NTUF – National Trade Union Federation will be holding an event to commemorate International Workers’ Memorial Day in Sri Lanka. Further details to be announced.
N° 60, Sri Jayawardanapura Mawatha
Welikada Rajagiriya
Sri Lanka
+94 11 286 2262, +94 11 288 55 99
+94 11 286 22 62
ntufsl@gmail.com
BWI affiliate BNKMU – Bhawan Nirman Karmkar Majdoor Union (Lucknow) is planning to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day – further plans are to be announced.
Further details of wide ranging plans for 28 April action from global union federation BWI’s affiliates in India.
NMPS – Nirman Mazdoor Panchayat Sangam (Union of Construction Workers Panchayat) – Delhi – is planning an International Workers’ Memorial Day meeting is planned.
SGEU – Shevaroys’ General Employees Union (Yercaud) An International Workers’ Memorial Day campaign is planned.
AHPWD & IPHCWU – All Himachal PWD & IPH Contractual Workers’ Union (Himachel Pradesh) will hold a rally featuring plays to raise awareness
INCWF – Indian National Cement Workers’ Federation (Mumbai) will be holding a meeting at a cement plant.
TCTU – Tamilnadu Congress Thozhilalar Union (Tamilnadu Congress Workers’ Union) will hold a 28 April awareness meeting for construction workers on the issue of heat stress .
TKTMS – Thamizhaga Kattida Thozhilalargal Madhiya Sangam (Tamil Nadu Construction Workers Central Union) will be holding an International Workers” Memorial Day meeting for construction workers
GFPGFWU – Gujarat Forest Produce Gatherers and Forest Workers’ Union will be issuing “Key Demands”
1. Kendu leaf workers – increment in wages
2.Enrol forestry workers in Board & provide them minimum wages
Global union federation BWI’s affiliated in India have a wide ranging plan for 28 April action.
Karnataka State Construction Workers Central Union (KSCWCU) will hold a district level leaders meeting where they will further the campaign for International Workers’ Memorial Day and hold discussions on heat stress and climate justice.
In Rajasthan state Azad Hind Building Workers Union (AHBWU) will hold an oath taking ceremony. The union will campaign on the safety issues in labour chowks (markets) and in mining. Awareness raising materials developed by BWI and AHBWU on theme of Deadly Dust.
BMS Gujarat will hold “Tripartite dialogue” with a “Half day program with government officials, CSO & TU.”
Construction Labour Union (CLU) will be out campaigning using the BWI posters on the heat stress and deadly dust themes.
Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) affiliate RPKNMS (Rajasthan Patthar Khan Mazdoor Sangh) will also be out campaigning using the BWI posters on the heat stress and deadly dust themes.
Worker members of the unorganised sector workers’ union, Uttar Pradesh Gramin Mazdoor Sangathan (UPGMS), will be making aset of key demands submission to the District Magistrate including:
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 – 18:00 to 18:20
Register for online event
Eleven years ago, 7-year-old Zane Gbangbola tragically died when the basement of his home in Chertsey was flooded with water from the Thames. There is very strong evidence that this allowed hydrogen cyanide gas from a former landfill site nearby to seep into the house. In fact, hydrogen cyanide gas was detected three times in the home by the Fire Brigade.
Both Zane and his father Kye suffered a cardiac arrest. Zane tragically lost his life and Kye was paralysed from the waist down. Kye and Zane’s mother, Nicole Lawler, have been tirelessly seeking justice and answers ever since. See Truth About Zane – Truth About Zane for more information.
On 28 April – International Workers Memorial Day – when we remember the dead and fight for the living – join the family from 6pm to 6.20 pm to send a powerful message to the Prime Minister about the need for an independent panel inquiry to investigate how Zane was killed.
Andy Burnham has been a high-profile supporter of the campaign for years and he will also be speaking. Daniel Kebede will be introducing the speakers.
Please save the date and time and register early – the family want this to be huge and early registrations will help bolster their confidence that it will be.
Speakers
Kye and Nicole – Zane’s parents
Andy Burnham – Mayor of Greater Manchester
Introductions – Daniel Kebede – NEU General Secretary
Learn more at Truth About Zane.
Award ceremony and exploring the potential of digitalisation for OSH in Croatia 28 April 2025, Zagreb Croatia.
Workplaces have changed significantly over the past 50 years, and as a result, occupational safety and health (OSH) measures must be adapted to address the emerging risks associated with digitalisation while harnessing its potential to improve worker wellbeing.
TheCroatian focal point, Ministarstvo rada, mirovinskoga sustava, obitelji i socijalne politike, has organised an event where experts from various fields will highlight the latest advancements, challenges and best practices in OSH. Topics will include psychosocial risks in the digital age, the impact and potential of Automation and advanced analytics, as well as artificial Intelligence-driven safety solutions.
The Croatian Award Ceremony for the Promotion of Occupational Safety 2025 will also take place, offering OSH professionals, human resources managers, business leaders, policy-makers and researchers the opportunity to exchange knowledge and network, working together to ensure safe workplaces in the digital age.
Moderator:
Speakers:
Ministarstvo rada, mirovinskoga sustava, obitelji i socijalne politike
UNI Global has posted the following statement:
“Today marks 12 years since the Rana Plaza collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh that took the lives of 1138 garment workers and injured thousands more. On this day, we remember those who died, those who were injured, and all who continue to live with the impact of one of the worst industrial disasters in modern history.
Each year National COSH releases the Dirty Dozen report of Unsafe Employers to commemorate Workers Memorial Week. This year we will release the report TODAY, April 24th at 2pm ET / 1pm CT / 12pm MT / 11am PT. We hope you will join us.
The Dirty Dozen highlights the courageous stories of workers and communities fighting for better protections to reduce fatalities, injuries and illnesses and puts a spotlight on irresponsible companies that put workers and communities at risk.
We’re inviting the news media to hear directly from workers and families who pay the price when an employer cuts corners. After presentations from workers about this year’s companies, we will open the session to members of the media in attendance to speak directly with workers about the conditions which they face on the job.
While this is primarily a media event, we invite you to stand in solidarity with the workers who dare to speak out.
We would be honored for you to join us TODAY, as we work together to build a powerful movement to protect all workers in all workplaces.
In solidarity, Susi, for the National COSH Team.
Congress, along with the Government, the Health and Safety Authority (HSA), Ibec, and the CIF will collectively mark Workers’ Memorial Day on Monday April 28 at the national and annual commemorative event to remember people who died, were injured, made ill and bereaved through work-related accidents.
Together, we are inviting you to join us at 09.30 AM on Monday 28 April to support this national day of commemoration. We are also asking your union to mark the day by considering a range of suggested initiatives, see below.
Congress General Secretary Owen Reidy will be joined by Conor O’Brien CEO of the Health & Safety Authority and a Government representative to lay a wreath on behalf of the State to remember those workers we have lost.
Please join us to mark this important occasion:
Date: Monday 28 April 2025
Venue: Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square, Dublin 1
Time: Gather from 09.20, event starts at 0.930-10.30
In Ireland in the ten-year period between 2015 and 2024, 446 people died in work-related incidents and many thousands more were severely injured or made ill.
In 2024 alone, 33 people died in work-related incidents.
These are unacceptable figures which can be reduced through a combined and intensified effort by all concerned. By working together and promoting the practice of safety and health in workplaces throughout Ireland we will achieve a significant drop in these dreadful numbers. We all have a responsibility to make sure that happens.
We would warmly welcome your attendance at this commemorative event. Please mark this date now in your calendar and RSVP to Natalie.higgins@ictu.ie.
Consider marking the day by:
Espacios de trabajo seguros y libres es el objetivo de la campaña de USO con motivo del 28 de abril, que este 2025 tiene como lema “STOP Violencia en el Trabajo”
La creciente incidencia de la violencia y las agresiones en los centros de trabajo son, lamentablemente, una realidad una realidad inaceptable que vulnera los derechos fundamentales de las personas trabajadoras. La violencia en el ámbito laboral no es un problema aislado ni excepcional, por eso centra la campaña de USO. Se trata de un fenómeno estructural que, en muchos sectores, ha sido normalizado o minimizado, dejando a las personas trabajadoras en un estado de indefensión.
Desde el sector sanitario y educativo, hasta el comercio, la seguridad, el transporte y la administración pública, los casos de agresiones por parte de usuarios, clientes, alumnos, mandos y superiores o, incluso, entre compañeros de trabajo son cada vez más frecuentes. Sin embargo, en muchas ocasiones, estas situaciones son invisibilizadas o mal gestionadas, lo que perpetúa la impunidad y la desprotección.
La campaña “STOP a la violencia en el trabajo”, identifica cuatro tipos de violencia:
Según el informe del INSST de 2023, la violencia en el trabajo ha aumentado en los últimos años:
Los materiales de esta campaña son: Manifiesto y cartel
