IOHSAD collaborated with the Metal Workers Alliance of the Philippines (MWAP) to produce a training module on building workers’ OSH committees in electronics companies during pandemic. This initiative was made possible through the support of Good Electronics. The project contributed to mainstreaming OSH among the unions in the electronics sector. The module also helped unions […]
Occupational safety and health (OSH) has long been recognized as a basic human right. However, the implementation of multiple international OSH conventions and frameworks and the recognition of OSH as a key parameter for sustainable development have not translated into significant actions to protect workers across the globe. We are losing 7,500 lives daily from occupational diseases and injuries, all of which are preventable.
The Institute for Occupational Health and Safety Development or IOHSAD calls on the government to directly address the reasons for the continuous oil price hikes instead of pushing for the implementation of a compressed work week that can be detrimental to workers’ health and safety. This work scheme passes the burden of surviving this crisis […]
The Institute for Occupational Health and Safety Development condemns the Inter-Agency Task Force Resolution 148-B [1] and demands for its revocation. Its provisions not only threaten jobs, but also make it almost impossible for people to carry out with their daily lives. Requiring mandatory vaccination without clear guidelines on determining adequacy of vaccine supply, on […]
COVID-19 has already been recognized and declared as a work-related and occupational disease, in order to support workers who risk their lives daily to keep their families alive, and thereby keep the country alive. However, without adequate safety protocols at work, immediate availability of vaccines, and a well-equipped health care system to protect the healthy […]
Free, expansive, and timely testing. The government is far from reaching its testing capacity target of 100,000 tests per day with an average of 30,000-50,000 tests daily [1]. It even condones putting price caps on antigen tests and is unable to lessen the cost of RT-PCR tests in private laboratories [2-3]. With companies having different […]
WORKERS’ COVID-19 VACCINE DEMANDS Free vaccinations for all workers! According to the Department of Labor and Employment Labor Advisory No. 03 Series of 2021 o Guidelines on the Administration of Covid-19 Vaccines in the Workplace, “No cost of vaccination in the workplace shall be charged against or passed on, directly or indirectly, to the employees.” […]
We are thankful to Defend Jobs Philippines for reaching out and inviting us to be part of #2Doses: Jabs & Jobs, a workers’ education campaign for vaccination and employment for all. “Amid health and economic crisis, these are the doses we need.” Defend Jobs Philippines and the Institute for Occupational Health and Safety Development (Iohsad) […]
Mada-download dito ang ating e-book na Kwentong Covid/Kwentong Trabaho. Inedit ni Teo S. Marasigan, dinisenyo ni Dino Brucelas, at inilathala ng Institute for Occupational Health and Safety Development o IOHSAD. Ang imahe sa pabalat ay likha ni Luigi Almuena. Maraming salamat! Mabuhay ang manggagawang Pilipino!
An electronic book or e-book containing stories of Filipinos’ work-related experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic was launched this afternoon via Facebook and Zoom. The e-book titled Kwentong Covid/Kwentong Trabaho is a project of workplace safety NGO Institute for Occupational Health and Safety Development or IOHSAD, and gathered stories of workers, teachers, health professionals, jeepney drivers […]
