HOW TO USE ILO CONVENTION 176HOW TO USE ILO CONVENTION 176
A campaign guide
THE STONgETHE UNION,THE SafE THE mINE
International Federation ofInternational Federation ofChemical, Energy, Mine andChemical, Energy, Mine andGeneral Workers’ Unions (ICEM)General Workers’ Unions (ICEM)
Second edition 2009Second edition 2009(First edition 1997)(First edition 1997)Prepared by Stirling SmithPrepared by Stirling Smith
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CONTENTSIntroduction to the new edition
Introduction to the new edition .........................................................................................................3Abbreviations........................................................................................................................................4ow to use this guide ..........................................................................................................................5Why does safety and health in mines matter? ................................................................................6Convention 176 - how could it help? ...............................................................................................12Understanding the IL ......................................................................................................................16The IL approach to safety and health ..........................................................................................23Campaigning for ratication ............................................................................................................26Promoting the convention ................................................................................................................34After ratication .................................................................................................................................38Collective Bargaining for safety ......................................................................................................54Future Plans ........................................................................................................................................56Appendix 1: atications of IL Convention 176 .........................................................................56Appendix 2: Further information ......................................................................................................57Appendix 3: The complete text of C 176 .........................................................................................59Appendix 4: The complete text of 183 .........................................................................................67Appendix 5: The core labour standards .........................................................................................75Appendix 6: IL conventions on occupational safety and health .............................................76The rst edition of this campaign guide to the IL’sConvention on Safety and ealth in Mines waspublished in 1997, shortly after the Conventionwas adopted.The ICEM’s campaign for the Convention hadproduced 23 ratications by June 2009. This isquite a good record compared to the number ofratications of similar IL conventions dealing withhealth and safety in a particular industry. This ismore than ten per cent of the membership of theIL, and not every country has the mining industryso ratication would not be relevant for every state.Many of these ratications have been the result ofcampaigning by miners’ trade unions.But while miners’ lives continue to be placed atrisk by poor legislation, badly enforced, we cannotrelax. The ICEM therefore decided to re-launch itscampaign for ratication of Convention 176 and torevise this guide.Mining accounts for 0.4 per cent of the global workforce,but is responsible for over three per cent of fatalaccidents at work, as many as 11,000 per year, which is30 per day. The position in some countries is worse than this. In Turkey, for example, there are 43,389 registeredworkers in coal mining. Coal miners are just 0.51 % of the total number of workers registered. owever, coalmining accounts for 8% of all accidents.ow it is time to re-launch the campaign for ratication ofour Convention and to make sure that the ecommenda- tion that goes with it will be implemented.A safety culture will only come about through strong trade unions and collective bargaining. It has beenproven that a unionised workplace has half thenumber of accidents compared with a workplacewithout a trade union presence.This fact is why the ICEM emphasises:
The stronger the union, the safer the mine
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abbrevitionsHow to use this uide
ACTAVBureau of Workers Activities of the International Labour rganizationC 176IL Safety and ealth in Mines Convention, 1995 (o.176)CEACThe Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and ecommendationsDGMSDirectorate General Mine Safety (India)EUEuropean UnionGUFGlobal Union FederationICEMInternational Federation of Chemical Energy Mines and General Workers UnionsILCInternational Labour ConventionILInternational Labour rganizationMIFMiners International FederationAMAWUational Mines and Allied Workers Union (Philippines)UMational Union of Mineworkers (UK and South Africa)ccupational ealthSccupational Safety and ealth 183IL Safety and ealth in Mines ecommendation, 1995 (o.183)SACMSState Administration of Coal Mine Safety (China)SAWSState Administration of Work Safety (China)UKUnited KingdomYou can use the guide alone, but it is best used:1. as a tool on workshops for active union members;2. in education workshops for Executive Committee members of the union to draw up plans for ratication;in several places in this guide, you will nd
learning exercises
for group work;3. in meetings of union safety committees;If you do not know much about the IL, or ILConventions…If you need a very brief idea of why theConvention is so important and what is in it…If your government has not ratied theConvention yet…If the Convention has been ratied, or youwould like to work out the effect it would haveon your national law…If you want to know how to make arepresentation to the IL...To contact the IL to assist you or organize aworkshop on the Convention…If you would like to improve health and safety through collective bargaining…Look at the section “Understanding the IL?’’ ead the section“Convention 176 - how could it help?”Look at the section “Campaigning for atication” Use the section “After ratication” See section “Understanding the IL” ead through the section“Promoting the convention”ead the section“Collective Bargaining for Safety”
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