A memorial to mark Workers’ Memorial Day will be held in New York City on Tuesday 28 April 2026 at 12 pm at 345 Park Avenue. It is presented by New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) together with AFL-CIO affiliate New York City Central Labor Council.
Workers’ Memorial Day commemorates workers who have died, been injured, or made ill because of their jobs and is observed internationally by labour organisations and workplace safety groups.
In the lead-up to International Workers’ Memorial Day (April 28th), join us for a global conversation on the growing crisis of psychosocial risks at work — and how unions are responding.
Safe and healthy working environments are a fundamental right. Yet across sectors and regions, workers are facing rising levels of stress, anxiety, depression and burnout driven by job insecurity, excessive hours, poor work-life balance, technological intensification, and weakening legal protections.
Trade unions are mobilising. This webinar will:
Hosted by the ITUC in preparation for International Workers’ Memorial Day (April 28th), this event will spotlight concrete action to defend the right to safe and secure work.
Interpretation is available in English, French and Spanish.
You can register your participation here:
https://ituc-csi-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YJ1FO43JQ8OwK7QdtmVw3w
We look forward to seeing you there.
Eric Manzi
ITUC Deputy General Secretary
International Workers’ Memorial Day
28 April 2026
Intensifying the “Too Hot To Work Campaign”
From Awareness to Agreements
On 28 April, International Workers’ Memorial Day, BWI fights for the living and remembers those we have lost.
In 2026, we are intensifying our global Too Hot To Work Campaign while confronting the growing impact of extreme weather events on workers.
Heat stress is no longer a seasonal issue. It is a structural occupational hazard driven by climate change, unsafe production targets, and weak enforcement. At the same time, workers face escalating exposure to extreme weather, heatwaves, storms, floods, wildfires, and unpredictable climate conditions, which threaten their safety and lives. In 2023, the World Health Organisation (WHO) estimated that 250,000 additional deaths would occur each year by 2030 due to climate change. In 2024, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) report said that at least 2.41 billion workers – 71 per cent of the working population – are exposed to excessive heat, resulting in 22.85 million injuries and 18,970 deaths annually.
Workers in construction, building materials, forestry, and related sectors are paying the price.
This year, our priority is clear: move from awareness to enforceable protection.
Affiliates are encouraged to push for binding commitments, including:
Where agreements already exist, promote them and use them as models.
Where protections are weak or absent, push for new signatures and stronger commitments.
BWI and its affiliates call for protections that guarantee:
Heat stress is predictable. Climate risks are escalating. Deaths are preventable.
No worker should depend on goodwill. Protection must be written, signed, and enforceable.
Take Action
Share Your Agreements & Action. Showcase union power in action.
Send BWI:
Share with your regional coordinator, and your actions will be featured on www.28april.org
Download IWMD posters.
#TooHotToWork #IWMD26 #BWI
The AFL-CIO’s Workers Memorial Day’s web page in now live, which means you can download stickers, posters and fliers in English and Spanish.
You can also download a toolkit, which includes some important fact sheets and information on deregulation and worker safety and health, the Trump record, etc. There are some English and some Spanish sections to the toolkit. Descargue el Kit de Herramientas (Ingles / Espanol)
This year we will HOLD THE LINE FOR SAFE JOBS/SIGAMOS EN PIE POR EMPLEOS SEGUROS. “Mourn for the Dead, Fight for the Living” stickers are also available.
We are pretty excited about the theme and the artwork this year. State feds/CLCs, faith groups, other community groups and others have already placed orders.
Rebecca Reindel
OHS Director, AFL-CIO
ETUI-ETUC joint conference in commemoration of the International Workers’ Memorial Day
Climate change and workers’ health
28 April 2026, 9:00 – 17:00
Thon Hotel Brussels City Centre (Avenue du Boulevard 17, 1210 Brussels), room Bergen
Climate change is not only challenging the labour market but it is also reshaping working conditions and occupational risks and workers’ health across Europe and beyond. Rising temperatures, extreme weather events and environmental degradation are creating new and intensified occupational hazards while exposing existing inequalities between sectors, territories and groups of workers.
This one-day conference organised on 28th April will commemorate the International Workers’ Memorial Day. The event will bring together leading academics, trade union representatives, policymakers and practitioners to examine the growing impacts of climate change on occupational health and safety with a particular focus on heat stress at work and the prospect of better EU legal tools against occupational heat.
By fostering dialogue between research, social partners and EU institutions, the conference aims to contribute to the development of fair, effective and worker-centered responses to climate change putting occupational health and safety at the heart of Europe’s climate and social agenda.
The event will take place IN PERSON in Brussels. Interpretation will be available in English, French, Italian and Spanish. Following the conference, the recording and the presentations of participating speakers (subject to their agreement) will be made available on this website. Please register here.
Dear Sirs,
I would like to kindly inform you that the theme of the celebration of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work in 2026 is the creation of a healthy psychosocial work environment.
The slogan of this year’s celebrations:
How is it at work?
A healthy psychosocial environment is essential
Today, more and more attention is paid to the psychosocial work environment and its impact on workers’ health. It includes not only the atmosphere in the team, but also the way in which tasks are planned and organized, e.g. their number, pace and time of execution, clarity of expectations, the extent of independence, the support of superiors and transparent rules of operation.
These elements greatly affect the health, safety and efficiency of employees. If they are poorly designed or neglected, they can become a source of psychosocial risks, stress and its consequences for health.
The poster for the celebration of the Day 2026 can be seen at:
Soon we will post more materials and information about this year’s celebrations on this page. If you have any questions, please contact me.
Yours sincerely,
Dorota Pięta
Centre for Promotion and Implementation
Central Institute for Labour Protection – National Research Institute
Czerniakowska 16, 00-701 Warsaw
tel. 22 623 37 22
Szanowni Państwo,
Uprzejmie informuję, że tematem obchodów Światowego Dnia Bezpieczeństwa i Ochrony Zdrowia w Pracy w 2026 r. jest tworzenie zdrowego psychospołecznego środowiska pracy.
Hasło tegorocznych obchodów:
Jak tam w pracy?
Zdrowe środowisko psychospołeczne to podstawa
Coraz więcej uwagi zwraca się dziś na psychospołeczne środowisko pracy i jego wpływ na zdrowie pracowników. Obejmuje ono nie tylko atmosferę w zespole, ale także sposób planowania i organizacji zadań, np. ich liczbę, tempo i czas wykonywania, jasność oczekiwań, zakres samodzielności, wsparcie przełożonych oraz przejrzyste zasady działania.
Te elementy w dużym stopniu wpływają na zdrowie, bezpieczeństwo i efektywność pracowników. Jeśli są niewłaściwie zaprojektowane lub zaniedbane, mogą stać się źródłem zagrożeń psychospołecznych, stresu oraz jego konsekwencji dla zdrowia.
Plakat obchodów Dnia 2026 można zobaczyć na stronie:
Wkrótce na tej stronie zamieścimy więcej materiałów i informacji na temat tegorocznych obchodów. W razie pytań, uprzejmie proszę o kontakt.
Z pozdrowieniami
Dorota Pięta
Ośrodek Promocji i Wdrażania
Centralny Instytut Ochrony Pracy – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
ul. Czerniakowska 16, 00-701 Warszawa
tel. 22 623 37 22
In the lead-up to International Workers’ Memorial Day (April 28th), join us for a global conversation on the growing crisis of psychosocial risks at work — and how unions are responding.
Safe and healthy working environments are a fundamental right. Yet across sectors and regions, workers are facing rising levels of stress, anxiety, depression and burnout driven by job insecurity, excessive hours, poor work-life balance, technological intensification, and weakening legal protections.
Trade unions are mobilising. This webinar will:
Hosted by the ITUC in preparation for International Workers’ Memorial Day (April 28th), this event will spotlight concrete action to defend the right to safe and secure work.
Interpretation is available in English, French and Spanish.
You can register your participation here:
https://ituc-csi-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YJ1FO43JQ8OwK7QdtmVw3w
We look forward to seeing you there.
Eric Manzi
ITUC Deputy General Secretary
RESERVA LA FECHA: Seminario web mundial de la CSI sobre los riesgos psicosociales en el trabajo, el 8 de abril, de 12:30 a 14:30, hora de Bruselas (CET).
En vísperas del Jornada Internacional de Conmemoración de los Trabajadores Fallecidos y Lesionados (28 de abril), únase a nosotros en un debate mundial sobre la creciente crisis de los riesgos psicosociales en el trabajo y cómo están respondiendo los sindicatos.
Los entornos de trabajo seguros y saludables son un derecho fundamental. Sin embargo, en todos los sectores y regiones, los trabajadores se enfrentan a niveles crecientes de estrés, ansiedad, depresión y agotamiento provocados por la inseguridad laboral, las jornadas excesivas, el desequilibrio entre la vida laboral y personal, la intensificación tecnológica y el debilitamiento de las protecciones legales.
Los sindicatos se están movilizando. Este seminario web:
Organizado por la CSI en preparación para la Jornada Internacional de Conmemoracíon de los Trabajadores Fallecidos y Lesionados (28 de abril), este evento pondrá de relieve las medidas concretas para defender el derecho a un trabajo seguro y protegido.
Habrá interpretación disponible en español, inglés y francés.
Puede inscribirse aquí:
https://ituc-csi-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YJ1FO43JQ8OwK7QdtmVw3w
Esperamos verle allí.
Eric Manzi
Secretario General Adjunto de la CSI
RÉSERVEZ LA DATE : Webinaire mondial de la CSI sur les risques psychosociaux au travail, le 8 avril, de 12h30 à 14h30, heure de Bruxelles (CET)
À l’approche de la Journée internationale de commémoration des travailleuses et des travailleurs morts ou blessés au travail (28 avril), rejoignez-nous pour une conversation mondiale sur la crise croissante des risques psychosociaux au travail et sur la manière dont les syndicats y répondent.
Un environnement de travail sûr et sain est un droit fondamental. Pourtant, dans tous les secteurs et toutes les régions, les travailleurs sont confrontés à des niveaux croissants de stress, d’anxiété, de dépression et d’épuisement professionnel, dus à la précarité de l’emploi, aux horaires excessifs, au déséquilibre entre vie professionnelle et vie privée, à l’intensification technologique et à l’affaiblissement des protections juridiques.
Les syndicats se mobilisent. Ce webinaire permettra :
Organisé par la CSI en préparation de la Journée internationale de commémoration des travailleuses et des travailleurs morts ou blessés au travail (28 avril), cet événement mettra en lumière les actions concrètes menées pour défendre le droit à un travail sûr et sécurisé.
Une interprétation sera assurée en français, espagnol et anglais
Vous pouvez vous inscrire ici :
https://ituc-csi-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YJ1FO43JQ8OwK7QdtmVw3w
Nous nous réjouissons de vous y retrouver.
Eric Manzi
Secrétaire général adjoint de la CSI
