With four days to go to International Workers’ Memorial Day on 28 April 2019, unions and safety campaigns in over 50 countries have already had their activities and resources added to the ITUC 28 April website and featured on the global events map.
If events are taking place in your country, make sure we know about them! We particularly want to hear from national union centres and national unions and campaigns.
28 April resources
- ‘Taking control – removing dangerous substances from the workplace’
- « Prendre le contrôle – éliminer les substances dangereuses du lieu de travail »
- “Tomar el control: eliminar sustancias peligrosas del lugar de trabajo”
- Affiche – Réaction chimique
- Poster – Chemical reaction
- Cartel – Reacción química
Other tools
- Toxic work: Stop deadly exposures today!, ITUC [2015]
- Occupational cancer/zero cancer: A union guide to prevention, Global Unions [2007].
- Cancer and work: understanding occupational cancers and taking action to eliminate them, ETUI [2018]
- ITUC/Hazards occupational cancer blog www.cancerhazards.org
- Report of the Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes, OHCHR, 2018.
Find out more
ITUC 28 April website, facebook page and twitter hashtag #iwmd19.