The Indian National Cement Workers Federation convened health and safety workshop at selected cement plants. Also, KSCWCU conducted health and safety meeting to mark the day.
Category Archives: 2022 Asia-Pacific
Indonesia: Marking 28 April with online campaigning, safety meetings and joint mass action
SERBUK/FKUI is planning a 28 April online campaign with photos, videos and other tools developed by members in 5 regions. The union will also provide a seminar with safety training at PT Bukit Muria Jaya (Karawang, West Java) as the company is a signatory to the occupational health and safety declaration. Finally there will be a mass action in Jakarta with various GUF affiliates and various NGOs including INA-BAN to raise the issue of the Amendment to the Rotterdam Convention.
Fiji: Minister Launches National OHS Plan
Fiji’s Ministry of Employment in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Medical Services has implemented a five-year Occupational Health Service Strategic Plan.
The partners include employers’ and unions’ representatives, international partners, the International Labour Organisation (ILO), and World Health Organisation (WHO).
“My Ministry in collaboration with the tripartite National OHS Advisory Board has already endorsed the process to ratify ILO Convention 161 on Occupational Health Services, ILO Convention 187 on the Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health, and ILO Convention 162 on the elimination of asbestos,” said Parveen Kumar Bala, the Minister for Employment, Productivity and Industrial Relations.
Source: Fiji Sun
Bangladesh: BFTUC calls for OHS to be made a fundamental ILO right
BFTUC joint action on 28 April, calling for OHS to be made a fundamental right at work.
India: BWI affiliates mark 28 April in Uttar Pradesh and Himichal Pradesh
BWI Affiliates in India – CFBWU, Uttar Pradesh and AHPWDIPHCWU, Himachal Pradesh Commemorated IWMD #iwmd22
Nepal/Bangladesh: Workers demand recognition of the right to safe and healthy work
BWI Affiliates in Nepal and Bangladesh demand the recognition of occupational health and safety as a fundamental right of workers. #IWMD2022
Philippines: Building workers protest low paid, unsafe work on 28 April
The National Union of Building and Construction Workers (NUBCW) commemorated the International Workers Memorial Day 2022 last 24 April 2022 in Quezon City, Philippines. In attendance are NUBCW local members from Evergreen Mfg Corp. Regular project-based Employees Union (EMCRPEU), Women Welders Guild (WWG), and Association of Women Workers in the Construction Industry (AWWCI). NUBCW Secretary General, Santiago Nolla, lead the discussion on the current status of Filipino workers, and the Occupational Health and Safety laws in the Philippines. The members also echoed their concerns that most workers in the Philippines are underpaid yet the work is hard and dangerous. Women workers see that discrimination and harassment are still rampant, especially in the construction industry, that is why mainstreaming women in the construction industry plays an important role in eradicating this problem. #iwmd22
Cambodia: Women construction and brick kiln workers mark 28 April
Building and Wood Workers Trade Union Federation of Cambodia (BWTUC) commemorates International Workers’ Memorial Day together with women workers from the construction and brick kiln sectors. #JobsShouldntKill #IWMD2022
Azerbaijan: AHİK-ə üzv təşkilatlarda Ümumdünya Əməyin Mühafizəsi Günü ilə əlaqədar tədbirlər keçirilir
AHİK-ə üzv təşkilatlarda Ümumdünya Əməyin Mühafizəsi Günü ilə əlaqədar tədbirlər keçirilir #iwmd22
Philippines: CDPC joins in celebrating International Workers’ Memorial Day
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The Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera, Inc. (CDPC) joins in celebrating the World Day for Health and Safety at Work!
#healthatwork #madewithrespect #28April #IWMD22 #RightToHealth
