Workers' Guide to Health and Safety - Softcover

Todd Jailer; Miriam Lara-Meloy; Maggie Robbins

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0942364716 ISBN 13: 9780942364712

Publisher: Hesperian Foundation, 2015

Synopsis

Work, which is how we spend most of our waking hours, has a huge effect on our health and our ability to care for ourselves, our families, and our communities. But in many factories around the world, workers face conditions that harm their health, endanger their lives, and keep them poor. This book provides tools to change that to support workers, health promoters, union organizers, and employers in their efforts to create safer, healthier, fairer, and more fulfilling workplaces. The insights and techniques in the Workers' Guide to Health and Safety are useful in any factory, and especially in the garment, shoe, and electronics industries.Contents includeHow to recognize workplace dangers caused by chemicals, machines, and morePractical solutions to common workplace problemsHow to be a workers health promoter, and ideas for trainingActivities and stories from workers and organizersHow to fight violence, gender discrimination, abuse of migrant workers, and low wages, which all affect workers' health Work-related information on first aid, nutrition, mental health, family planning, and how to avoid HIV, TB, and other diseasesEasy to use and full of illustrations, the Workers' Guide to Health and Safety demystifies occupational safety and health to make it relevant and accessible to everyone.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hesperian Foundation
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0942364716
• ISBN 13: 9780942364712
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1