{"id":4418,"date":"2021-04-19T16:42:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T16:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=4418"},"modified":"2021-04-20T13:20:40","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T13:20:40","slug":"global-its-fundamental-making-work-safety-an-ilo-fundamental-right-at-work-hazards-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=4418","title":{"rendered":"Global: IT’S FUNDAMENTAL | Making work safety an ILO Fundamental Right at Work – Hazards magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

An ILO Governing Body decision<\/a> on 23 March 2021 was \u00a0a \u2018significant step\u2019 towards making occupational health and safety a fundamental workers\u2019 right, global union confederation ITUC has said.\u00a0 The \u00a0influential committee comprised of government, employer and union delegates overwhelmingly supported a call from worker members to move ahead with the process. It is expected that the decision will be formalised at the ILO Conference in 2022. The net.<\/p>\n

The next step in the campaign is International Workers\u2019 Memorial Day on 28 April 2021, when ITUC says \u201cunions can send a message that health and safety protection at work must be recognised as a right for all. Whether it is Covid or occupational cancers, or workplace injuries and industrial diseases, every worker should have a right to a voice and a right to protection. No-one should have to die to make a living.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to ITUC general secretary Sharan Burrow: \u201cWe will keep up the pressure, on International Workers\u2019 Memorial Day and beyond.\u201d The union-driven move was supported by occupational medicine organisations the Collegium Ramazzini<\/a> and the Society of Occupational Medicine and leading workplace safety bodies the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) and the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH<\/a>). Unions had success at the ILO Governing Body meeting with another health and safety priority, striking an agreement that a Biological Hazards Convention will follow after occupational health and safety in ILO\u2019s ruling making priorities.<\/p>\n

It’s Fundamental: Making work safety an ILO Fundamental Right at Work<\/a> – Hazards magazine, April 2021<\/p>\n

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