European unions call for occupational cancer prevention measures
In the run-up to the April 28th commemoration of International Workers’ Memorial Day – also known as World Day for Safety and Health at Work - the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) is criticizing the European Commission’s failure to promote occupational cancer prevention measures. The ETUC plans public actions on the issue in three European cities on April 28.
The organization says it has “run out of patience.” The carcinogenic agents Directive, the main means of protecting workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens in the workplace, has been under revision for ten years. “It is obvious that the Commission’s ‘better regulation’ campaign on which so much emphasis has been placed in recent years, is hardly conducive to progress in this area,” according to a statement by the ETUC.