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Measurements to map the effects of exposure on workers and improve protection An international consortium of TNO, NGO La Isla Network, sector organization Volandis, and construction and infrastructure companies is
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Amid Sweltering Weather, the Federation of American Scientists Releases Expert-Sourced “State and Local Heat Policy Agenda” Nearly 150 organizations and government officials have endorsed the call to action and solutions
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The ENSURE Center of Excellence Signing Ceremony Marks a Turning Point for Migrant Worker Protection On April 9, 2026, in Kathmandu, Nepal, something years in the making finally happened: representatives
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Lorraine Martin, CEO of the National Safety Council, spoke with La Isla Network about why workplace safety governance needs to shift from lagging metrics to leading indicators and Serious Incident
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A new study in Nature Communications confirms what frontline workers have long known: our standards for “deadly heat” were too conservative — and the consequences are already here. For years,
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La Isla Network and The Rockefeller Foundation launch new initiatives to expand worker protections and advance research on heat exposure. Extreme heat is one of the fastest-growing threats to worker
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After a year of challenge and recovery, La Isla Network (LIN) enters the new year with renewed clarity. The threat of excessive heat exposure at work is urgent—but solutions exist.
- Alfredo Moreno
This Human Rights Day 2025, La Isla Network (LIN) is making a clarion call to protect workers worldwide from exposure to excessive heat. We remember that the right to the
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When William Martinez was 12 he joined the sugarcane cutters in Chichigalpa, Nicaragua — the same community where men routinely worked 10–12 hour days under a scorching sun, with little
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Nepali migrant workers are returning from hot regions like the Middle East with kidney disease, requiring dialysis at abnormally young ages compared to non-migrants. A survey of dialysis patients in