New perspectives, debates and conversations about ongoing research and education on social Europe, worker participation, health and safety, the wider labour movement and the world of work. Episode #1 – COVID19, the crisis we did not expect and its impact on work, the case of Belgium with Stan De Spiegelaere Episode #2 – La crise du Covid-19 analysée … Continue reading Europe: ETUI coronavirus podcasts – voices on the world of work
TUC briefing Unionise If you haven’t already, join a union. If you’ve already joined, organise. If that means in isolation, so be it – invite colleagues to a video call or WhatsApp group. Regardless of how big your union is, or whether it’s recognised or not, you should be having union meetings about coronavirus. Whether … Continue reading Britain: 10 things you can do now to organise on coronavirus at work | TUC
Workers need a minimum of two things from the air in their workplace: that it’s safe to breathe and that it doesn’t explode and kill them. Since January 2018, 16 dockers and 12 seafarers have died from asphyxiation or explosions in confined spaces – or from falls after passing out due to bad air. That’s … Continue reading Global: ITF – Canaries in the cargo hold: dockers and seafarers dying in confined spaces on the rise
Workplace safety NGO Institute for Occupational Health and Safety Development (IOHSAD) held a candle lighting activity in Zambales province to mark Workers’ Memorial Day and remember all the Hanjin workers who died due to work since the largest shipyard company started its operations in the country in 2006. This annual red-letter day is aimed to … Continue reading Philippines: 28 April -Workers call for safe workplaces and end to contractualisation
BWI affiliates in South Asia have been be encouraged to submit letters to their respective Governments in support of a proposal to amend Article 22 of the Rotterdam Convention being considered at the conference – which runs from 25 April to 5 May. The current voting system allows a single government in the pocket of … Continue reading BWI affiliates urged to support the amendment of Rotterdam Convention, Article 22