The 112th International Labor Conference of the ILO faces challenges in the different areas under analysis such as standards on protection against biological hazards in its first week of debates that concludes today in Geneva.
To this conference of the International Labor Organization (ILO), until the 14th, discussions on the strategic objective of fundamental principles and rights at work will be added; and on decent employment and the care economy.
According to the weekly summary of the Latam Guild site Although the three commissions made progress, challenges remain in ensuring that representatives of the worker sector reach concrete agreements that guarantee compliance with their fundamental rights.
The portal specifies that in the General Discussion Commission on Decent Work and the Care Economy, progress is also seen in the recognition of care as a human right and a public good, as well as a growing consensus on the need to guarantee health, education and other rights for caregivers.
In the discussion, the importance of establishing a minimum floor of social protection for care workers was raised.
However, some governments and employers are reluctant to recognize the importance of care work, expands the site specialized in news with a focus on union activity in Latin America and the Caribbean
He adds that worker representatives showed the persistent discrimination against women, domestic workers and migrants in this sector and requested greater depth in the debates to reach concrete agreements.
So far, the Commission of the Recurrent Discussion on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work will consider in its conclusions the prevalence of the beginning of a global debate on the universal ratification and effective application of the fundamental ILO conventions.
As well as the discussion of crucial issues such as forced labor, freedom of association, collective bargaining and child labor.
One of the issues raised is the difficulties in translating legal terms into different languages, and that differences of opinion persist between governments, employers and workers on the interpretation of some principles.
Regarding the Regulatory Commission on Biological Hazards, in the opinion of Latam Gremial, progress was evident in the definition of “biological risk”, it was agreed to include the term “injuries” in the scope of application of the agreement and the debate on the scope of application of the agreement and possible exclusions.
