Zimbabwean affiliates of construction federation BWI – ZCATWU, APWUZ and CLAWUZ – are organising around 28 April activities in numerous workplaces. events will include raising awareness of the IWMD themes, general safety education and recruitment.
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Lebanon: Construction workers to meet on 28 April
BWI union affiliate GFBCTU will gather Lebanese workers to a meeting on International Workers’ Memorial Day to raise awareness of the IWMD theme and address safety issues that workers raise.
Tunisia: FGBB will mark 28 April with conference and workshop
Construction federation BWI affiliate FGBB will be holding a workshop and conference to mark 28 April.
The event will address the IWMD BWI themes including Stop Deadly Dust. Other worker safety concerns are expected to be raised.
New Zealand: 28 April resources – NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi
New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi has published a host of Workers’ Memorial Day resources on their on 28 April webpage.
In additional to listing events NZCTU has called for any additional events to be submitted.
Resources include
• Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace: A Resource for New Zealand Trade Unions
• Unions make work safe poster
• NZCTU Health and Safety starter pack 2025
Wales: National Workers’ Memorial Day event, Cardiff – TUC Cymru
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 – 10:00 to 12:00 Register to attend here
You are invited to attend Wales’ National Workers’ Memorial Day event.
Every year, we share the message of workers’ memorial day, to remember the dead and fight for the living. The trade union movement in Wales, with our sisters and brothers across the world, remain as committed as ever to this principle.
Join us for a breakfast roll and a hot drink. There will then be a short ceremony to lay wreaths at the National Workers’ Memorial Stone. We will be joined by dignitaries including trade union leaders. This year, International Workers’ Memorial Day will focus on the impacts of AI on occupational safety and health.
Please dress in smart dark clothes.
For further details on this event, please contact; cwilliams@tuc.org.uk
New Zealand: 28 April events update – NZCTU
NZCTU is holding the following events to mark International Workers” Memorial Day on 28 April:
Palmerston North (Unions Manawatu) 12pm – Workers’ Memorial, Memorial Park Fitzroy St entrance
Wellington (CTU) 10.00am – Workers’ Memorial stone, Wellington Waterfront, (near Te Papa entrance) Facebook event page
Christchurch (Unions Canterbury) 11.45am – Memorial Garden, off Gasson St, Sydenham
Dunedin (Unions Otago) 11.45am – Otago Workers’ Memorial, Market Reserve Princes St
Find more details on NZCTU’s dedicated 28 April pages
Resources including the
• Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace: A Resource for New Zealand Trade Unions and the
• Unions make work safe poster are also available from that page.
New Zealand: Artificial intelligence in the workplace: A resource for New Zealand trade unions
NZCTU has developed Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace: A Resource for New Zealand Trade Unions – a resource guide on the topic of this year’s 28 April theme.
The introduction of AI in workplaces can create significant health and safety risks for workers (such as intensification of work, and extreme surveillance) which can significantly impact workers’ mental and physical wellbeing.
It is critical that unions and workers are involved in any decision to introduce AI so that these risks can be eliminated, and that the benefits and productivity gains are shared with the workforce.
The NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi has developed Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace: A Resource for New Zealand Trade Unions to support workers and their unions to ensure that workers benefit from the introduction of AI and are not harmed by it.
UK: Over 50,000 a year die because of work – Hazards Campaign
The impact of AI and digitisation on the fundamental right to occupational health and safety
Remember the dead, Fight for the Living
Every year on 28 April we remember over 50,000 people in the UK, who have died because of work.
We call on all workers to participate or organise an event in their workplace, community or trade union to remember those who have been killed by work and to campaign for safer and healthier work
Read more on the true figures of workplace deaths and injuries www.hazardscampaign.org.uk/thewholestory
UK: Technology shouldn’t be the boss of you. #iwmd25
Hazards magazine warns that the UK’s rush to exploit AI, algorithmic management and automation could be dangerous for workers, with work intensification, psychosocial problems and management by algorithm making work more unsafe and more unfair. A special report for International Workers’ Memorial Day, 28 April 2025.
Code red: AI and digitalisation – technology shouldn’t be the boss of you, Hazards magazine report, April 2025.
Canada: Workers’ Day of Mourning | April 28, 2025 | CUPE Saskatchewan
On April 28, we gather to mourn workers who have been killed, injured, or made ill because of workplace hazards or incidents – and recognize the lasting impact on their families and communities. Attend vigils on April 28 in Regina (City Hall at 5:30 p.m.), Moose Jaw (Union Centre at 6:00 p.m.), Saskatoon (Civic Square at 6:00 p.m.), and Weyburn (T.C. Douglas Calvary Centre at 5:30 p.m.).
In 2024, 27 workers in Saskatchewan lost their lives due to work-related causes, not including farm-related fatalities or other workplaces that are not covered or reported by workers’ compensation. 10 fatalities were due to occupational disease and 17 fatalities were from traumatic incidents (four motor vehicle collisions, equipment contact and drowning).
The Workers’ Day of Mourning is a call to “Mourn for the Dead, Fight for the Living ”, created by CUPE members more than 40 years ago to remember those who lost their lives on the job and to inspire other workers to fight to prevent further tragedies. Visit the CUPE Saskatchewan health and safety hub for more resources.
- Your four rights poster (English)
- Your four rights poster (French)
- Your four rights poster Tagalog (Filipino), Ukrainian, Punjabi, Arabic
As trade unionists, we also know the importance of holding employers accountable to recognize and address the impacts of systemic understaffing – including the resulting stress and over work on the health of public service workers, the need to address and prevent exposure to violence on the job, and the importance of a psychologically safe working conditions and the prevention of mental health injuries. The health and safety of workers includes the prevention of mental health injuries from work, the prevention of suicide, and recognizing psychosocial hazards.
Attend a vigil in your community:
Regina & District Labour Council
- Where: Regina City Hall (2476 Victoria Avenue) * In the event of inclement weather, the ceremony may move indoors to the Regina Union Centre (2709 – 12th Avenue)
- When: Monday, April 28th at 5:30 pm
- Contact: Dee Wagner, President, wagnerdee5@gmail.com
Moose Jaw & District Labour Council
- Where: Moose Jaw Union Centre (1402 Caribou Street West) * The event will be held outdoors, however, in the event of inclement weather, the ceremony will be held inside the main hall. Annual vigil, wreath laying
- When: Monday, April 28th at 6:00 pm
- Contact: Deidre Wilson, President, mjdlcpresident@gmail.com
Saskatoon & District Labour Council
- Where: Civic Square (222 3rd Avenue North, Saskatoon)
- When: Monday, April 28th at 6:00 pm
- Annual vigil, wreath laying. *If you would like to present a commemorative to your fellow workers, please register prior to the ceremony starting at 6:00pm.
- Contact: Don MacDonald, President, sdlc@sasktel.net
Weyburn & District Labour Council
- Where: T.C. Douglas Calvary Centre (#400-10th Avenue, Weyburn)
- When: Monday, April 28th at 5:30 pm
- Annual vigil, wreath laying
- Contact: Wanda Bartlett, President, wbartlett@sasktel.net
https://sk.cupe.ca/2025/04/15/workers-day-of-mourning-april-28-2025/