Everyone has the right to just and favourable conditions of work. Yet workers around the world find themselves in the midst of a public health crisis, due to their exposures to hazardous substances at work. Over 2,780,000 workers globally die from unsafe or unhealthy conditions of work each year, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO). Virtually every sector is implicated in this crisis, including both public and private sectors, and the world's most economically powerful industries.