The International Trade Union Confederation conducted a survey regarding how countries are responding to the COVID-19 crisis and what sorts of impacts from closures, shelter in place orders, or a complete stop of the economy outside of essential workers will be felt in the short and long term by workers. This survey is meant to assist unions, workers, and governments in putting in place the appropriate legislation, measures, and responses to not only combat COVID-19 but protect their citizens from the massive economic disruption that these protective measures have caused.
In the face of climate change, workers’ health is put to the test by new dangers
“Under the midday sun, lugging a heavy cooler in one hand and a mini barbecue in the other, Edimar Santiago walks the length and breadth of Rio de Janeiro’s Vermelha …