"Macedonia: SGIP continues to build shop stewards knowledge on safety and health at work", 18 November 2014

In the frame of SGIP’s on-going campaign "Building roads without injuries and fatalities", the union organised a campaign training for 33 safety and health representatives involved in the implementation of big infrastructure projects like the Corridor projects, Corridor X and Corridor VIII, financed by multilateral development banks and Chinese EXIM Bank and multinationals…Among the key issues addressed were the rights and obligations on safety and health according to the national Labour Law, the role of health and safety representatives at work, working conditions in mobile sites, risk assessment, hazards at workplace, fire protection and personal protective equipment. The activity supported the SGIP advocacy and campaign work on the promotion of ILO C.167 on health and safety in Construction…