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Labour Forum on AIDS: Called for more pro-active action by trade unions
 
 

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The HIV/AIDS pandemic feeds on inequity, poverty, poor education and lack of access to health care, prevention and treatment. Fighting these problems is core business for the labour movement. Unions the world over are tackling HIV/AIDS through workplace programmes, community education, legislative action and global solidarity.

As part of the Global Unions work programme on HIV and AIDS, the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) organised a Labour Forum on AIDS in Toronto from 11-13 August 2006.

 
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Around 100 trade unionist and labour activists from all over the world attend said event to share the experiences and actions by trade unions fight against the killer virus HIV and protection of rights of the workers at workplaces.

The Labour Forum on AIDS bringing together trade unionists working on HIV/AIDS from around the world, this two-day labour forum will provide an opportunity to learn from each other’s experience and develop strengths and strategies to better respond to the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

A.R. Chowdhury REPON, Executive Director of Bangladesh Occupational Safety, Health and Environment Foundation (OSHE) and the International Secretary of Bangladesh Free Trade Union Congress (BFTUC) attended said important HIV/AIDS event in Toronto as prior to the International AIDS Conference and shared achieved experiences in Bangladesh by OSHE and its partner national trade union centres in the area of HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention among workers and union members in different vulnerable sectors.

Labour Forum on AIDS organised by CLC emphasized for the need of more coordinated trade union action towards fight against HIV infection and need for easy access of victim workers in to existing treatment facilities and social protection without any discrimination.