1. Tragédia do Rana Plaza, em Bangladesh completa 4 anos.
April 24: Out of the ashes of Rana Plaza
This week was the fourth anniversary of the shocking tragedy in Bangladesh, where 1,134 workers were killed and thousands were seriously injured when the Rana Plaza building collapsed. Chaumtoli Huq a lawyer and founder of Law@theMargins, a law and media organisation focused on social justice, and an adjunct professor at Brooklyn Law School, is calling for a Workers' Memorial and National Labour Research Institute to remember these workers. She fears that just four years after 'the horrific and tragic deaths of garment workers when the Rana Plaza building collapsed, and it seems that the workers are fading from our collective memory.'
She compares the Rana Plaza with the March 25, 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist garment factory fire in New York City - the deadliest industrial accident in the history of the city, and one of the deadliest in US history. 146 garment workers were killed – 123 women and 23 men. Most of the victims were immigrant women aged 16 to 23. In 2008, the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition (RTFC) was formed to educate the public about the fire.
But, she says, 'A little over a century later, Rana Plaza witnessed deaths tenfold. We have not progressed, but we have moved backwards.' While both tragedies led to labour movement activism, and even in Bangladesh, some 'positive developments for workers', there is much more to be done.
Chaumtoli Hug produced the first documentary - Sramik Awaaz: Workers Voices - to fully explore the lives, work, and organising efforts of Bangladesh's garment workers.
Read more: Out of the ashes of Rana Plaza, The Daily Star Weekend.
May 3 Film screening - Sramik Awaaz: Workers Voices
APHEDA, the trade union international aid and education organisation, is running a screening of Sramik Awaaz: Workers Voices at the Kino Cinema on Wednesday May 3 at 6.30pm. After the film there will be a panel discussion featuring Michele O'Neil (National Secretary, Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia), Dr Samia Khatun (Research Fellow, University of Melbourne) and Nayeem Emran (Labour Rights Advocacy Lead, Oxfam Australia). The film was crowd-funded and this event forms part of the worker-to-worker community based dialogues proposed by Law@theMargins. The cost of tickets is $25 (includes a drink) and can be purchased through Try Booking. For more information, go to the Facebook event page.
2. Dia internacional da enfermagem e conferência (1 dia) "The proven, the practical and the personal; work impacts on psychological health,"
Friday May 12: International Nurses Day and unmissable ANMF Conference
This is a full-day conference presented by the ANMF (Vic Branch) on International Nurses Day, Friday 12 May 2017: The proven, the practical and the personal; work impacts on psychological health.
Open to workers in the health sector (not limited to nurses or ANMF members). The work that you do can have an impact on your mental and/or emotional wellbeing with outcomes such as stress, post-traumatic stress, fatigue (physical and emotional), and other physical symptoms.
The conference is aimed at all levels of nursing, midwifery and personal carers and it will feature expert speakers who will:
provide you with the skills and knowledge to recognise and put in place strategies to improve your working life
provide both organisational and individual strategies to prevent and manage issues such as fatigue, PTSD, stress, poor communication and bullying
outline relevant laws
inspire and provoke conversation.
The proven, the practical and the personal; work impacts on psychological health conference attracts up to six hours of CPD required by the NMBA for registration renewal, by 31 May 2017 Read more. Register to attend.
3. Reino Unido pesquisa estresse sofrido por professores
UK: Health concerns hitting stressed-out teachers
Almost half of young teachers in the UK say mental health concerns could force them to quit the profession, research by the UK union NUT has found, with thousands citing heavy workloads and lack of support as a problem. The union's survey of more than 3,000 teachers under the age of 36 suggests more than four in 10 (45 per cent) may choose to leave within five years. Almost three quarters said they were working 51 hours or more per week, and nearly a quarter said they were doing more than 61 hours. Responding to the survey, led by the NUT's Young Teachers Working Party, more than three quarters (77 per cent) said their morale had declined since starting teaching, and a third (32 per cent) of newly qualified teachers specifically said they felt they had not received adequate support in their first years in the profession.
Kevin Courtney, NUT general secretary, said it was unacceptable that so many teachers were being forced to work 50-hour weeks. "Mental well-being is a key issue for young teachers and a decent work-life balance is therefore essential to facilitating good mental health," he said. "The government needs to accept its responsibility in this crisis and take positive steps to resolve the issues behind the problems of teacher workload that are clearly blighting the profession." Commenting in a stress debate at the union's annual conference, the union leader said government policies were linked to rising mental health problems in the profession. "Even more disturbingly, data on occupational suicides published by the Office for National Statistics in March 2017 shows that female primary and nursery school teachers have a heightened risk of suicide – they are 42 per cent more likely to commit suicide than the average woman," he said. "Although it may not always be possible to demonstrate a direct causal link between the stresses of teaching and such tragedies, possible links with excessive workload and stress must be taken seriously." Delegates at the conference in Cardiff voted to support action short of strike, as they emphasised that teacher stress was leading to poor learning conditions.
Read more: NUT news release ( ). The Independent. (metade dos professores jovens pensam em deixar a profissão) Morning Star. Source: Risks 796
4. Nova animação sobre segurança com eletricidade
New animation on electrical safety
WorkSafe has released a short animation to remind electricians and construction workers about electrical safety. Watch it here. And for more information, read Construction Safety Focus - Electrical Safety [pdf]
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