This year's #IWMD2024 commemoration shines a spotlight on the perilous impacts of climate change on occupational health and safety, emphasising the critical necessity of a just transition to safeguard the right to health and safe workplaces for all.

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Important statement from Australian Unions

😷 For #IWMD24 spread the demand for urgent action to protect workers, facing escalating dangers from the #ClimateEmergency 📣
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On #April28 : In our continued call to stop the killing on International Workers’ Memorial Day, we must also remember the workers whose injuries & deaths are not recognized or recorded as they fall through the gaps #IWMD24 Hazards magazine iufap.org/2024/04/18/apr…

The second edition of the Educators Stand for Climate Justice and Just Transition kicks off in Bangkok, Thailand! Colleagues and allies from the ITUC-Asia Pacific, ILOAsiaPacific, Australian Unions, JTU, STU and UEN delivered messages of solidarity for ASEAN education unionists.

Partipated in the ITUC-Asia Pacific preparatory meeting ahead of ILC. Committee of experts on application of conventions & recommendations report, violation of forced labor convention(C029) in Maldives. (migrant worker rights)Presented our observations to prioritise the review

Today, as we commemorate World Health Day 2024, we honor the dedication and resilience of healthcare workers in Maldives and worldwide. In order to provide high-quality and holistic healthcare service, safe workplaces and balanced patient-to-staff ratios are vital, which can be…

So, why are trade unions involved in UN sustainable development discussions? 🤔
Discover the key messages unions bring to the table in this great article by ITUC-Asia Pacific ➡️pulse.ly/libax2u17f
GEFONT-Nepal EILER #APFSD #HLPF2024 #GlobalGoals United Nations ESCAP

🗣️'We're organising and mobilizing women and young workers across all sectors to become agents of change in trade unions and society.' Mimin Ida Nurjanah Suara KSPI ITUC-Asia Pacific

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#UNCSW68 #CSW6 #GlobalUnions #WomenForDemocracy

Approximately 25 days left to implement the #IR act. No consultation with the stakeholders including the unions and employers federation related to regulations and administrative set up mandated by the law. Solidarity Center ITUC-Asia Pacific ILO Sri Lanka & the Maldives Dr Mohamed Muizzu MTUC

The FFW Women's & Women Workers United #Philippines joins the challenge #ForDemocracy that upholds #womenrights & #genderjustice .
On #IWWD2024 , they danced vs #CharterChange , calling for democracy that's based on the #womenworkers agenda, not on the interests of the elite few.

Like Chhum Sokly of #CCTU 🇰🇭, women union leaders are agents of change who push for better working conditions & protection for all workers.

This #IWD2024 , we honour our women union leaders who promotes democracy in their workplaces thru collective bargaining. ✊️♀️

♀️ Of course, this #IWD2024 , women union leaders in 🇵🇰, 🇵🇭 & 🇹🇷 starts a trend #ForDemocracy that respects #WomensRights & upholds #GenderJustice .

✊️ The trend they resist? Backsliding democracies, rise of authoritarianism & populism, & erosion of our hard-won rights!

♀️✊🏽 #IWD2024 | ITUC-AP's solidarity message is a call #ForDemocracy that upholds #WomensRights and #GenderJustice .

There is no genuine democracy if women's voices are suppressed, if women feel unsafe, or if their fundamental rights are violated.

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Trade unions stand #ForDemocracy worldwide✊
ITUC launches today new global campaign in defence of democracy all over the world, from the UN down to our workplaces!
'The trade union movement is the largest social movement defending democracy and democratic values!'…

🗣️' #Democracy will always be undermined if we don’t act. In some govts, labour and human rights are not protected as much as corporate interests' Nice Coronacion SENTRO

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On #SocialJusticeDay , the Philippines becomes the first country in Asia to #RatifyC190 . ILO Convention 190 sets global standards to end workplace violence & harassment, fostering a future of work grounded in dignity & respect bit.ly/phratifyc190

🗣️ Julius Cainglet at #APFSD2024 spoke about #SocialProtection - he made it clear what govts must do for working people:
✅Expand social protection coverage to everyone
✅Expand budgets & taxation to deliver universal social protection
✅Fund climate insurance and protection
✅Fully…

Representing the workers and trade unions major group, Julius H. Cainglet puts forward recommendations for a holistic rights-based agenda.

Among them—facilitating transition of informal work to the formal economy, and ensuring that labour rights are central in policies.

'More power to the people!'✊
Gene Rodriguez EILER & Bidur Karki of GEFONT-Nepal addressed #APFSD2024 , presenting crucial recommendations from workers and trade unions to governments across the region:
🟠Decent, climate-friendly jobs with #LivingWages
🟠 #JustTransition programs,…