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ETUI - Worker's Voice
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1. Manifesto "Zero Death At Work" . Vejam abaixo o Manifesto sem as assinaturas que podem ser vistas acessando o link original.
"People go to work to make a living – to provide for themselves, their family and their loved ones.
Every working day across the European Union twelve working people do not come home from work - because they have died at work. Far from earning a living, work has killed them, and their families suffer emotionally, financially and in many other ways.
On International Workers Memorial Day and everyday, we remember those killed or injured at work – and we urge the European Union, member state governments and employers to bring an end to deaths at work. We call for zero death at work.
Zero death at work is not a utopian dream. The trend in fatal workplace accidents is down and eradication of fatal accidents is achievable.
But while fatal accidents are declining, occupational diseases are increasing. Some 100,000 workers die every year from occupational cancer due to exposure to hazardous substances. Long working hours and psychological pressure at work cause heart-disease, stroke, depression, and suicide. Bad posture, repetitive movement and heavy lifting cause backpain and other ‘musculoskeletal’ disorders and in turn cause depression and people being unable to work.
New challenges for health and safety are posed by extreme weather and temperatures from climate change, and new forms of work away from the traditional workplace such as rapidly increasing work from home and platform work. COVID has shown that the workplace is a major source of contagion, has led to the death of many thousands of workers, and we must be better prepared in work and elsewhere for future pandemics.
The EU’s current health and safety strategy says “All efforts must be deployed to reduce work-related deaths as much as possible, in line with a Vision Zero approach to work-related deaths”. This is good, but the actions promised in it will not achieve zero deaths.
We call on the European Union, its member state governments, and employers to genuinely commit, and take the actions needed, to achieve zero death at work. Europe needs much more to “walk the walk” than “talk the talk”.
This means a concerted joined-up effort to
- Prevent workplace accidents and occupational diseases, stopping exposure to hazardous including cancer-causing substances and be ready for pandemic
- Make physical and mental health of workers the point of departure when organizing work and designing the workplace.
This will require action at EU, national, sectoral and company level, with legislative as well as other initiatives involving trade unions and employers: including increased education, training, monitoring, prevention, protection, reporting, inspection, enforcement and penalties.
We expect and demand such action to be delivered by the next European Commission and European Parliament from 2024, in addition to the legislative action to be taken by the Commission in the current term. Zero deaths by 2030."
2. Safety checks on dangerous machines restored after 15 years
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"Dangerous machinery will have to undergo independent safety checks for the first time in over 15 years under a newly-agreed EU regulation.
Mandatory third-party safety checks on high-risk machinery were scrapped in 2006 as part of the European Commission’s deregulation drive known as ‘Better Regulation’.
The number of workers in Europe being injured by machines subsequently increased, Eurostat figures show.
Now at least six categories of machinery will once again be subject to mandatory third-party checks, and the European Commission will be able to add further products to the list on an ongoing basis.
Artificial Intelligence
That was the agreement made between the European Council and European Parliament last week.
Importantly, mandatory third-party checks will apply to dangerous machines using artificial intelligence, which have already been the cause of workplace accidents. E-bikes are also included.
Member states will have to improve the reporting of accidents involving machinery, and based on those statistics, further machines will be subject to mandatory safety inspections.
Trade unions pushed for more categories of machines to be subject to mandatory third-party checks but this regulation still represents a step in the right direction.
ETUC Deputy General Secretary Claes-Mikael Stahl said:
“The decision to end all mandatory third-party safety checks for high-risk machinery in 2006 was based entirely on right-wing political ideology rather than practical considerations about workers’ safety.
“I’m pleased that Europe once again has safety rules based on the need to save lives rather than just save money.
“We believe more machines should be subject to independent safety checks but this regulation is a long overdue step in the right direction.”
industriAll Europe Deputy General Secretary Isabelle Barthès said:
"Ensuring safe workplaces and preventing future risks are top priorities for trade unions. We therefore welcome the new regulation as it provides better protection for workers from risks related to AI technologies.
"However, we regret that the Council and the EP have succeeded in limiting external safety checks to certain categories of machinery. This is contrary to the Commission's original approach of creating a fully safe working environment for all high-risk machinery.
"Trade unions will remain vigilant in ensuring that new categories of machinery are eligible for mandatory third party safety inspections where necessary. If we want people to embrace AI, we need to ensure that it benefits both companies and workers and does not create new hazards.
Notes
Machine injuries increase after cut to safety checks https://www.etuc.org/en/pressrelease/machine-injuries-increase-after-cut-safety-checks
ETUC position paper on the EC proposal for a regulation on machinery products: https://www.etuc.org/en/document/etuc-position-paper-ec-proposal-regulation-machinery-products "
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