The Metal Workers Alliance of the Philippines (MWAP) produced a training module on building worker-led OSH committees and workers’ right to health and safety in the workplace. MWAP also organised trainings for trainers and workers’ leaders on how to protect workers’ occupational health and safety in the context of the pandemic.
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