Trade unions have concentrated in Eskoriatza to denounce the latest fatal work-related accidents
LAB, ESK, Steilas, EHNE-Etxalde and HIRU have raised their voices this Friday in Eskoriatza against job insecurity in the forestry sector.
LAB, ESK, Steilas, EHNE-etxalde and HIRU have concentrated this Friday in Eskoriatza under the slogan 'Employers and institutions make us sick and kill'.
Last Monday two workers died, the first in Alsasua (Navarre), when a 45-year-old forestry worker died in a work-related accident from a beech branch. The second in San Sebastian, where another 65-year-old gardening worker suffered a non-traumatic accident and died in the same job.
In addition, another worker died on Tuesday in Eskoriatza when he was hit by a branch while doing forestry work, which has once again exposed the precarious conditions in the sector.
The trade unions call on the Member States of Parliament of Gipuzkoa and Bizkaia to change as soon as possible towards a sustainable forestry model that guarantees safety, biodiversity and economic viability. Among the immediate measures they propose are the prohibition of intensive forestry on public land, the zoning of private land according to risks and greater institutional control over permits, working hours and working conditions.
The convening organizations recall that 11 forest workers have died in the last three years, 9 of whom died in intensive exploitation work, and report that the lack of preventive measures and the use of obsolete machinery continue to cost lives.
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