Construction and Building Material Workers’ Union (CBMWU) of Ghana, Public Utility Workers’ Union (PUWU) and the Public Services Workers’ Union (PSWU) will be undertaking training sessions in occupational safety and heath to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day.
The Palestinian affiliate of BWI, the National Union of Building and Wood Workers (NUBWW) has announced that it will mark 28 April by issuing a statement and meeting with workers.
BWI affiliate the General Federation of Workers Councils and Unions in Iraq (GFWCUI) has announced a strike at Lafarge-Holcim Karbala District Plan on 28 April.
BWI affiliate The Moroccan Workers’ Union/الاتحاد المغربي للشغل/Union Marocaine du Travail (UMT) will conduct work site visits on 28 April to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day. Website
Union body and BWI affiliate GTUCE has announced industrial action in front of the Lafarge-Holcim Al Fuhais Plant on 28 April.
Ugandan union UBCCEAWU will mark 28 April with a safety awareness raising campaign at the Lafarge-Holcim Hilma Cement Plant. The BWI affiliate hopes the action will secure safety improvements at the site.
For 28 April Kenyan unions affiliated to BWI – KUPRIPUPA, UNRISK, KBCTFIEA, KQMWU – will be running a work safety campaign with the aim of forming workplace safety committees.
Campaigning and recruitment are the key themes of the 28 April workplace accident awareness campaigns led by unions SINTICIM and SINTAF – Mozambique affiliates of the global construction union federation BWI.
