IndustriALL Global Union
Глобальный союз IndustriALL считает, что вопросы охраны здоровья и безопасности относятся к сфере прав работников и обязанностей работодателей. Ни чрезвычайная ситуация, возникшая из-за вспышки COVID-19, ни вызываемое новым вирусом заболевание не меняют этих основополагающих принципов. Напротив, они сейчас важнее, чем когда-либо.
Covid-19 – советы работникам и работодателям
Jornada Internacional de Conmemoración: Detener la pandemia en el trabajo
El 28 de abril se celebra la Jornada Internacional de Conmemoración, para recordar y reclamar acciones respecto a los trabajadores muertos, discapacitados, lesionados o enfermos a causa de su trabajo.
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Este año la jornada se centrará evidentemente en la pandemia de COVID-19. Aunque todo el mundo está afectado por esta crisis, los trabajadores se encuentran en primera línea.
“El personal sanitario en particular está arriesgando su vida para seguir con su labor de cuidar a los enfermos. También está el personal que trabaja en residencias de mayores y en otros establecimientos, que se ocupa de cuidar a personas de los grupos más vulnerables. Pero necesitamos igualmente a los trabajadores de supermercados y del transporte, que aportan servicios esenciales, y a muchos otros para que la economía siga funcionando. Todos debemos agradecer a esos trabajadores, porque si no podemos comprar alimentos, no podremos mantener sanas a nuestras familias”, declaró Sharan Burrow, Secretaria General de la CSI.
La Jornada Internacional de Conmemoración 2020 se celebrará en apoyo a todos esos valientes trabajadores y para recordar a todas las personas que han muerto, enfermado o se han lesionado realizando su trabajo.
Las medidas de distanciamiento social y de confinamiento probablemente harán imposible la organización de reuniones y eventos presenciales.
A continuación figuran algunas sugerencias de actividades, y sobre cómo difundir su mensaje:
Solidaridad en acción – Alto a la pandemia en el trabajo
La gran mayoría de las actividades sindicales en este 18 de abril serán virtuales y sus fotos servirán para representar el poder, la solidaridad y el compromiso de los miembros de sindicatos del mundo entero con la seguridad en el trabajo.
Compartan sus fotos o vídeos de 30 segundos de duración a través de las redes sociales (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram) utilizando #iwmd20 o envíenlos por e-mail a editor@hazards.org
Para los trabajadores en primera línea que intentan ‘Salvar vidas – Mantenerse a salvo”, envíen una foto llevando su equipo de protección o mostrando cómo se practica el distanciamiento social en su lugar de trabajo, a fin de ‘Detener la pandemia en el trabajo’.
Modelo de mensaje para las redes sociales:
Parte del equipo que está salvando vidas y manteniéndose a salvo #iwmd20
Juntos podemos detener la pandemia #StopthePandemicAtWork
Para todos los trabajadores, a fin de mostrar su solidaridad para ‘Detener la pandemia en el trabajo’ pueden enviar la foto de una vela encendida dentro de sus casas o lugares de trabajo, en solidaridad con los trabajadores en primera línea que hacen posible nuestra supervivencia.
Modelo de mensaje para las redes sociales:
Por todos aquellos que trabajan para detener la pandemia #StopthePandemicAtWork
Gracias a todos los trabajadores en primera línea #iwmd20
Para los responsables sindicales, pueden sostener un cartel con la lista de medidas de apoyo que hayan negociado para ‘Detener la pandemia en el trabajo’.
Modelo de mensaje para las redes sociales:
Sindicatos en acción #StopthePandemicAtWork
Luchando por:
Baja remunerada
Lugares de trabajo seguros
Garantías de empleo
#iwmd20
Si tienen alguna idea respecto a posibles actividades virtuales, agradeceríamos las compartan con nosotros enviando un e-mail a editor@hazards.org. Publicaremos sus sugerencias en el sitio web de la campaña https://28april.org/.
https://www.ituc-csi.org/28April2020-ES
Journée internationale de commémoration des travailleuses et des travailleurs : Stoppons la pandémie au travail
Le 28 avril marque la Journée internationale de commémoration des travailleuses et des travailleurs, qui a pour but de rendre hommage aux travailleurs décédés, devenus invalides, blessés ou malades à cause de leur travail en organisant des actions.
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Le thème de cette année porte évidemment sur la pandémie de COVID-19. Bien que tout le monde soit touché par la crise, les travailleurs se trouvent en première ligne.
« Les professionnels de la santé, en particulier, risquent leur vie en réalisant leur travail pour prendre soin des malades, tandis que des travailleurs se chargent des soins aux personnes âgées et d’autres infrastructures s’occupent des groupes les plus vulnérables. Mais nous avons également besoin des travailleurs dans les transports et les supermarchés, des fournisseurs de services essentiels et de nombreux autres pour maintenir l’économie à flot. Les citoyens devraient également remercier ces travailleurs car si vous ne pouvez pas acheter de produits alimentaires, vous ne pourrez pas nourrir votre famille pour qu’elle reste en bonne santé », a déclaré Sharan Burrow, secrétaire générale de la CSI.
La Journée internationale de commémoration des travailleuses et des travailleurs 2020 sera organisée pour soutenir tous ces travailleurs courageux, ainsi que pour rendre hommage aux personnes décédées, malades ou blessées en raison de leur travail.
Compte tenu des mesures de distanciation sociale et de confinement, les réunions et événements physiques ne pourront vraisemblablement pas être organisés.
Voici quelques suggestions d’activités et de diffusion de vos messages :
Solidarité en action – stoppons la pandémie au travail
La grande majorité des activités syndicales organisées le 28 avril seront virtuelles et vos photos représenteront le pouvoir, la solidarité et l’engagement des membres de syndicats en faveur de la sécurité au travail.
Publiez vos photos ou vidéos de 30 secondes sur les réseaux sociaux (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram) en utilisant #iwmd20 ou envoyez-les par courriel à editor@hazards.org.
Quant aux travailleurs en première ligne, qui « sauvent des vies – en sécurité », envoyez une photo de vos vêtements de protection ou de la façon dont votre lieu de travail respecte la distanciation physique en toute sécurité pour « stopper la pandémie au travail ».
Exemples de message pour les médias sociaux :
Une partie de l’équipe sauvant des vies en sécurité sur #iwmd20
Ensemble nous pouvons #StopthePandemicAtWork
Pour tous les travailleurs, afin de manifester votre solidarité pour « stopper la pandémie au travail », envoyez une photo d’une bougie que vous allumez chez vous ou sur votre lieu de travail en solidarité avec les travailleurs en première ligne qui rendent notre vie possible.
Exemples de message pour les médias sociaux :
Mettons en lumière tous ceux qui travaillent pour #StopthePandemicAtWork
Merci à tous les travailleurs en première ligne à l’occasion de la #iwmd20
Pour les responsables syndicaux, portez une pancarte avec une liste des mesures de soutien que vous avez négociées pour « stopper la pandémie au travail »
Exemples de message pour les médias sociaux :
Les syndicats en action #StopthePandemicAtWork
Luttant pour :
Des congés de maladie rémunérés
Des lieux de travail sûrs
Une sécurité d’emploi
#iwmd20
Si vous souhaitez partager des idées concernant des activités virtuelles, veuillez nous en faire part en envoyant un courriel à editor@hazards.org. Nous les publierons sur notre site web consacré à la campagne https://28april.org/.
https://www.ituc-csi.org/28avril2020-FR
Workers’ Memorial Day: STOP THE PANDEMIC AT WORK
Brussels, 3 April 2020: April 28 is International Workers’ Memorial Day or Workers’ Mourning Day. This is the international day of remembrance and action for workers killed, disabled, injured or made unwell by their work.
The focus this year is of course the global COVID-19 pandemic. While everyone is affected by the crisis, workers are on the front line.
“Healthcare workers in particular are risking their lives doing their job to take care of the sick. And there are people working in aged care and other facilities looking after the most vulnerable groups of people. But we also need transport and supermarket workers, providers of essential services and many others to keep the economy going. People should also thank these workers because if you can’t buy food, then you can’t keep your family sustained and healthy,” said Sharan Burrow, ITUC General Secretary.
International Workers’ Memorial Day 2020 will be held in support of all these courageous workers and in remembrance of the people who have died or become sick or injured while doing their job.
Social distancing and lockdown measures most likely mean that physical meetings and events will not be possible.
Here are some suggestions for activities, and how to spread your message:
Solidarity in Action – Stop the Pandemic at Work
The overwhelming majority of union activities on April 28 will be virtual and your photos will represent the power, the solidarity and the commitment of union members everywhere to safety at work.
Share your photos or 30 second videos on social media (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram) using #iwmd20 or email them to editor@hazards.org
For frontline workers who are ‘Saving Lives – Staying Safe’, send a photo in your protective apparel or how your workplace is practicing social distancing safely to ‘Stop the Pandemic at Work’.
Sample social media message:
Part of the team that’s saving lives and staying safe on #iwmd20
Together we can #StopthePandemicAtWork
For all workers, to show your solidarity to ‘Stop the Pandemic at Work’, send a photo of a candle you light in your homes or workplaces in solidarity with frontline workers making our lives possible.
Sample social media message:
Shining a light on all those who are working to #StopthePandemicAtWork
Thank you to all frontline workers on #iwmd20
For union officials, hold a sign with a list of support measures you have negotiated to ‘Stop the Pandemic at Work’
Sample social media message:
Unions in action #StopthePandemicAtWork
Fighting for:
Paid sick leave
Safe workplaces
Job guarantees
#iwmd20
If you have ideas for virtual activities, please share them with us by sending an email to editor@hazards.org. We will make them public on our campaign website https://28april.org/.
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) represents 200 million members of 332 affiliates in 163 countries and territories.
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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 it’s redundancy, pay or PPE, every single worker has something to negotiate right now.
Check your contracts and staff handbooks for relevant clauses to clarify your rights and responsibilities. You may have questions around working from home, the sickness management policy, maternity rights and other entitlements, so carry out an audit of yours and your colleagues contracts to see where you stand. Make sure you’re including any agency workers in that as they may have very different terms and conditions.
If you think your employer is breaching your contract, or if they are asking you to go in when it is against government or medical advice, contact your union’s legal teams now.
If your bosses are drawing up policies around the response to coronavirus, make sure they’re speaking to the union. Employers have a legal duty to consult established health and safety reps and committee, and reps have the right to play an active role in risk assessments.
Across the country, ‘furloughed’ workers on the government’s Jobs Retention Scheme are going to be faced with the possibility of a 20% cut in pay unless their employer agrees to top up the government’s wage subsidy. Other workers affected by school closures are faced with unpaid parental leave as they take time to care for their kids. This is a huge battle and unions are playing a major role in negotiating in workplaces.
– Watch our webinar on wage subsidy.
– Read our blog What are the rules if you’re temporarily laid off?
Employers cutting pay, laying people off, or opening their workplace without the necessary distancing or hygiene measures need to be called out. For especially hostile bosses, public pressure from the outside can support union organising on the inside. Campaigns like #BoycottWetherspoons ran by BFAWU members or #ShutTheSites by Unite activists can threaten the reputational damage of businesses and force a U-turn.
– If you have concerns about how your employer is responding to coronavirus, please tell us.
Bosses need to take seriously the calls for distancing, cleanliness and hygiene. The law is clear on the welfare provisions you should have access to. We need sufficient personal protective equipment (PPE) and testing to front-line workers – especially health and social care. More people will die if this call is not met. We need the government to urgently issue scientific advice on PPE to all key workers, direct enforcement agencies to take appropriate action – and to ensure those who flout to law are penalised. Read our blog Bosses who fail to protect their workers must pay the penalty.
If you are working from home, you still need to think about safe working conditions. Repetitive strain injury is a serious workplace hazard, and unions should demand no worker is out of pocket from purchasing equipment to support their posture etc.
Many trade union members already been involved in setting up and supporting mutual aid groups which demonstrate the strength and solidarity of our movement. Many unions have retired members branches, whose members may not be as plugged in to online channels but may well fall into the more vulnerable category. Reach out to branches and ask what kind of work your union members can be doing to bring support to them.
It’s important to maintain lines of communication both with management and with each other. At a time when many of us are working in isolation, it’s easier for bosses to play divide and rule. Guard against it and keep in touch regularly, reporting any new developments. For your own mental health, too, maintaining a network of colleagues who you can check in with will help bring some familiarity to your day.
We may not be able to hold protests and rallies at the moment, but workers can still take action. Last Friday saw one union branch walk off the job over safety concerns as bosses refused to close the non-essential workplace. In Ireland nearly 1,000 union members walked off a food production site protesting the lack of safety measures. Whether it be an open letter, petition or downing of tools, your union will be able to advise you on the best way to take, and to escalate, action.
As the coronavirus crisis carries on, people are dying. Every day. Many of those around the world losing their lives to this virus are the workers on the front-line in health, education, transport, retail and other sectors.
This month is International Workers’ Memorial Day- marked every year on April 28th. Put the date in your diary and sign up to TUC mailing (sign up in the footer below) to be involved in our online memorial. While we mourn those who have passed, we mobilise to ensure not another life is lost to work.
Protecting workers’ safety in the coronavirus pandemic, TUC report, 3 April 2020.
Shelly Asquith
TUC health and safety policy officer
Arbeitsunfällen: DIE PANDEMIE BEI DER ARBEIT STOPPEN
Der 28. April ist der Internationale Gedenktag für die Opfer von Arbeitsunfällen (International Workers’ Memorial Day), an dem wir derer gedenken und für die eintreten, die bei der Arbeit ums Leben gekommen sind, sich eine Behinderung, Verletzung oder sonstige Beeinträchtigung zugezogen haben.
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Im Fokus steht in diesem Jahr selbstverständlich die globale Covid-19-Pandemie. Von der Krise sind zwar alle betroffen, aber Arbeitnehmer*innen stehen an vorderster Front.
“Vor allem die Beschäftigten im Gesundheitswesen riskieren ihr eigenes Leben, wenn sie zur Arbeit gehen, um die Kranken zu versorgen. Zudem arbeiten Menschen in Senioren- und anderen Einrichtungen, die sich um die schwächsten Gruppen in unserer Gesellschaft kümmern. Darüber hinaus brauchen wir Beschäftigte im Verkehrswesen und in Supermärkten sowie die Erbringer wesentlicher Dienstleistungen und viele andere, um die Wirtschaft aufrechtzuerhalten. Diesen Arbeitnehmer*innen sollten wir ebenfalls danken, denn wenn wir kein Essen kaufen können, können wir unsere Familie nicht versorgen und sicherstellen, dass sie gesund bleibt”, erklärt IGB-Generalsekretärin Sharan Burrow.
Der Internationale Gedenktag 2020 steht im Zeichen der Unterstützung all dieser mutigen Arbeitnehmerinnen und Arbeitnehmer und der Erinnerung an die Menschen, die bei der Arbeit verstorben, erkrankt oder verunglückt sind.
Social Distancing und Ausgangsbeschränkungen werden aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach zur Folge haben, dass Zusammenkünfte und Veranstaltungen nicht möglich sind.
Hier ein paar Vorschläge für Aktivitäten und dazu, wie Ihr Eure Botschaft verbreiten könnt:
Solidarität in Aktion: Die Pandemie bei der Arbeit stoppen
Die überwältigende Mehrheit der Gewerkschaftsaktivitäten am 28. April wird virtueller Art sein, und Eure Fotos werden die Stärke, die Solidarität und das Engagement von Gewerkschaftsmitgliedern überall für Sicherheit am Arbeitsplatz symbolisieren.
Teilt Eure Fotos oder 30-Sekunden-Videos in den sozialen Netzwerken (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram) mit dem Hashtag #iwmd20 oder schickt sie per E-Mail an editor@hazards.org.
Arbeitnehmer*innen an vorderster Front, die ‘Leben retten – Gesund bleiben‘: Schickt ein Foto in Eurer Schutzkleidung oder davon, wie an Eurem Arbeitsplatz ein Sicherheitsabstand eingehalten wird, um ‘Die Pandemie bei der Arbeit zu stoppen’.
Nachricht für die sozialen Medien (Beispiel):
Teil des Teams, das Leben rettet und gesund bleibt am #iwmd20
Zusammen können wir #StopthePandemicAtWork
Alle Arbeitnehmer*innen, um Eure Solidarität zu bekunden und ‘Die Pandemie bei der Arbeit zu stoppen’: Schickt ein Foto von einer Kerze, die Ihr zu Hause oder am Arbeitsplatz aus Solidarität mit den Beschäftigten an vorderster Front anzündet, ohne die unser Leben nicht möglich wäre.
Nachricht für die sozialen Medien (Beispiel):
Ein Hoch auf all diejenigen, die arbeiten für #StopthePandemicAtWork
Danke allen Arbeitnehmer*innen an vorderster Front am #iwmd20
Gewerkschaftsvertreter*innen: Haltet ein Schild hoch mit einer Liste von Unterstützungsmaßnahmen, die Ihr ausgehandelt habt, um ‘Die Pandemie bei der Arbeit zu stoppen’.
Nachricht für die sozialen Medien (Beispiel):
Gewerkschaften in Aktion #StopthePandemicAtWork
Kämpfen für:
Lohnfortzahlung im Krankheitsfall
Sichere Arbeitsplätze
Arbeitsplatzgarantien
#iwmd20
https://www.ituc-csi.org/28April2020-DE
Announcement from the ANROEV Secretariat, 2 April 2020
The Asian Network for the Rights of Occupational and Environmental Victims is scheduled to do a formal attribute to all the victims of COVID 19 who have sacrifices their lives, on the occasion of International Workers Memorial Day 2020 ( 28 April 2020) with the theme of ” Remember the Dead, Fight for the Living.”
The ANROEV secretariat aims to collect names of workers and other front liners against the pandemic who have died fighting COVID-19. The compilation of names and information of those who died will be published as a public tribute during the IWMD 2020 commemoration on 28 April 2020.
Additionally, ANROEV members are encouraged to have their own memorial and tribute at the national level.
Ram Charitra Sah
Coordinator | ANROEV
ANROEV Secretariat
C/O- Center for Public Health and Environmental Development (CEPHED)
Mahalaxmi Municipality, Ward No.2, Lalitpur ,
Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel/Fax: +977-1-5201786
Mob: +977-9803047621
www.anroev.org
In response to the worldwide coronavirus crisis, the global union confederation ITUC has announced unions are to make ‘Stop the pandemic at work’ a major campaign focus. The union has produced a series of posters and resources to kick off the campaign, which will build to a day of ‘virtual’ action on 28 April 2020, International Workers’ Memorial Day. ITUC says while everyone is affected by the crisis, workers are on the frontline.
ITUC news release. ITUC/Hazards 28 April website, including news on activities and resources. ITUC/Hazards coronavirus resource hub. ITUC Covid-19 resource pages – news, resources and publications from ITUC affiliates, Global Union Federations and LabourStart. Risks 941. 4 April 2020
In the Covid-19 pandemic, worker health is public health – but worker safety and health is in crisis, a top US safety law expert has said. Debbie Berkowitz of the National Employment Law Project (NELP) said the US federal government “is failing to ensure the safety and health of workers – including those most at risk, health care workers. The government has also abandoned its role in keeping all other essential workers safe – those in supermarkets, delivery, warehouses, factories, public transportation and sanitation.”
But she added: “As the federal government walks away from its responsibility to protect workers in this crisis, unions and worker activism are helping to fill the vacuum.” Berkowitz noted that dangerous shortages of protective gear were being compounded by a lack of official oversight of working conditions. She criticised the lack of action by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), “the government agency responsible for protecting worker’s health and safety on the job. In a sharp departure from previous pandemics and crises, OSHA is not conducting any Covid-19 enforcement—even for health care workers at risk.
This kind of ‘dereliction’ is unprecedented, she wrote, adding: “It’s the unions and an amazing exercise of worker power and activism that have come to the rescue.” The safety law expert concluded: “It is stunning for most of us to realise the weakness of the legal protections for worker safety and health. It is amazing to see the incredible efforts of the unions and rank and file workers – both unorganised and organised – to stand up and demand protections from employers.”