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This equipment was donated by Thompsons solicitors
Working with HIV/ AIDS
Wednesday 7th February 2007
HIV and AIDS A Trade Union Issue
Jennifer Mitchell
Health and Safety Unit Unison
Institute of Employment Rights Working with HIV/ AIDS 7th February 2007
Contents
Trade Unions Operating Internationally
Trade Union Congress
UNISON Internationally and Locally
Institute of Employment Rights Working with HIV/ AIDS Wednesday 7th February 2007
Institute of Employment Rights Working with HIV/ AIDS Wednesday 7th February 2007
Trade Unions Championing The Fight Against HIV & AIDS
Pressure pharmaceutical companies
Develop prevention and protective clauses
Education & prevention programmes
Promote change in communities and workplaces
Eliminate discrimination
Institute of Employment Rights Working with HIV/ AIDS Wednesday 7th February 2007
Trade Unions Championing The Fight Against HIV & AIDS Cont;
Empowering women
Give assistance to the desperate
Negotiating better marketing of condoms
Seeking improved STD diagnosis and treatment services
Developing local initiatives
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
Institute of Employment Rights Working with HIV/ AIDS Wednesday 7th February 2007
•Calls upon the G-8 leaders
•Responsible for creation of a permanent high level working group on HIV & AIDS
•Aim to achieve universal access to treatment by 2010
•Appeal to G-8 leaders to join employers and workers in a tripartite strategy to mobilise the comprehensive response needed to fight HIV & AIDS
Union Bodies Calling
Institute of Employment Rights Working with HIV/ AIDS Wednesday 7th February 2007
Trade union members worldwide to get involved in the World AIDS Campaign (WAC)
Last year’s theme “Accountability”
WAC website www.worldaidscampaign.info
Trades Union Congress (TUC)
• Encourage action centred on the workplace.
• Committed to help members deal with workplace issues raised by HIV & AIDS.
• Seeks to collaborate with others.
• Spread good practice.
Institute of Employment Rights Working with HIV/ AIDS Wednesday 7th February 2007
TUC/CBIConfederation of British Industry
• “…Nor is there room for complacency about the situation in the UK where the level of awareness of the threat to public health has diminished over the years”
Institute of Employment Rights Working with HIV/ AIDS Wednesday 7th February 2007
UNISON
National Delegate Conference Policy 2001
• “Support our sister unions across the developing world in their struggle to promote education and behaviour change in the workplace; eliminate discrimination, stigma and denial; and empower workers to end the burden brought on them by this disease”
Institute of Employment Rights Working with HIV/ AIDS Wednesday 7th February 2007
UNISON Contributions
• Women
• Public services
• Discrimination
• Southern Africa
Institute of Employment Rights Working with HIV/ AIDS Wednesday 7th February 2007
Initial UNISON Activities
• Assessment visits Africa, Zambia and Malawi.
• Seminar for every public service trade union in Southern Africa in Dec 2004.
• Delegation of 10 trade unionists to NDC 2005.
Institute of Employment Rights Working with HIV/ AIDS Wednesday 7th February 2007
Initial UNISON Activities cont;
• Advisor to international guidelines for health workers.
• Active members of the UK Consortium on HIV & AIDS and the Stop AIDS Campaign.
• Support and funding towards ITUC HIV & AIDS Campaign coordinator.
Institute of Employment Rights Working with HIV/ AIDS Wednesday 7th February 2007
Current UNISON Activities
• UNISON International Development Fund
• UNISON & PSI project
• Lobbying and campaigning to strengthen health systems
Institute of Employment Rights Working with HIV/ AIDS Wednesday 7th February 2007
Current UNISON Activities Cont;
• Branch twinning
• Support southern trade unions to be represented at international HIV & AIDS events
• Labour migration
Institute of Employment Rights Working with HIV/ AIDS Wednesday 7th February 2007
UNISON Local Level
• Liaise with and support local community and voluntary groups.
• Promote UNISON’s booklet Working with HIV & AIDS: A guide for branches.
• Work with employers to develop robust workplace HIV & AIDS policies.
• Work to ensure against discrimination.Institute of Employment Rights Working with HIV/ AIDS Wednesday 7th February 2007
Message from UNISON
• There is no known cure for AIDS so it is essential that we raise awareness.
• Urging union members to support World AIDS Day and continue to combat the ignorance and prejudice that fuel the spread of a preventable disease.
Institute of Employment Rights Working with HIV/ AIDS Wednesday 7th February 2007