Unions in Togo attracted media attention after picking up ITF’s global container safety campaign. #iwmd15 pic.twitter.com/GWBUKQjveK
— Rory O’Neill (@hazardseditor) April 30, 2015
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Union safety action in the Philippines
Union safety action in the Philippines #iwmd15 pic.twitter.com/8GASxcdM5N
— Rory O'Neill (@hazardseditor) April 29, 2015
28 April in Hong Kong
Hong Kong commemorates Workers Memorial Day #iwmd15 pic.twitter.com/uhWQGJf74k
— AMRC Hong Kong (@amrc_hongkong) April 28, 2015
28 April – IndustriALL warns of unidentified toxic killer risks
28 April is the International Commemoration Day for Dead and Injured Workers. The day is also known as Workers’ Memorial Day, the Day of Mourning, or World Day for Safety and Health at Work. Most importantly, it is a day for unions to renew their commitment to safety and health at work.
Controlling exposure to toxic substances is one theme that global unions have chosen to emphasize in 2015. Of the hundreds of thousands of chemicals in industrial use, we have substantial knowledge of the health effects of only a small percentage; and suspect that many unidentified killers are among the rest.
Global: IUF calls for an end to the use of “highly toxic” pesticide paraquat in India
To mark Workers Memorial Day, IUF has produced with Pesticides Action Network (PAN) and the Swiss-based NGO, Berne Declaration, a report on the use of paraquat in India. more
Global: Thinking inside the box on 28 April
ITF’s Paddy Crumlin highlights the Container Safety Now campaign on International Workers’ Memorial Day. more
Sweden: Manifestation för döda i arbetsplatsolyckor
878 personer skadades i arbetet i Dalarna förra året och två personer avled. Idag uppmärksammas de i en manifestation. Mer
28 April activities in Wales
Wales TUC marked International Workers’ Memorial Day 2015 with a meeting and wreath laying ceremony.
Global: An up to the minute listing of global work fatalities
Several organisations, including the United Support and Memorial for Workplace Fatalities, the Center for Construction Research and Training, the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health, NENYCOSH, the National Council on Occupational Safety and Health and Global Worker Watch have compiled a regularly updated global listing of worker deaths.
The same organisations have also have compiled the largest open-access data set of individual workplace fatalities collected in the United States to date.
USA: An interactive map listing 2014 workplace fatalities
Several organisations, including the United Support and Memorial for Workplace Fatalities, the Center for Construction Research and Training, the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health, NENYCOSH, the National Council on Occupational Safety and Health and Global Worker Watch have compiled the largest open-access data set of individual workplace fatalities collected in the United States to date.
Also published is a listing of the details of 1,600 of the approximately 4,000-5,000 workers who die every year from a work-related injury in the United States.
