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Global: WOMEN AROUND THE GLOBE UNITED TO PROTECT WORKERS! STOP COVID-19!
Tanzania: TUICO demands employers keep workers safe during Covid 19 crisis
TUICO in Tanzania calls on employers to observe occupational
health and safety guidelines during covid-19 outbreak and protect the workers #BWI2020IWMD
Mauritius: On 28 April CMWEU calls on LafargeHolcim to stop its exploitative outsourcing scheme
CMWEU from Mauritius calls on LafargeHolcim to stop its exploitative outsourcing scheme coinciding with Workers’ Memorial Day. #BWI2020IWMD #iwmd20
India: Members of the Indian National Cement Workers Federation Commemorate IWMD in Maharashtra and Gujarat
Members of the Indian National Cement Workers Federation Commemorate IWMD in Maharashtra and Gujarat States #BWIIWMD2020
AMACOA, República Dominicana se une a la campaña de la ICM: “¡Proteja a los Trabajadores! Alto al COVID-19”
AMACOA, República Dominicana se une a la campaña de la ICM: “¡Proteja a los Trabajadores! Alto al COVID-19”. #Lifebeforeprofit
#BWI2020IWMD #28Abril2020
AMACOA, Dominican Republic joins ICM’s campaign: ” Protect Workers! Stop COVID-19 “. #Lifebeforeprofit
#BWI2020IWMD #28Abril2020
Italy: Keep your distance, but don’t be distant. Solidarity forever – FILCA CISL
Keep your distance, but don’t be distant. Solidarity forever.
A beautiful message from our FILCA CISL sisters and brothers.#BWI2020IWMD
Central Asia/Eastern Europe: BWI affiliates campaign for safe working conditions and revived labour inspections
#iwmd20
On IWMD, BWI affiliates in Central Asia and Eastern Europe campaigned for safe working conditions and demanded to revive labour inspection #BWI2020IWMD
Global: PSI statement on Workers’ Memorial Day [Video]
Global: Workers’ Memorial Day Message from UNI GS Christy Hoffman | UNI Global Union
UNI General Secretary Christy Hoffman has issued an International Workers’ Memorial Day message calling on us to honour the workers we have lost during the Covid-19 crisis, but to “fight like hell for the living.”
Using her personal experience and examples from UNI affiliates, GS Hoffman stresses the importance that unions play in establishing safe workplaces and holding employers accountable:
There are valuable lessons we must learn from this crisis.
And one that we must remember is the difference a union can make in terms of health and safety. And it is not only about negotiating the conditions of safe work — it is about representation and a voice on the job lead by rank and file workers. A union health and safety committee is a watchdog, making sure that employers don’t cut corners or require a pace of production that is too fast to be safe. They enable workers, those who are closest to the problem, to expose the hazards and recommend solutions.
Additionally, UNI is joining the ITUC and other global unions in calling on governments and occupational health and safety bodies around the world to recognise Covid-19 first, as an occupational hazard and also an occupational disease.
https://www.uniglobalunion.org/news/workers-memorial-day-message-uni-gs-christy-hoffman