Damascus-Sana
Participants in the annual conference of the Professional Federation of Printing, Culture, Media, and Education Workers' Associations called for achieving occupational safety in institutions working in the field of printing, including printing workers and the rest of the functions of antiquities and museums workers, by Decree No. 346 of 2006 regarding workers in arduous and dangerous occupations because of the risks they suffer as a result of their exposure to fumes and substance Lead.
A number of participants in the conference called for the children of workers in these unions to be included in the registration fees for open or parallel university education, similar to the children of teachers, and to include administrative workers in the higher education sector in universities with a share or part of self-resources, noting the need to secure the necessary equipment and equipment for the work of the radio and television center in Aleppo. .
A number of participants suggested that the Ministry of Education conclude contracts with cleaning workshops to fill the shortage of manpower in the field of cleaning in schools "using" as an emergency solution, especially in light of the spread of the Corona epidemic, noting the importance of reconsidering health insurance to include all sectors and bridging the shortage of manpower in the sectors of media, printing, antiquities and museums. From users, drivers, administrators and guards.
The conference participants demanded that workers be installed in the directorates of education and culture on annual contracts and that competitions be held to appoint graduates of the Technical Institute for Printing in a number of government or private agencies.
In his response to the interventions, the President of the General Federation of Trade Unions, Jamal Al-Qadri, stressed the need to highlight the great risks faced by printing workers, apply occupational health and safety standards in media, education and printing institutions, and include the largest number of private sector workers in the federation in conjunction with monitoring their professional status and reaching them. In their workplace and alert them to the risks of the profession.
The conference was attended by a member of the Central Command of the Arab Socialist Baath Party, “Muhammad Shaban Azouz”.