Make progress in improving working conditions in port sector
Fecha: 02/08/2012
As part of the second session of the Bureau of Occupational Safety and Health of the port sector, which took place in facilities of Iquique Terminal Internacional SA (ITI), There was progress in proposals that were for a year and a half are in the pipeline, including cargo port container which is considered continuous and heavy labour.
Participation was implemented by Sub-secretary of Social Welfare, which is represented by Jaime Pla, legal advisor to the Minister of Labour, Evelyn Matthei, who emphasized the willingness of both workers and employers in delineating work processes safer, considering the prevention of risks in the port tasks. The SEREMI Labor and Social Welfare, Marcos Gomez, who presides over these forums recalled that "we do this meetings three times a year in various productive sectors of the region such as Mining, Mining Subcontractors, Fisheries, Commerce, Education, Health and Port, which is raised in a report and sent to the Secretariat for Social Welfare and Social security Superintendence (SUSESO) agreements and requests with respect to improvements in occupational health and safety of different sectors.
He said in particular port workers are waiting for a ruling on cargo port container operators, to be considered as continuous or heavy labour and expect to have an ambulance nearby or a polyclinic within the port area and other measures that leaders proposed.
Source: Diario 21
