Appropriate working environment call for companies involved in the Tokyo Olympics and Para September 19, 1:44

A conference was held sponsored by United Nations agencies to encourage employees to work in an appropriate work environment for companies involved in the operation and preparation of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics next year.

The ILO = International Labor Organization and the Tokyo Convention Organizing Committee were held for companies involved in the operation and preparation of the convention and companies that produce related goods. More than 100 people gathered at venues in Tokyo.

Until now, the Organizing Committee has urged companies to take measures to prevent employees from working illegally for long hours or child labor.

However, at the meeting, there were reports of cases where workers were not provided with sufficient water at timber logging sites and processing factories used in the construction of tournament facilities in Indonesia and Malaysia, and that protective gear was not worn thoroughly. it was done.

In addition, it was reported that there was a report that the rights of workers were infringed at a factory in Thailand at the contact point of the Organizing Committee. I called you to work under.

The ILO representative, Akiko Taguchi, said, “I would like to see the human rights of workers at the Olympics and Paralympics, and solve domestic and overseas labor problems as much as possible.”