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Scientific research demonstrates biological risk for workers in meat packing plants
The scientific journal Pegada published research on exposure to biological risk in meatpacking plants, listing many etiological agents...
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Feb 131 min read
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One fire a month: accidents in cold storage plants threaten workers' safety
Repórter Brasil publishes article based on a survey by ObAgro In one year, 14 fires were recorded, including two explosions, in meat...
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Dec 28, 20241 min read
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Act before catastrophe is inevitable
Carlos AmorÃn for Rel-UITA . On November 5th, the 1st Trade Union Workshop was held in Latin America (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay) and...
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Dec 4, 20243 min read
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Final version of the Charter on climate change and work
Earlier this month, an international seminar on climate-related issues and how they affect labor issues took place, with the participation o
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Nov 29, 20241 min read
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More than 30 trade unions and research organizations discuss climate change and work relations
Source: CNTA Around 60 union leaders from the Food category from Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Spain and Italy – in addition to a European...
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Nov 12, 20242 min read
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Map shows fires spreading through meatpacking plants in Brazil
ObAgro Amid a wave of accidents involving ammonia gas , meat processing companies are on the fire map, putting workers and the community...
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Oct 31, 20242 min read
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Unions donate equipment for occupational health and safety course
The coordinator of the IFSC occupational safety technician course, Professor Fabiano Oliveira Antonin, welcomed the occupational physician a
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Oct 23, 20241 min read
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ObAgro participates in meetings in Madrid to bring researchers and the trade union movement closer together
The Observatory of Health and Work in Agribusiness (ObAgro), in partnership with the Latin American regional office of the IUF, has been car
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Oct 23, 20242 min read
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Just Transition, October 1st at 10 am in São Paulo
The Just Transition can be summarized as a paradigm shift in relation to the extractive and predatory mode of production, which would start
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Oct 23, 20241 min read
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Trade union movement organizes meeting to discuss issues related to climate change
On November 5, trade unions from Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Spain and Italy will hold the 1st Trade Union Seminar for Latin America (Brazil
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Oct 23, 20242 min read
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Campaign against Pesticides interviews ObAgro researcher
The Permanent Campaign Against Pesticides and for Life interviewed ObAgro researcher Allan de Campos Silva, PhD in Human Geography from USP,
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Oct 22, 202411 min read
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Ammonia poisoning is a structural problem in the country's meatpacking plants
Cold chain industrial plants face growth in the number of accidents: from 5 in 2015 to 22 in 2023 Accident with ammonia leak in a...
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Oct 21, 20243 min read
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Meetings in São Paulo and Madrid propose organizing unions to intervene in the climate summit in Belém
On October 2, a meeting was held in São Paulo between union leaders from the food, chemical, and plastics sectors and North American unionis
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Oct 11, 20241 min read
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