Using the Workers’ Memorial Day * 28 April Facebook page El Instituto de Salud Laboral y Medio Ambiente (ISLyMA) of the Argentina union CTA has made the following 28 April announcement:
“Para seguir capacitándonos…. En Argentina más de 7500 trabajador@s mueren al año por las malas condiciones laborales.
Atrás de las muertes de los trabajador@s está el negocio multimillonario de las Aseguradoras…Conocer nuestros derechos para defenderlos. LA SALUD NO SE VENDE SE DEFIENDE”
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“To continue educating…. in Argentina more than 7500 trabajadors die a year for poor working conditions.
Behind workers’ deaths is the billionaire business of insurance companies… to know our rights to defend them. Health is not sold, it is defended”
Victorian Trades Hall Council (VTHC) is marking International Workers Memorial Day with a focus on industrial manslaughter legislation.
Boots and shoes will be laid out to represent each workplace fatality in Victoria over the past 12 months. VTHC will also run a forum on the campaign and a very striking poster has been produced.
Click on the image for a larger version or download the PDF here.
Last year, 158 B.C. workers died from a workplace injury or disease. Now, families and communities are left to mourn.
Across Canada, April 28 has been designated the Day of Mourning. As workers, families, employers, and communities come together at ceremonies held around the province to remember those who have lost their lives to work-related incidents or occupational disease, and renew the commitment to creating healthy and safe workplaces.
Day of Mourning BC has published an excellent set of resources to support activities on International Workers’ Memorial Day.
Toutes les 11 secondes, un travailleur meurt dans le monde en raison des conditions de travail. Tous les décès sont évitables. Les connaissances existent, la technologie existe, mais la volonté n’y est pas. L’organisation syndicale est un antidote avéré.
Cada 11 segundos muere en el mundo un trabajador debido a las condiciones de trabajo. Todas las muertes son evitables. Existen los conocimientos, existe la tecnología, simplemente no existe la voluntad. La organización sindical es un antídoto comprobado.
Il est temps d’envoyer un signal fort à la direction de LH et de demander d’améliorer la santé et la sécurité et de respecter la vie des travailleurs!
Nous vous appelons à TOUTES et TOUS à vous mobiliser le 28 avril, laJournée internationale de commémoration des travailleurs morts et blessés, et d’exiger : LafargeHolcim, tenez votre promesse : respectez la vie des travailleurs!
Envoyons ensemble un signal fort à la direction de LafargeHolcim en demandant de:
Commencer à améliorer conjointement la situation en matière de santé et de sécurité chez LafargeHolcim !
Impliquer les travailleurs et travailleuses ainsi que leurs syndicats dans le dialogue sur la santé et la sécurité !
Arrêter les approches par le haut en matière de santé et de sécurité !
Global construction union federation BWI says it is time to send a strong signal toward LH management in order to improve health and safety and respect workers’ lives! They call upon YOU ALL to take action on 28 April, the International commemoration day for dead and injured workers, and demand:
LafargeHolcim, keep your promise: respect workers’ lives!
Start improving jointly the health and safety situation at LafargeHolcim!
Involve workers and their trade unions in the health and safety dialogue!
Hazards Campaign has produced a set of useful resources for International Workers’ Memorial Day 2018 (#iwmd18) –download the order form here.
You can order commemorative purple ribbons, posters, car-stickers and high-vis waistcoats. These resources are ideal for your 28 April event, notice board, union office, workplace, ceremony or to simply hand out on the day.
Follow these links for details of Workers’ Memorial Day activities in the UK and worldwide.
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