental

La CSI y sus afiliadas piden además a los Gobiernos que tomen medidas para:

  • ratificar e implementar los convenios básicos de la OIT sobre salud y seguridad;
  • ratificar e implementar todos los convenios sectoriales o sobre riesgos laborales específicos;
  • establecer organismos nacionales sobre salud y seguridad agrupando a representantes de sindicatos y patronal;
  • requerir servicios de salud laboral para todos y acordar la debida compensación, incluyendo el reconocimiento de la COVID-19 como enfermedad laboral.

“Los empleadores han de responsabilizarse de evaluar y erradicar riesgos en sus centros de trabajo y a lo largo de la cadena de suministros, y consultar a los sindicatos respecto a medidas de prevención por medio de comités de salud y seguridad en el lugar de trabajo.

“Es necesario asimismo que la OIT haga mucho más y aborde desafíos como el estrés en el trabajo, los trastornos musculo-esqueléticos, además de elaborar un convenio sobre riesgos biológicos como la COVID-19. Resulta urgente que la COVID-19 se reconozca como la amenaza que supone en los lugares de trabajo. La salud y la seguridad debería ser una prioridad en el trabajo, y no algo que apenas se considera ocasionalmente a posteriori”, concluyó Sharan Burrow.

https://www.ituc-csi.org/Jornada-Internacional-de-Conmemoracion-2022

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Reconnaître la santé et la sécurité au travail comme un droit fondamental à l’occasion de la Journée internationale de commémoration des travailleuses et des travailleurs

Reconnaître la santé et la sécurité au travail comme un droit fondamental à l’occasion de la Journée internationale de commémoration des travailleuses et des travailleurs – le 28 avril #IWMD22 – Confédération Syndicale Internationale

Make safe and healthy work a fundamental right this International Workers’ Memorial Day – 28 April #IWMD22 – International Trade Union Confederation

Hacer de la salud y seguridad en el trabajo un derecho fundamental esta Jornada Internacional de Conmemoración – 28 de abril #IWMD22 – Confederación Sindical Internacional

Reconnaître la santé et la sécurité au travail comme un droit fondamental à l’occasion de la Journée internationale de commémoration des travailleuses et des travailleurs – le 28 avril #IWMD22

À l’occasion de la Journée internationale de commémoration des travailleuses et des travailleurs #IWMD22, les organisations syndicales font pression en exigeant que la santé et la sécurité soient finalement reconnues comme l’un des principes et droits fondamentaux au travail.

04-02-2022

« Cela ne fait aucun doute. Tous les travailleurs et travailleuses devraient savoir qu’ils ont le droit de s’attendre à ce que tout soit mis en oeuvre pour assurer leur sécurité au travail.

« Nous appelons l’Organisation internationale du travail (OIT) à adopter la santé et la sécurité au travail comme un droit fondamental au travail. Il est tout aussi important que la liberté syndicale et l’élimination du travail forcé, du travail des enfants et de la discrimination dans l’emploi », a déclaré la secrétaire générale de la CSI, Sharan Burrow.

Trois ans se sont écoulés depuis que l’OIT a convenu, lors de sa Conférence du centenaire, que cette mesure serait adoptée. À cette époque, quelque 8,1 millions de personnes ont perdu la vie à cause de leur travail et de nombreuses autres aujourd’hui subissent des lésions ou sont atteintes de maladies qui ont changé leur vie car leur employeur ne les a pas protégées.

Et d’ajouter : « La pandémie de Covid-19 a démontré, sans l’ombre d’un doute, que les travailleurs ne peuvent plus attendre. Les décès sur le lieu de travail sont évitables et les derniers chiffres indiquent qu’un travailleur meurt au moins toutes les dix secondes. Ce faisant, l’OIT ferait un premier pas en vue de réduire ce nombre effarant de décès et de lésions ».

Plus qu’un droit fondamental

La CSI et ses organisations affiliées appellent les gouvernements à prendre des mesures pour :

  • ratifier et mettre en oeuvre les conventions fondamentales de l’OIT sur la sécurité et la santé ;
  • ratifier et mettre en oeuvre toutes les conventions sectorielles ou sur les risques professionnels ;
  • établir des instances nationales chargées de la santé et de la sécurité regroupant des représentants des syndicats et des employeurs ;
  • assurer des services de santé au travail pour tous et garantir des mesures d’indemnisation appropriées, notamment en reconnaissant la Covid-19 comme maladie professionnelle.

« Les employeurs doivent prendre leurs responsabilités en matière d’évaluation et d’éradication des risques sur les lieux de travail et dans les chaînes d’approvisionnement, et consulter les syndicats en ce qui concerne la prévention par le biais de comités de santé et de sécurité sur le lieu de travail.

« En outre, il est nécessaire que l’OIT agisse davantage, relève des défis tels que le stress au travail et les troubles musculo-squelettiques, et élabore une convention sur les risques biologiques, notamment la Covid-19. Il est urgent que la Covid-19 soit reconnue comme la menace qu’elle pose au lieu de travail. La sécurité et la santé devraient constituer la première priorité au travail, et non pas une réflexion ultérieure occasionnelle », a conclu Sharan Burrow.

https://www.ituc-csi.org/la-Journee-internationale-de-commemoration-des-travailleuses-et-des-travailleurs-2022

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Make safe and healthy work a fundamental right this International Workers’ Memorial Day

Make safe and healthy work a fundamental right this International Workers’ Memorial Day – 28 April #IWMD22 – International Trade Union Confederation

Hacer de la salud y seguridad en el trabajo un derecho fundamental esta Jornada Internacional de Conmemoración – 28 de abril #IWMD22 – Confederación Sindical Internacional

Reconnaître la santé et la sécurité au travail comme un droit fondamental à l’occasion de la Journée internationale de commémoration des travailleuses et des travailleurs – le 28 avril #IWMD22 – Confédération Syndicale Internationale

Make safe and healthy work a fundamental right this International Workers’ Memorial Day – 28 April #IWMD22

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.

04-02-2022

“It’s a no-brainer. Every working person should know that they have the right to expect that everything is done to keep them safe at work.

“We demand that the International Labour Organization (ILO) adopts occupational health and safety as a fundamental right at work. It’s as important as freedom of association and the elimination of forced labour, child labour and discrimination in employment,” said ITUC General Secretary Sharan Burrow.

Three years have passed since the ILO Centenary Conference agreed that this would be done. In that time around 8.1 million people have died as a result of their work, and even more now live with life-altering injuries and illnesses because their employer did not protect them.

Sharan Burrow continued: “The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated beyond doubt that working people can’t wait for this any longer. Workplace deaths are preventable deaths and the latest figures show that a worker dies at least once every ten seconds. By doing this the ILO will be making a start on cutting this appalling toll of death and injuries.“

More than a fundamental 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.

“Employers must take responsibility for assessing and eradicating risks in their workplaces and in their supply chains, and consulting unions on prevention through workplace health and safety committees.

“And we need the ILO to do more and address challenges like stress at work, musculoskeletal disorders and a convention on biological hazards like Covid-19. It is urgent that Covid-19 is recognised for the workplace threat that it is. Health and safety should be the first priority at work, not an occasional after thought,” concluded Sharan Burrow.

https://www.ituc-csi.org/International-Workers-Memorial-Day-2022