For a year now, care workers have been on the coronavirus frontline. We should all be inspired by their fight for protection, decent working conditions, adequate pay, and respect. A thread ->
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Health care and elder care workers have been more exposed to the coronavirus than other professions.
According to a new analysis from @amnesty @PSIglobalunion and @uniglobalunion 17,000 health workers died from COVID-19 over the last year.https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/03/covid19-health-worker-death-toll-rises-to-at-least-17000-as-organizations-call-for-rapid-vaccine-rollout/ …
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Fighting for better working conditions and more staff, care worker trade unions have been able to make a decisive difference during the pandemic. For workers, and for the elderly. Here are some inspiring examples ->
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Inspiring: the Danish trade union
@FOA_dk achieved sharper and clearer guidelines when and how to wear PPE.https://www.fagbladetfoa.dk/Artikler/2020/04/22/Fra-kan-til-boer-Retningslinjer-om-vaernemidler-i-aeldreplejen-skaerpes-yderligere …Näytä tämä ketju -
Inspiring: Care worker TU
@FacketKommunal in Sweden forced employer association@SKR_se to urge all employers in the municipal sector to extend temporary contracts to at least 14 days, so that employees on short-term contracts could get paid sick leave.https://www.kommunal.se/nyhet/overenskommelse-mellan-kommunal-sveriges-kommuner-och-regionerskr-och-sobona …Näytä tämä ketju -
Inspiring: In Germany,
@_verdi drew attention to the worrying situation of precarious part-time care workers who, despite the increased risk of getting infected, only have access to sick pay the first six weeks of illness.…https://arbeitsmarkt-und-sozialpolitik.verdi.de/ueber-uns/nachrichten/++co++5c5673fe-2285-11eb-b543-001a4a16012a …Näytä tämä ketju -
Inspiring: In Portugal,
@CGTP_IN has been a strong voice warning about the consequences of precarious working conditions in the care sector for the spread of the coronavirus http://www.cgtp.pt/cgtp-in/organizacoes-especificas/inter-reformados/14905-a-pandemia-e-os-lares-de-idosos …Näytä tämä ketju -
Inspiring: The care worker trade union
@kuntatyonantaja in Finland forced the fast implementation of a number of occupational safety measures at the beginning of the pandemic.https://www.kt.fi/sv/nyheter-och-pressmeddelanden/2020/arbetarskyddssamarbetet-borde-utnyttjas-mer …Näytä tämä ketju -
It was a big win for
@fagforbundet in Norway that COVID-19 was approved as an occupational disease. Now care workers have the right to compensation if they get infected at the workplace. https://www.fagforbundet.no/nyheter/a/11049/yrkesskadereglene-utvides-til-ogsa-a-omfatte-korona-smitte/ …Näytä tämä ketju -
In Denmark
@FOA_dk also made sure COVID-19 was recognised as an occupational disease. If infected at work, corona frontline workers now have the right to compensation. An inspiring victory, indeedhttps://www.foa.dk/forbund/presse/seneste-pressemeddelelser/global/news/pressemeddelelser/2020/april/kaempe-sejr-covid-anerkendes-som-arbejdsskade …Näytä tämä ketju -
Inspiring: in Spain, care worker trade union
@CCOO succeeded in changing the Ministry of Health provision so that care workers with COVID-19 only should return to their workplaces after being tested negatively.https://www.ccoo.es/noticia:474919--CCOO_consigue_que_el_personal_sanitario_y_sociosanitario_afectado_por_el_COVID_19_solo_se_incorpore_al_trabajo_tras_una_prueba_negativa&opc_id=c43b2b5ef0fa63fd6bd57d9fa8119d3a …Näytä tämä ketju -
Across Europe, care work is undervalued and underpaid. During the pandemic,
@unisontheunion in the UK showed that more than half of the care workers still were paid less than £100 a week or nothing at all if they needed to shield or self-isolate.https://www.unison.org.uk/news/2020/08/care-staff-arent-getting-proper-sick-pay-promised-ministers-unison-survey-shows/ …Näytä tämä ketju -
In Spain
@FeSP_UGT was crucial in highlighting the vulnerability of care workers during the pandemic. One of their main claims: increase the number of staff.https://www.ugt.es/ugt-reclama-una-auditoria-de-las-residencias-de-mayores …Näytä tämä ketju -
There is a staffing crisis everywhere, and it is likely to continue: the British
@GMB_union has shown that 4 in 5 care workers are expecting colleagues to quit due to low pay and coronavirus danger.https://www.gmb.org.uk/news/4-5-care-workers-expect-colleagues-quit-amid-coronavirus-danger …Näytä tämä ketju -
In Scotland,
@unisonscot won a truly inspiring victory during the pandemic when the Scottish Government and local authority employers met their demands for a Scottish Living Wage for social care workers. A substantial pay rise in the sector. https://www.unison-scotland.org/wp-content/uploads/Care-After-Covid.pdf …Näytä tämä ketju -
Across Europe, care workers have been on the coronavirus frontline. Underpaid, understaffed, undervalued. Important read: a new report summarises country studies on the coronavirus and care workers in DK, FI, DE, NO, PT, ES, SE, England and Scotland.https://nordics.fes.de/e/on-the-corona-frontline-elder-care-workers-in-eight-european-countries …
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The report is part of a series produced by
@arenaide@FacketKommunal and@FES_Nord Contributors include@KasperManniche@FOA_dk@GerryMitchell2 Sari Bäcklund-Kajanmaa@JHLry Hildegard Theobald@AMSamskott@Denskjervegutn@UnisonDave@_ManuPereira_@MariHuupNäytä tämä ketju -
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