{"id":3163,"date":"2019-04-29T15:14:37","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T14:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=3163"},"modified":"2020-02-24T07:39:43","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T06:39:44","slug":"canada-paper-and-related-workers-start-year-long-safety-campaign-on-28-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=3163","title":{"rendered":"Canada: Paper and related workers start year long safety campaign on 28 April"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Global unions target safety at work in pulp, paper, graphical and packaging in a year of action<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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CONTACT:<\/strong>
\nLeeann Foster,\u00a0lfoster@usw.org<\/span><\/a>, 412-225-5964
\nJess Kamm Broomell,\u00a0jkamm@usw.org<\/span><\/a>, 412-562-2444<\/p>\n

Workers in the pulp, paper, graphical and packaging sectors, represented globally by IndustriALL Global Union and UNI, are using this 2019 Workers Memorial Day to kick off a yearlong campaign around the three fundamental worker rights needed to make work safe: (1) The Right to Know \u2013 workers must know the hazards and risks in their workplace; (2) The Right to Act (commonly known as the Right to Refuse Unsafe Work Without Punishment); and (3) the Right to Participate in the programs and structures that manage safety in the workplace.\u00a0 Each of these Rights will be highlighted with action by workers across the global pulp, paper, graphical and packaging sectors.<\/span><\/p>\n

May and June 2019 will focus on a\u00a0Worker\u2019s Right to Know<\/strong>. Right-to-Know laws typically focus on a worker\u2019s right to know the hazardous substances and dangerous chemicals they work with, but workers require information on so much more that could endanger them at work.\u00a0 Workers require:<\/p>\n