THEME: Occupational Health and Safety  TITLE: Essential Public Services, Essential Workers’ Health PUBLISHED BY: International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) WHO IS THIS FOR:  In interviews and focus groups, public transport workers have described how the pandemic and associated lockdowns exacerbated existing work stressors while introducing new harms. The failure to deal with underlying mental health hazards during ‘normal’ times opened the door to increased harms during the Covid-19 crisis. Worse still, workers described how some employers and governments took advantage of the pandemic to force through changes which eroded conditions for workers, triggering serious ramifications for mental health This report showcases the research carried out on behalf of the ITF on the mental health of public transport workers, with a focus on young workers. The research carried out during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021-22 shows its impact on young workers and the actions needed to protect their mental health. It is available in several languages. Download here Essential Public Services, Essential Workers’ Health

THEME: Occupational Health and Safety TITLE: How do you smile at patient number 200? The #Care4carers campaign in South Africa PUBLISHED BY: Global Labour University LANGUAGE: English WHO IS THIS FOR? A focus on the situation of nurses and community health workers in South Africa which should be of interest to trade union leaders, worker educators and community activists, particularly those working in the health care sector. A column about the #Care4carers campaign and report, which reveals just how deeply the erosion of work rights of nurses and community health workers is undermining patient care and the pandemic response in a South African healthcare system already deeply divided by private and public care. Download here Click here to download and read more

THEME: Occupational Health and Safety TITLE: Workshop on Occupational Safety and Health for Women Workers’ Educators PUBLISHED BY: Asia Monitor Resource Centre, 2016 LANGUAGE: English WHO IS THIS FOR? This report can be used by worker educators, trade union leaders and activists who are focused on women in the workplace and the challenges they face. The report is on a workshop held in Thailand in 2016, where women workers, activists and leaders met to discuss occupational safety and health in the context of women in the workplace. Women from Cambodia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam, China, Hong Kong and India were represented. Topics include looking how attitudes to gender and sex, physical work hazards, discrimination, sexual harassment and stress can all impact women workers’ health. The report looks at the key issues, and discusses ways to deal with them. Download here Workshop on Occupational Safety and Health for Women Workers’ Educators

THEME: Occupational Health and Safety TITLE: Cultura & Trabajo: Salud Y Trabajo PUBLISHED BY: Escuela Nacional Sindical, 2016 LANGUAGE: Spanish WHO IS THIS FOR? This collection of essays and photography is aimed at worker educators, civil society organisations – particularly in the field of health, and worker activists. The first meeting on international health and work in Colombia was held in 2015, with participants from Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Brazil and Germany. The topics discussed included rights in health, defense of rights, collective bargaining, accidents and occupational diseases, and psychosocial risks. At the end of the event the possibility was raised of creating a publication focusing on these issues in Colombia and Latin America. This book is the concretion of that idea. Download here Cultura & Trabajo: Salud Y Trabajo