Den 28 april betyder förmodligen inget speciellt för dig. En helt vanlig måndag. Ändå är det en speciell dag – den internationella minnesdag då fackliga organisationer runt om världen minns och hedrar alla de arbetstagare som förlorat livet på eller på grund av arbetet. Mer
Bajo esta consigna, ATE Capital y CTA Capital resolvieron, por iniciativa de la Secretaria de Salud Laboral realizar una concentración y radio abierta en la Sub Secretaria de Trabajo del Gobierno de la Ciudad -Bartolome Mitre 575 – el martes 28 de Abril a las 12.30 horas, en el Día mundial de las Víctimas del Trabajo en un planeta globalizado por el neoliberalismo.
Para poder entender qué conmemoramos los trabajadores el 28 de abril tenemos que saber que ese día del año 1987 murieron en un accidente 28 trabajadores en Bridgeport (Connecticut) EE.UU. Aunque unos años antes el Congreso Canadiense del Trabajo (C.l.C.) es quien organiza un día anual de luto el 28 de abril. Ese día las banderas ondean a media asta. Los orígenes de esta fecha tienen como objetivo convertir a las víctimas de trabajo en protagonistas en contra de la cultura basada en la culpabilización de dichas víctimas. Se reunían bajo el slogan “recordando a los trabajadores muertos, para luchar por los vivos”.
Por eso “…¿Quiénes son los protagonistas de la defensa de la salud de los trabajadores?
En tiempos de crisis con millones de trabajadores desocupados, en situación de pobreza y precariedad, de exclusión social el indicador de salud laboral ya no puede ser el lugar de trabajo, sino ha de ser el trabajador y la trabajadora en edad activa, allí donde se encuentren.
ASOCIACION TRABAJADORES DEL ESTADO
CONSEJO DIRECTIVO CAPITAL FEDERAL
Occupational cancers kill at a rate of more than once a minute worldwide, according to a comprehensive review of the available evidence by the ITUC. The global union body, speaking out ahead of the 28 April International Workers’ Memorial Day, says this preventable waste of life must end and has a stern warning for rogue employers : “If you expose us, we’ll expose you.” More
For Workers’ Memorial Week 2015, the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health has released Not An Accident: Preventable Deaths 2015.
This annual report provides details on and context for the yearly toll of worker fatalities in the U.S.
“54,000 deaths a year is way too many,” says National COSH Executive Director Mary Vogel. “We need tougher penalties. We need prosecutions for criminal violations. And we need to listen to workers, and use proven strategies that cut down on risk, reduce injuries and save lives.”
Key stats
BWI has highlighted fatal injury figures from cement giants Holcim and Lafarge which reveal the true cost of outsourcing and precarious work. Their annual reports show that almost 300 people lost their lives working for these companies between 2011 and 2014.
BWI demands “Holcim and Lafarge, before their mega merger, reconsider their reckless employment policies and labour practices and start putting people before profits. No merger without workers’ health and safety rights!”
On International Workers’ Memorial Day ACTU says “Company Directors would be made personally liable for Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) fines resulting from workplace death, even if they restructure their business to avoid payment.” more
On April 28, European Trade unions will commemorate International Workers’ Memorial Day – remembering the 150,000 people who have died in the EU from occupational cancers since the European Commission suspended work on legislation protecting workers from chemicals that cause cancer.
Every year 100,000 people in the EU die from occupational cancers.
In October 2013 the European Commission stopped developing exposure limits for chemicals that cause cancer because it is reviewing ‘red tape’ – with the result that only 3 cancer-causing chemicals have European exposure limits!
Now the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) is demanding
“Measures to protect workers from cancer and fertility difficulties, are being treated as ‘red tape’ and a so-called ‘unnecessary burden’ on industry” said Bernadette Ségol, General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation. “It is shameful.”
“I am all in favour of ‘better regulation’ but this is treating human life like another line in the balance sheet, like the cost of raw materials or energy. The ETUC is calling on the European Commission agree legally binding exposure limits for 50 of the most harmful chemicals.”
“The Vice President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans recently said that better regulation does not mean deregulation and lowering standards* so I hope he is willing to take action to protect workers from cancer.”
To mark International Workers’ Memorial Day on April 28:
For more information see: http://www.etuc.org/international-workers-memorial-day-28-april-2015 & https://28april.org/
Des centaines de syndicats, ensemble avec des associations de victimes, de chercheurs et des élus organiseront des événements partout dans le monde pour ce mardi 28 avril, commémorant les victimes d’accidents et des maladies professionnelles. Vous pouvez consulter la liste d’événements planifiés sur le site www.28april.org N’hésitez pas à nous signaler si le vôtre n’apparaît pas!
Cientos de sindicatos, acompañados de investigadores y asociaciones de interés público organizaran eventos el martes próximo, 28 de Abril para conmemorar a los trabajadores que han fallecido o se han enfermado por culpa de su trabajo. Puede ver la lista de eventos en el sitio web www.28april.org . Infórmenos si su evento no está en la lista!