Employers should be held responsible for workers’ safety and put people before profit – #iwmd20, BWI
Healthworkers in Pakistan are on their thirteenth day of hunger strike and occupying hospitals to try and get proper PPE.
11 am, #IWMD20 tomorrow: walk out of work and stay out for the day – support key workers taking action for PPE #PPENow #ShutTheSites #PAYEveryWorker pic.twitter.com/zVLJ1igreX— Reel News (@ReelNewsLondon) April 27, 2020
Healthworkers in Pakistan are on their thirteenth day of hunger strike and occupying hospitals to try and get proper PPE.
11 am, #IWMD20 tomorrow: walk out of work and stay out for the day – support key workers taking action for PPE #PPENow #ShutTheSites #PAYEveryWorker Reel News
Tomorrow there will be a minute’s silence at 11am to remember every worker who has died from work related injuries and diseases.
This year will be even more significant as we honour those who have died from #coronavirus.#IWMD20 #NeverForgotten pic.twitter.com/5nbPNRAyAj
— Prospect Union (@ProspectUnion) April 27, 2020
This year will be even more significant as we honour those who have died from #coronavirus.#IWMD20 #NeverForgotten pic.twitter.com/5nbPNRAyAj
A video message from the Chair of the CLAWUZ youth-Zimbabwe.
“We demand governments and employers to take urgent action to protect young workers’ health, jobs and their future.” #BWI2020IWMD
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UK campaigning network work Families Against Corporate Killers (FACK) has produced a moving and forceful 28 April video memorial which you can view here.
Also read FACK’s 28 April statement If you do not protect the workforce in a pandemic, you do not protect the public.
Healthworkers from all over the the United Kingdom call for everyone to join them for a minute’s silence at 11am on Tuesday April 28, Workers Memorial Day, to remember all the key workers who have died – but also to fight for the living. They want all workers to stop non-essential work that day and hold socially distanced protests to secure proper PPE, testing and tracing for all key workers. And without kit, there will be no care. The government has failed us – it’s time for the people to act.
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Recognizing the great challenge that governments, employers, workers and whole societies are facing worldwide to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Day for Safety and Health at Work will focus on addressing the outbreak of infectious diseases at work, focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic.
| Type: | Campaign |
| When: | 28 April 2020 |
| Where: | ILO HQ – Geneva |
| Contact(s): | SafeDay Team (safeday@ilo.org) |
Concern is growing over the continuing rise in COVID-19 infections in some parts of the world and the ability to sustain declining rates in others. Governments, employers, workers and their organizations face enormous challenges as they try to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and protect safety and health at work. Beyond the immediate crisis, there are also concerns about resuming activity in a manner that sustains progress made in suppressing transmission.
The World Day for Safety and Health at Work will focus on addressing the outbreak of infectious diseases at work, focussing on the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim is to stimulate national tripartite dialogue on safety and health at work. The ILO is using this day to raise awareness on the adoption of safe practices in workplaces and the role that occupational safety and health (OSH) services play. It will also focus on the medium to long-term, including recovery and future preparedness, in particular, integrating measures into OSH management systems and policies at the national and enterprise levels.
Original and exclusive think pieces on the OSH response to the Covid-19 pandemic from the global OSH community
“We need special measures to protect the millions of health care workers and other workers who risk their own health for us every day.”
“Teleworking offers new opportunities for workers to keep working… However, workers must be able to negotiate these arrangements so that they retain balance with other responsibilities, such as caring for children, the sick or the elderly, and of course themselves.”
ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder
Please note that the world day theme announced earlier for 2020 on violence and harassment in the world of work has been replaced in view of the current global crisis. The technical products and promotional material on violence and harassment will continue to be made available here .
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