The right time. Making health and safety an ILO ‘fundamental right at work'
2021
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occupational safety and health ; workers rights ; trade union role ; role of ILO ; trade union document
Occupational safety and health
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"Unions want health and safety to be a fundamental right for workers everywhere, no exceptions. Ambet Yuson, general secretary of the building and woodworkers' global union BWI and Unite's Gail Cartmail, the BWI vice-president and chair of the BWI Global Network on Health and Safety, say it's time for a final push to make it happen.
The struggles for healthy and safe work environments are central to the work of trade unions. Given the importance of the right to safe and healthy work, many trade unionists assume that health and safety on the job is among the fundamental rights at work recognised by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). ..."
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