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Zimbabwe: Building a strong, safer movement – ZCATWU

In Zimbabwe, the BWI-affiliated ZCATWU is stepping up! Ahead of International Workers’ Memorial Day, they gathered workers for an awareness programme on the dangers of deadly dust, while driving efforts to organise and recruit more members. Together, they are building a stronger, safer movement — because every worker’s life matters! #IWMD2025 #StopDeadlyDust

Ukraine: Profbud – Standing strong for workers’ lives on 28 April

Standing strong for workers’ lives: BWI-affiliated PROFBUD joins this year’s International Workers’ Memorial Day, rallying behind the global campaign to end deadly dust in workplaces. Every worker deserves a safe and healthy job! #IWMD2025 #StopDeadlyDust

Italy: Safe Day – Giornata mondiale sicurezza lavoro: sindacati edili depongono corona all’Inail – FILCA CISL

In occasione della giornata mondiale per la salute e sicurezza sul lavoro, i rappresentanti di Feneal, Filca, Fillea, le categorie che tutelano il settore delle costruzioni di Cgil, Cisl e Uil, si sono recati presso la sede dell’Inail a Piazzale Pastore, per deporre una corona di fiori davanti al monumento in memoria degli operai che persero la vita durante lo scavo del traforo di San Gottardo. Prima della deposizione i rappresentanti hanno avuto un incontro con il direttore generale Marcello Fiori, un momento di confronto per analizzare e valutare le misure per la prevenzione degli infortuni e le malattie professionali e anche riguardanti i nuovi rischi connessi alla rivoluzione digitale e alla riorganizzazione del mondo del lavoro.
“Quello di oggi è un appuntamento di grande importanza – sottolinea Marcello Fiori – che rende omaggio alle vittime sul lavoro e testimonia la imprescindibile necessità di un impegno comune tra le parti sociali e le Istituzioni nell’azione di contrasto alla tragedia degli infortuni sul lavoro e delle malattie professionali. Restano fortissime le parole pronunciate da Papa Francesco in occasione dell’udienza dedicata all’Inail: senza tutele e sicurezza per i lavoratori prevale nella società, la cultura dello “scarto”. Rimettere al centro la persona significa “vedere, avere compassione, farsi vicini, fasciare le ferite, farsi carico” e considerare tutti gli infortunati, persone e non numeri. Missione fondamentale dell’Istituto deve essere quella della prevenzione che richiede un accordo, un impegno corale e il pieno coinvolgimento di tutte le Istituzioni e le parti sociali, come il Presidente della Repubblica ci esorta energicamente a realizzare, per mettere in campo tutti gli strumenti necessari: norme tecniche aggiornate e puntuali, informazione e formazione dei lavoratori e dei responsabili per la sicurezza, incentivi e finanziamenti al sistema delle imprese per innovazione tecnologica e sistemi di gestione per la salute e la sicurezza, un efficace e diffuso sistema di controlli”.
“I numeri – dichiarano i segretari di FenealUil, Filca Cisl e Fillea Cgil– continuano ad essere preoccupanti, con 1.090 vittime nel 2024, 49 in più rispetto al 2023, di cui 156 nelle costruzioni, che si riconferma tra i settori più a rischio. Gli infortuni in più rispetto all’anno precedente sono stati 4.215, e 15.745 le denunce di malattie professionali. Anche oggi c’è stato un incidente mortale sul lavoro nella cava di marmo di Miseglia costato la vita ad un uomo di 59 anni.
In questa giornata così importante le nostre categorie, che combattono ogni giorno per contrastare le irregolarità, tutelare i lavoratori e cambiare la cultura sulla sicurezza sul lavoro, avviano una fase collaborativa con Inail, attraverso un tavolo permanente sulla prevenzione in materia di salute e sicurezza che ci auguriamo porterà alla sottoscrizione di un protocollo operativo, in grado di generare effetti concreti quanto prima”.

 

Philippines: Photos from EEI Grand Middori Project commemoration

World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2025 – EEI Grand Middori Project

Tunisia: FGBB is ready for International Workers’ Memorial Day

BWI affiliate FGBB’s final preparations of the General University for Building and Wood on the occasion of the International Occupational Health and Safety Day, which falls on April 28 every year.

Philippines: NUBCW commemorates International Workers Memorial Day: “Health and Safety is Our Right — We Work to Live, Not to Die”

In solidarity with workers across the globe, the National Union of Building and Construction Workers (NUBCW) marked International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD) with a powerful gathering centered on the theme: “Health and Safety is Our Right — We Work to Live, Not to Die.”
Held with solemn respect and passionate advocacy, the event featured distinguished guests: Dr. RJ Naguit of AKBAYAN Partylist, a long-time health rights advocate, and Atty. Sonny Matula, National President of the Federation of Free Workers (FFW) and a senatorial candidate known for championing labor rights.
Dr. Naguit delivered an urgent reminder that health and safety are not privileges but basic human rights. Drawing from his experience as a health advocate, he emphasized that no worker should be forced to choose between livelihood and life itself. “Every death due to unsafe workplaces is preventable,” he stressed. “It is a symptom of a system that values profit over people — a system we must change.”
Atty. Matula followed with a rousing call for stronger protections, sharing the ongoing struggles of labor unions nationwide. He reaffirmed the need to pass and enforce laws that ensure safe working conditions, regular employment, and just compensation. “We must fight for a future where workers’ lives are valued more than corporate greed,” Matula said. “NUBCW stands at the frontlines of this battle.”
In a unified statement, NUBCW reaffirmed its commitment to championing safe, healthy, and dignified workplaces for all Filipino workers. These commitments will result in the launching of new Department Order series of 2025 titled “Guidelines for the Standard Design and Specification for Temporary Welfare Facilities for Construction Workers”, a new law that will ensure not just the health and safety of construction workers in their respective accomodation but the said DO will also protect workers from abusive treatment, exploitation, harassment and discrimination of any form through creation of grievance redress mechanism inside the accommodation area.
The event closed with a collective pledge to intensify campaigns for occupational health and safety, union rights, and fair labor practices — echoing the call: “We work to live, not to die.”
The commemoration concluded with the NUBCW National Council Meeting, where council members convened to align their strategies in preparation for the upcoming 3rd Regular Congress scheduled on May 25, 2025. The meeting emphasized the organization’s renewed vigor to strengthen union work, broaden alliances, and advance the fight for workers’ rights nationwide.
As NUBCW Secretary General Santiago Nolla said, “Remembering is not enough. Organizing, mobilizing, and fighting for change — that is the true tribute to our fallen heroes and comrades.”

Mauritius: 28 April activities focus on artificial intelligence and deadly dust – CTSP

Confédération des Travailleurs des Secteurs Publique et Privé (CTSP) in Mauritius, an affiliate of global unions BWI and IndustriALL, reports that 28 April activities have included a tripartite discussion on the impact of Artificial Intelligence on occupational safety and health and another on deadly dust.

 

Indonesia: Taking bold steps to protect workers’ lives – Serbuk Indonesia

Ahead of this year’s International Workers’ Memorial Day, members of BWI-affiliated Serbuk Indonesia are taking bold steps to protect workers’ lives, consolidating their ranks through trade union education to expose the hidden dangers of deadly dust in our workplaces and demand safer, healthier jobs for all. #StopDeadlyDust #IWMD2025

Malaysia: Join the global campaign to stop heat stress and deadly dust – STIEU, TEUPM and UFES

For #IWMD2025, BWI’s Malaysian affiliates STIEU (Sabah), TEUPM (Kuala Lumpur), and UFES (Sarawak) join the global campaign to #StopDeadlyDust and “heat stress” at work.
Despite facing poor working conditions, low wages, and job insecurity, brave trade union affiliates—especially in the wood industry—stand united for better OSH and stronger protections.

 

Poland: Cyfryzacja i sztuczna inteligencja – nowa era pracy

28 kwietnia obchodzimy w Polsce Światowy Dzień Bezpieczeństwa i Ochrony Zdrowia w PracyTegoroczne hasło brzmi:

Cyfryzacja i sztuczna inteligencja – nowa era pracy

Nowoczesne technologie zmieniają nasze miejsca pracy – wpływają na organizację pracy, wydajność, ale także na bezpieczeństwo i zdrowie pracowników. W tym roku, z inicjatywy Międzynarodowej Organizacji Pracy, przyglądamy się roli sztucznej inteligencji, uczenia maszynowego, egzoszkieletów, Internetu rzeczy, wirtualnej i rozszerzonej rzeczywistości, a także wyzwaniom związanym z pracą zdalną i platformami cyfrowymi.

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