ITUC-Africa: Candidate selected in charge of addressing Environment and Occupational health themes

The ITUC-Africa has called for the creation of a new work area reflecting the themes of sustainable development and occupational health in order to facilitate the coordination and the promotion of related trade union actions in the region. This is the second regional trade union organization after the ITUC-Latin America that has elaborated a specific work area related to environmental and sustainable development themes.
The successful candidate, Yahya Msangi, will be in charge of work in this area pertaining to climate change, sustainable development, chemical risk and occupational health are challenges so that these themes are better reflected in ITUC-Africa’s agenda.
Mr. Yahya Msangi has many years of experience working with trade union movements and is a great reference person in the area of chemical risk and occupational health especially in the agricultural sector. Yahya has collaborated and supported several of Sustainlabour´s activities undertaken in the past few years and we extend him a warm welcome as he assumes his new post. Leer más...

Africa: Food Crisis and Climate Change Seminar

The International Trade Union Confederation of Africa (ITUC-Africa) with support of Sustainlabour is currently organizing a trade union seminar on Food Crisis and Climate Change which will take place on August 18 – 19 in Lomé, Togo.
The seminar hopes to create a space a for discussion regarding the causes of the deteriorating state of global food availability including financial factors; unequal distribution of land; unsustainable use of natural resources such as water, and threats to biodiversity, along with a special analysis of the impacts of climate change on agriculture. Another premise of the event is to develop a regional plan of action for the coordination of trade union activity in this area. Trade union representatives from more than 25 countries as well as experts from various international organizations will be in attendance. Leer más...

Sustainlabour and the IUF: Global Pesticides Project in francophone Africa

In 1998 several African trade unions from Ethiopia, Malawi, Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe began a project entitled ¨Global Project on Pesticides¨ with the objective of reducing and minimizing the impacts of pesticides use on farmers´ health and the environment. The project included a wide range of activities: the elaboration of materials, training, trade union activities, and projects related to the substitution of the use of harmful chemicals. Leer más...

Sustainlabour delivers training session in renewable energies with workers in Peru

From June 18-23, 40 workers from the Cajamarca region of Peru participated in a professional training course on photovoltaic solar energy. The course covered topics such as the design, implementation, management, and evaluation of photovoltaic energy systems while serving to promote the creation of sustainable employment in the region and in the country.
The session took place in the Centre for Technical Training in Applied Technologies (CEDECAP) in Cajamarca. Sustainlabour organized the event in cooperation with Engineers Without Borders (EWB) and Practical Solutions ITDG. This project is part of the joint UNEP-Sustainlabour programme on Labour and Environment. Leer más...

Trade Unions at the OECD Conference on Nanotechnology

The OECD Conference on Potential Environmental Benefits of Nanotechnology: Fostering Safe Innovation-Led Growth will be held in Paris from July 15 -17, 2009.
Trade Unions will participate in the Conference in order to bring forward general concerns and input as food for thought in the area related to the occupational health aspects of nanotechnologies. The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) will participate in the opening plenary to address these issues. Leer más...