Category Archives: 2023

Global: ITF invites you to put your work boots out on 28 April

“This #IWMD, we invite you to put your work boots out tomorrow in honour of those who have needlessly lost their lives on the job.
Jobs shouldn’t kill. That’s why we’ll keep holding negligent employers to account until every worker is safe at work.”

Ghana: CBMWU raise workers awareness of their right to healthy and safe work

The Construction and Building Materials Workers Union of TUC ( CBMWU) in Ghana observed this year’s International Workers’ Memorial Day together with workers employed at the Amandi Investments Group Limited based in the country’s Takoradi Western Region.
The union’s General Secretary and Industrial Relations officers took advantage of the commemoration and educated workers on occupational health and safety as a fundamental right of all workers. They also offered a minute silence to all construction workers who died in the performance of their work.

Ghana: GCMQWU mark 28 April in advance

Members of the BWI-affiliated GCMQWU in Ghana displayed campaign posters at the Zhongmei Engineering Group Limited on 24 April to mark in advance this year’s International Workers’ Memorial Day and call on employers and governments to implement OSH as a fundamental worker right. #iwmd23
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Turkey: Unions mark IWMD and decry alarming number of work-related deaths

BWI affiliates AGAC-IS, CIMSE-IS, ORMAN-IS and TARIM ORMAN-IS, under the umbrella of the Turkish Union of Road, Construction and Building Workers (YOL-IS), gathered in Ankara, Türkiye on 25 April to mark this year’s International Workers’ Memorial Day. The trade unions decried the alarming number of work-related deaths in industries where they operate, and raised awareness on the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) adoption of occupational health and safety as a fundamental right of workers. #IWMD23 #MakeItHappen

Global: On 28 April ITF says it is inexcusable that employers’ negligence costs lives

Global union ITF #iwmd23
Millions of workers never make it home from work every year. It is inexcusable that employers’ negligence costs lives.
Join us in honouring the memories of lost colleagues by finding an #IWMD23 event near you:
International Workers' Memorial Day:
Remember the dead,
Fight for the living.
Join an event near you.
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Namibia: MANWU demands free PPE and mental health services for workers as part of this year’s 28 April

Namibian youth and women from MANWU demanded free PPE and mental health services for workers as part of this year’s commemoration of International Workers’ Memorial Day. #MakeItHappen #iwmd23

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Moldova: 28 aprilie – Ziuă mondială pentru securitate şi sănătate în muncă

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De Ziua mondială pentru securitate şi sănătate în muncă, marcată anual în întreaga lume la data de 28 aprilie, Confederația Națională a Sindicatelor din Moldova, în cooperare cu Platforma Națională a Forumului Societății Civile din Parteneriatul Estic, organizează în incinta Institutului Muncii (mun. Chișinău, str. Zimbrului 10) masa rotundă cu genericul „Munca în condiții sigure și sănătoase – un drept fundamental al salariaților la locul de muncă”.
La eveniment participă conducerea CNSM, lideri ai centrelor sindicale național-ramurale, fiind invitați reprezentanți ai Parlamentului și Guvernului Republicii Moldova, Confederației Naționale a Patronatului din Republica Moldova, Organizației Internaționale a Muncii.
Obiectivul acestui eveniment este de a promova prevenirea accidentelor și a bolilor profesionale, sensibilizarea și focalizarea atenției partenerilor sociali, responsabililor de domeniul securității și sănătății în muncă (SSM), asupra tendințelor din domeniul SSM, precum şi atenționării asupra situației în domeniul dat la nivel național.
Tematicile care vor fi abordate în cadrul panelurilor de discuții cuprind următoarele: asigurarea securității și sănătății în muncă – un drept primordial pentru salariați; controlul și prevenirea în domeniul SSM – un element esențial pentru a asigura un mediu de muncă adecvat; rolul organizației sindicale primare în asigurarea drepturilor salariaților în domeniul SSM.
Evenimentul va fi transmis live pe pagina de Facebook a CNSM.
Data de 28 aprilie la nivel internaţional este o zi dedicată comemorării celor care şi-au pierdut viaţa în urma accidentelor de muncă şi bolilor profesionale, de asemenea este o zi dedicată promovării securităţii şi sănătăţii în muncă.
Din 2010, la iniţiativa mișcării sindicale, şi în Republica Moldova ziua de 28 aprilie este oficial recunoscută ca „Ziuă mondială pentru securitate şi sănătate în muncă”.

US Department of Labor to honor workers whose jobs claimed their lives

US Department of Labor to honor workers whose jobs claimed their lives, recommit to protecting workers as nation marks Workers Memorial Day

OSHA, MSHA administrators, AFL-CIO president to join national ceremony in Washington

WASHINGTON – On April 28, 1970, the nation first observed Workers Memorial Day at a time when an estimated 38 people died on the job in the U.S. each day. More than a half century later, this annual tribute endures as do the determined efforts of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Mine Safety and Health Administration to help protect the lives of our nation’s workers.

Today, work-related injuries claim the lives of approximately 14 people each day in the U.S., that’s one life lost every 101 minutes. There were 5,190 such deaths in 2021. Workers Memorial Day pays tribute to these people, and all the fallen workers before them, and the survivors who remain to grieve and carry on.

In 2023, families, friends, coworkers, and others will gather on Friday, April 28 at events across the nation to honor people who died at work.

“On Workers Memorial Day, as we remember the people whose jobs claimed their lives, we must recognize that behind these numbers, there are people who mourn each loss. For them, these statistics are loved ones: they’re parents, children, siblings, relatives, friends, or co-workers,” said Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Doug Parker. “On this day of remembrance, we should reflect on what might have prevented their loss and recommit ourselves to doing all we can — and all that can be done — to safeguard workers and to fulfill our moral obligation and duty as a nation to protect America’s workers.”

Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Doug Parker and Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health Christopher Williamson will host a national Workers Memorial Day ceremony online broadcast from the department’s Washington headquarters on April 27 at 1 p.m. EDT. They will be joined by AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler and United Support & Memorial for Workplace Fatalities Vice President Wanda Engracia, whose husband, Pablo Morillo was one of three workers killed in a 2005 industrial explosion in New Jersey.

“On Workers Memorial Day, we come together to remember those workers we have lost, including those who suffered toxic exposures at work that led to fatal illnesses which were entirely preventable,” Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health Chris Williamson. “Repeated and prolonged exposures to unsafe levels of coal dust, silica and diesel exhaust can slowly strip a miner of their livelihood and dignity, and eventually their life. We must honor their loss by doing all we can to protect the health and safety of our nation’s miners.”

Throughout the U.S., OSHA and MSHA representatives will take part in local Workers Memorial Day events. They will join families, workers, labor unions, advocates, and others to remember the lives lost and raise awareness of workplace safety to help prevent future tragedies. Find a local Workers Memorial Day event.

View the online Workers Memorial Day event from Washington on April 27.

Croatia: Make it happen on 28 April!

“Make it happen!”
This was the cry of Croatia’s Construction Workers’ Trade Union as it joins BWI in calling all employers and governments to fully implement and recognise the right of workers to healthy and safe workplaces. #MakeItHappen #iwmd23

Global: BWI to launch ‘safety brigade manual’ on 28 April

On the occasion of this year’s observance of “International Workers’ Memorial Day,” and as part of BWI’s “Global OSH Brigades Programme,” the 12 million-strong global union on 27 April will launch its “Occupational Health and Safety Brigade Manual”. more