Today, on 3rd december’20, another worker died in one of the infamous ship breaking yards, MA Ship breaking, in Sitakund, Chattagram. The name of the dead worker was Mahfuz (35), who was working in the yard as cutter helper. The accident took place by falling from height as the worker …Read More
END CHILD LABOUR While important achievements continue to be made in the fight against child labour in Bangladesh, some 1.2 million children are still trapped in its worst forms, according to the latest National Child Labour Survey report, published in 2015. YPSA expresses it solidarity with the day. YPSA considers …Read More
In April 2020, YPSA provided food support to 1070 unemployed daily workers and local people in the areas of Sitakund where ship-breaking yards are located. Food packets were distributed among them who have lost their income opportunity due to the current lockdown in the area that was imposed to protect …Read More
World Environment Day is marked on Friday June 5th 2020. It is an environmental awareness day, run by the United Nations. It is sometimes also unofficially called Eco Day or Environment Day. The aim of the Day is to raise awareness of the environment and specific environmental issues. YPSA expressed …Read More
On the eve of International Workers’ Day on May 1, the United Nations International Labor Organization (ILO) warned that half of all workers worldwide – amounting to 1.5 billion people – are in danger of having their livelihoods destroyed by the corona virus pandemic. In line with the ILO, YPSA …Read More
World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2020: It is celebrated on 28 April. This year it will focus on addressing the outbreak of infectious diseases at work, mainly on the COVID-19 pandemic. YPSA as an organisation working on the worker’s issue has been expressing its solidarity on the significance of addressing the Covid 19 as infectious …Read More
Four ToTs were arranged in last six month (July’19-December’19) with the coordination of a government enlisted training centre to provide training jointly with YPSA-Safety First project and DIFE. A number of 112 senior workers have participated in these trainings. All of the trainings were arranged inside the shipbreaking yards with …Read More
A rally by boats with safety messages, was arranged on 12th December, with ten boats with several volunteers on the bay of Bengal along side the ships waiting for dismantling in the yards. All the workers who were working in the yards were witnessing this unique and message based event …Read More
A joint team of district administration and forest department on 24 February 2014 evicted two ship breaking yards which were set up by destroying coastal forest in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong five years back. SK Steel and SK Ship Breaking and Recycling were able to lease the land illegally in …Read More
YPSA observed World Environment day. A rally of at least 1700 people was organized on the environment day where people from all sphere of life are joined demanding for a low carbon economy and stop pollution in the shipbreaking yards. The rally was started from the Chittagong Stadium corner to …Read More
