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• Health issues (including workplace health & safety)
• Access to life-saving medicines (including AIDS medicines)
• Health as a human right
• UNAIDS
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• Gender discrimination in the workplace
• Racial/ethnic/caste/origin discrimination, including in the workplace
• Sexual orientation discrimination, including in the workplace
• Age discrimination in the workplace
• Labour issues - General

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Websites:

Labor Law - Labor Law is a unique Internet database of detailed labor law reports and supply chain compliance resources [a paid service for subscribers] (Business for Social Responsibility)

Other materials:

2003:

ILO launches first global report on discrimination at work - Says workplace discrimination remains a persistent global problem, with new, more subtle forms emerging (International Labour Organization, 12 May 2003)

• full report: Time for Equality at Work (International Labour Organization, Apr. 2003)

Programme to Fight HIV-Positive Discrimination [Angola] - Angola's Minister of Public Administration and Social Security, Pitra Neto, on Monday arrived here [Cabinda] to launch a programme to fight discrimination against Hiv-positive people at workplaces. (Angola Press Agency, 28 Apr. 2003)

Spotlight interview with Jaffa Mummy (South Africa – COSATU) [refers to issue of HIV/AIDS discrimination in workplace] (International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, 21 Feb. 2003)

An Appeal to Action on HIV/AIDS - In the context of HIV/AIDS as a major threat to global development, the Deputy Secretary-General of the UN, the Head of UNAIDS, and the Director General of the ILO sent a joint letter to the CEOs of companies participating in the Global Compact...The Global Compact, the ILO and UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS) will join forces in 2003 to mobilize businesses, encourage increased action to fight HIV/AIDS in the workplace, and combat stigmatisation of people in the workforce living with the disease. ..The letter encourages businesses worldwide to adopt and fully implement the ILO Code of practice on HIV/AIDS and the world of work. (U.N. Global Compact, 14 Feb. 2003)

2002:

Declaration by unions challenges state, business [South Africa] - Three of South Africa’s largest union federations have drafted a declaration to challenge government and private employers to do more to fight HIV/Aids, and to refrain from discriminating against HIV-positive employees. (Herald [South Africa], 2 Dec. 2002)

• Labour unions demand access to HIV/AIDS treatment [South Africa] (SAPA, 1 Dec. 2002)

South Africa: Stigma in the workplace - South African law protects the rights of employees living with HIV/AIDS on paper, but the reality is that discrimination and denial still prevails in the workplace (U.N. Integrated Regional Information Networks, 29 Nov. 2002)

ICFTU Report Denounces Massive Child Labour and Deteriorating Workers’ Rights in Zambia -...children are still toiling in even the worst forms of child labour such as small scale mining operations, agriculture and stone crushing...a deteriorating situation as regards violation of basic workers’ rights in the private sector, including by multinationals...Women are severely disadvantaged....Zambians...infected [with HIV-AIDS] face discrimination in employment as a result of their condition. (International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, 25 Oct. 2002)

• {···español} La CIOSL denuncia en un informe la masiva utilización de trabajo infantil y la deterioración de los derechos laborales en Zambia (Confederación Internacional de Organizaciones Sindicales Libres, 25 octubre 2002)

• {···français} Zambie: la CISL dénonce le recours en masse au travail des enfants et les violations croissantes des droits des travailleurs (Confédération internationale des syndicats libres, 25 octobre 2002)