Movilización social en Colombia para la protección de la salud en el trabajo en un contexto de inequidad
Mauricio Torres-Tovar (Universidad Nacional de Colombia)
In Colombia, the Occupational Risks General System (ORGS), a system to access medical and economic benefits in the event of an accident at work or occupational disease, covers only individuals working in the formal economy, including workers registered as independent. This means workers in the informal economy, more than 50 percent of the country’s workforce, are left out and cannot access any protection at work. This inequity divides formal workers affiliated with the ORGS from those in the informal sector, many of whom work in rural areas. Situations of inequity and injustice emerge also within the ORGS, when pathologies developed by affiliated workers are not categorized as of labour origin, thereby hindering enjoyment of benefits, and in some cases even causing workers to lose their jobs. This qualitative research approaches the problem of inequities in the field of occupational health in Colombia, by following a group of associations of workers with work-related illnesses and their collective actions. Such associations have organized in multiple ways to claim protection of their labour, health and social security rights. Throughout contentious and non-contentious actions, workers have demanded from business and the state to reshape policies that truly protect the right to health at work as well as a comprehensive and universal vision that contributes to overcoming inequities and injustices in the world of work.
Year of publication: |
November 2019
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Authors: | Torres-Tovar, Mauricio |
Publisher: |
Ginebra, Suiza : UNRISD |
Subject: | Inequities | right to health at work | world of work | social mobilization | Colombia |
Saved in:
freely available
Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource (circa 23 Seiten) |
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Series: | Occasional paper. - Geneva : UNRISD, ZDB-ID 2847237-8. - Vol. 3 |
Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature |
Language: | Spanish |
Notes: | Zusammenfassung in spanischer und englischer Sprache |
Other identifiers: | hdl:10419/244372 [Handle] |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012126140