FTBB / CDT joins IBB in marking International Worker s’ Remembrance Day on April 28, calling on the ILO to recognize health and safety at work as a fundamental right of all workers. #SaveLivesAtWork #IWMD2021
Uganda Building workers union taking part in the International Workers’ Memorial Day campaign with the workers of Nileply Wood industry in Jinja. Occupational Health and Safety is a fundamental right of all workers. #SaveLivesAtWork #IWMD21
The GTUBWW Egypt joins BWI in marking the International Workers’ Memorial Day on 28 April by calling on the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to recognise occupational health and safety as a fundamental right of all workers. #SaveLivesAtWork #IWMD21
Dear OHS Network Members,
I am burning a candle today as we commemorate and mourn the heros and heroines who have lost their lives in the line of duty over the past year.
We hope our efforts to ‘save lives at work’ achieve the desired outcomes and our workplaces become safe and healthy places as they should be.
I commend your efforts and the work you are doing to achieve this.
Wishing you a fruitful commemoration of International Workers’ Memorial Day 2021.
In Solidarity,
Rhoda
ITUC-AFRICA
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11:30
Opening Session
World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2021 African Event
DinamarcaMaster of Arts-MA, Political and Social Science por Universidad de Aalborg, Dinamarca.
Post graduate diploma , International Studies por Universidad de Aalborg, Dinamarca
Director European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (1996-2006)
Secretario General Asociación Internacional de la Seguridad Social (2006-2019)
Presidente de Fundación Internacional ORP
NigeriaMBA and a Masters Degree in Workplace Health and Safety
Currently a Doctoral Fellow researching on Workplace Health and Wellness Promotion and impact on workers’ health and well-being
President OSH Africa
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Roundtable Discussion
World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2021 African Event
EgyptHead, Training Advisory Council (TAC), OSHAfrica
Dean of Faculty, Suez Canal University, Egypt
ZimbabweSpecialist occupational physician, OSH consultant, an academic and researcher. He holds specialist qualifications in occupational Medicine: Fellowship of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine (FFOM), Membership of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine (MFOM) from the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland. He also holds a Master’s degree in Occupational health and safety(Hons); Masters degree in Health services management from the university of Newcastle in Australia, as well as the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) degrees.
NigeriaDeputy General Secretary, International Trade Union Congress (ITUC) Africa
12:00
Closing session
World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2021 African Event
NigeriaMBA and a Masters Degree in Workplace Health and Safety
Currently a Doctoral Fellow researching on Workplace Health and Wellness Promotion and impact on workers’ health and well-being
President OSH Africa
South Africa’s CEPPWAWU signed a declaration with seven forestry companies recognising the importance of safe and healthy workplaces, especially in the time of COVID-19. The signatories also called on the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to declare occupational health and safety as a fundamental right of workers. This initiative is part of BWI’s campaign leading to this year’s International Workers’ Memorial Day on 28 April
THE MARCH TO DEMAND OHS AS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT AT WORK IS ON IN AFRICA
IUF Africa Region, under the challenging environment of COVID-19 that has devasted jobs and livelihood of workers, marks the International Workers Memorial Day (IWMD) with a Webinar. The event will be a rededication to the struggle to push employers across the IUF sectors in Africa to invest in elimination of health and safety risks at work in the midst of COVID-19. It will be an event where IUF affiliates across the region will send a clear message that health and safety should not be relegated to the peripheries of fundamental rights but rather must be made a fundamental right at work. This demand is made with no apology. It will be held virtually from 15h00 – 17h00 (CET).
The theme of the Webinar is “We choose to fight for an effective OHS system, amidst Covid -19, based on recognition of health and safety as a fundamental right at work: Together we shall win!!” It is an undeniable fact that the fundamental right to life is denied by poor working environment. The tombs of millions of workers who lost their lives bear testimony to this sad fact. HEALTH BEFORE PROFIT IS STILL OUR DEMAND!! On this day, as the region remembers those who died, suffered injuries and il-heath as a result of preventable workplace hazards, demand an effective OHS system that puts the worker first and profits last. The region shall fight for the living as it demands that health and safety must be a fundamental right at work. The only choice to fight and win is what the region makes.
As the region remembers workers who lost their lives due to poor working environment, argues that any health and safety system that is not based on human rights, and hence lacking a strong voice of workers as a key element, will not be effective. IUF Africa holds the belief that core-determination on matters affecting workers, including health and safety, must be a principle underpinning an effective health and safety system. Other elements such hierarchy of hazard control and risk assessment become non-negotiable part of the system, and thus putting to shame the concept of Behaviour-Based Safety programmes.
The IUF AFRICA Region, support, without any reservation, the global call to make health and safety a fundamental right at work. It is the solemn tribute to workers who died, injured or fell ill due to exposure to preventable workplace risks.
CTSP (Mauritius) held a virtual activity on Saturday 24 April. The activity had a series of other connected activities, ie. local and national level. Read more
CTSP (Mauritius) held a virtual activity on Saturday 24 April. The activity had a series of other connected activities, ie. local and national level:
Jane Ragoo
General Secretary – CTSP (Mauritius) Confédération des Travailleurs des Secteurs Publique et Privé
5 Nalla Street (Ex 6-10), Elias Street – Rose Hill, Republic of Mauritius
