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2021, 2021 Canada, 2021 North America, Events listing, graphics, Resources

Canada: A message from CUPE National Officers on the Day of Mourning

A message from the National Officers on the Day of Mourning

On April 28, the National Day of Mourning for Workers Killed or Injured on the Job, we remember all the workers we have lost, and we vow to keep fighting for safe and healthy workplaces for everyone.

Watch a message from CUPE’s National Officers:

Every year in Canada, around 1,000 workers lose their lives on the job. Their deaths are preventable and should not happen. And each one is a tragedy.

Since the last Day of Mourning, CUPE has lost 14 members to workplace-related fatalities. 10 of these deaths were due to COVID-19.

“Our love and solidarity go out to the families, friends, and co-workers of those we have lost,” said CUPE National President Mark Hancock. “A healthy and safe workplace is the right of each and every worker under the sun, and this is why we fight for the living.”

This is never an easy day. It is especially difficult this year because of the pandemic.

“We want to express our solidarity and support for all workers who are continuing to offer essential public services, despite the risks to their health and to that of their families,” said CUPE National Secretary-Treasurer Charles Fleury. “More than ever, this crisis highlights the need for us to stand together for safe working conditions.”

This April 28, and every day, CUPE will continue to fight – for better legislation, for better education, and for the vital personal protective equipment our members need.

Day of Mourning

Get up to date news and information

https://cupe.ca/message-national-officers-day-mourning

2021, 2021 North America, 2021 USA, Events listing, graphics, Resources

28 April, USA: Workers Memorial Day 2021 -AFL-CIO resources

Additional Workers’ Memorial Day materials and resources from US national union federation AFL-CIO, to use when planning events (statistics, sample press materials, sample proclamations/ resolutions, etc.).

https://aflcio.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/2118_WMDMaterials_1.pdf

AFL-CIO’s campaign for the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act.

Workers Memorial Day home page to view this year’s materials and artwork: http://aflcio.org/workersmemorialday

Hashtags you can use to build solidarity online around Workers Memorial Day and the PRO Act:
#IWMD2021 #WMD2021 #1uSafety #PROAct

2021, 2021 Europe, 2021 UK, Events listing, graphics, Resources

Britain: Workers’ Memorial Day – updated TUC Resources

International Workers’ Memorial Day on Wednesday 28 April #IWMD21

The TUC has produced some new resources to help reps and activists mark the day, reminding everyone why safety at work is so important.

You can find all events, info and resources here: www.tuc.org.uk/wmd
➜ Click to tweet or share to Facebook.

Here are 5 ways to get involved with Workers’ Memorial Day:

  1. Register for the TUC national zoom with special guest speakers
  2. Check out the historical timeline of workplace tragedies and the fight for safer work
  3. Visit the online memorial and pay tribute to a worker who lost their life
  4. Search for your local Memorial Day event or add your own
  5. Download posters and graphics to print off or share online

Want more? Find further ideas here.

2021, 2021 Europe, 2021 Poland, Events listing, graphics

Poland: Przewiduj, przygotuj się i reaguj na kryzysy POSTAW NA BHP

Uprzejmie informuję, że tegorocznym hasłem obchodów Światowego Dnia Bezpieczeństwa i Ochrony Zdrowia w Pracy będzie:
Przewiduj, przygotuj się i reaguj na kryzysy
POSTAW NA BHP

W wersji oryginalnej (angielskiej):
Anticipate, prepare and respond to the crises
INVEST NOW IN RESILIENT OSH SYSTEMS

Poprzez wybraną tematykę Międzynarodowa Organizacja Pracy (MOP) nawołuje do budowania rezylientnych (niezawodnych i odpornych) systemów bhp, czerpiąc z doświadczeń związanych z pandemią COVID-19 i jej ogromnego wpływu na niemal każdy aspekt świata pracy. Podjęta tematyka Dnia ma na celu podniesienie świadomości na temat potrzeby budowania takiego systemu bhp, który zapewni pracownikom bezpieczeństwo i ochronę zdrowia, a przedsiębiorstwom ciągłość biznesową i wsparcie – umożliwiając odbudowanie siły po czasie kryzysu i sprostanie nieprzewidzianym wyzwaniom oraz ewentualnym nowym kryzysom w przyszłości.

Jesteśmy w trakcie przygotowywania materiałów dotyczących tematyki Dnia, które zamieścimy na stronie internetowej w portalu CIOP-PIB. Jak tylko zostaną opublikowane, poinformuję Państwa o tym mailowo.Z pozdrowieniami,
Dorota Pięta

Centralny Instytut Ochrony Pracy – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
Ośrodek Promocji i Wdrażania
ul. Czerniakowska 16
00-701 Warszawa

 

 

2021, 2021 global, Events listing, graphics, Guides, Resources

Global: ITUC/Hazards 28 April fundamental factfile

Why must safety be fundamental? Because our jobs are killing us. The Covid-19 pandemic didn’t cause a workplace occupational health crisis; it exposed it. Millions are suffering and dying each year as a price for doing their job. Covid-19 added to this toll.

Find out the deadly truth with the ITUC/Hazards 28 April fundamental factfile.

 

2021, 2021 Europe, 2021 Spain, Events listing, graphics, Resources

Spain: USO España – Campaña 28 de Abril “Nuestra prioridad, tu salud mental”

Te adjunto la campaña que desde la Unión Sindical Obrera de España, hemos realizado con motivo del 28 de Abril, Día Internacional de la Seguridad y la Salud en el Trabajo. Este año, teniendo en cuenta que debido a la pandemia del COVID-19, se están agravando los problemas de salud mental, hemos dedicado la campaña a los riesgos psicosociales y los daños y dolencias que producen en la salud mental, así como la falta de reconocimiento de su origen laboral.

Los materiales de la campaña on line son:

• Manifiesto
• Dipticio en formato Preguntas Frecuentes sobre delegados de Prevención y los riesgos Psicosociales ante el Covid-19.
• Cartel

Para apoyar la campaña hemos lanzado el Prevencotic 500mg (la imagen de la campaña) , prevención en sobres. Una caja que simula un medicamento pero que contiene fichas de medidas de PRL ante el aumento de los riesgos y daños psicosociales en la pandemia.

Recibe un cordial saludo

Sindicato USO

USO 

2021, 2021 North America, 2021 USA, Events listing, graphics, Resources

USA: 28 April resources, listing and further information from AFL-CIO

 

This Workers Memorial Day, April 28, is just around the corner. As workers continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic in their workplaces every day, the labor movement will commemorate those we have lost on the job and call to renew the promise of a safe job for every worker and fight for stronger safety and health protections. This year’s theme is “Renew the Promise. Safe Jobs for All.”

Attached is AFL-CIO President Trumka’s letter, launching Workers Memorial Day 2021 and the AFL-CIO’s campaign for the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act. Also attached are English and Spanish versions of this year’s flier.

Please join us this April 28 to honor the victims of workplace injury and illness and to keep on fighting for the promise of safe jobs for all workers. As we do every year, trade unionists around the country and globe will organize our communities and workplaces to observe Workers Memorial Day. We will highlight the toll of job injuries and deaths; demand that elected officials put workers’ well-being above corporate interests; and demand safe jobs for all. This year, and every year, we will make it clear that the labor movement will defend the right of every worker to a safe job and fight until that promise is fulfilled. 

Please use the resources below when planning for this year’s Workers Memorial Day and reach out to us with any questions, concerns, comments along the way.

Materials and Artwork:
Please scroll down our Workers Memorial Day home page to view this year’s materials and artwork: http://aflcio.org/workersmemorialday

This year, we resumed the printing and shipping of orders from our building. You can place an order for materials on our website here: aflcio.org/wmd-materials

Workers Memorial Day Events:

Planning your events and commemorations will continue to be different this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Please consider virtual events, actions, activities and observances with suggestions in our flier. If gathering in person, please follow CDC’s guidelines on organizing large events and gatherings.

We want to hear about your Workers Memorial Day plans! Please share your event with us here so others can view and we can include it on our map.

More Materials Coming Soon:
Soon, we will be distributing more materials to help you plan your commemorations and advocacy efforts. These include talking points, sample materials for media outreach, worker safety and health facts, state-by-state safety and health data, fact sheets on safer workplaces through the PRO Act and the recently introduced workplace violence legislation, COVID-19 facts, digital resources, infographics and other information.

How to reach out to us about Workers Memorial Day:
oshmail@aflcio.org or 202-637-5305

Hashtags you can use to build solidarity online around Workers Memorial Day and the PRO Act:
#IWMD2021 #WMD2021 #1uSafety #PROAct

2021, 2021 Europe, 2021 UK, Events listing, graphics, News, Resources

UK: Workers’ Memorial Day, one month to go

 

Dear colleagues,

In four weeks’ time, our movement will observe International Workers’ Memorial Day. Every year, it is an opportunity to remember all workers who have lost their lives to work due to health and safety failures causing fatal injury or illness. We come together to renew our fight for safer work and stronger unions.

You can find the TUC’s brand new #IWMD21 page here: https://www.tuc.org.uk/wmd ➜ Click to tweet or share to Facebook.

You can now:

➜ Register for the TUC national zoom call with Frances, Sharan Burrows (ITUC) and more.

➜ Search for your local Memorial Day event or add your own

➜ Download posters and graphics to print off or share online

…and find lots of other ways to get involved here.

Keep an eye on the page as more resources get added in the weeks leading up to 28 April.

In solidarity,

Shelly

Shelly Asquith
Health and Safety Policy Officer
Trades Union Congress
tuc.org.uk

2020, 2020 Global, Events listing, graphics, News

Global: Covid 19 crisis shows the vital role of caregivers in our society – UNI global union

“Home care workers are the first line of defense against #covid19 for millions of elderly & sick patients. This crisis is showing the world the vital role caregivers play in our societies,” said Christy Hoffman General Secretary of UNI Global Union. ⁩
#ProtectHomecareWorkers • Read more • UNI Global Union

2020, Events listing, Gallery, graphics, News

Germany: Memorial in front of hospitals in Cologne

Am 28.April wird jedes Jahr den an Betriebsunfällen und Berufskrankheiten verstorbenen Arbeiter*innen gedacht. Der internationale „Workers‘ Memorial Day“ ist ein Anlass, um nicht nur auf die menschenverachtenden Ausbeutungsverhältnisse des globalen Kapitalismus hinzuweisen, sondern auch auf die gesundheitsschädlichen Folgen der industriellen Produktionsweise, vor allem für die Erwerbstätigen.

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