Category Archives: Resources

Guatemala: SINCS-G disseminate BWI 28 April campaign materials

SINCS-G will be posting on social media,  disseminating  BWI Campaign materials and pictures with leaders and workers.

England/Wales events map: Remember the dead, fight for the living

TUC has published an interactive map listing 28 April events. It is being continually updated – you can  submit an event yourself or view the map here. 

More on TUC’s 28 April webpages

Global: Working in a bad climate – Hazards magazine 28 April poster

“Hot, cold, wet and wild. Workers are on the front line when the climate crisis hits home.” Hazards magazine has published a print off and use 28 April poster

Wales: Workers’ gather at Wales TUC headquarters to mark Workers’ Memorial Day [Morning Star]

WORKERS gathered at the Wales TUC headquarters in Cardiff yesterday, alongside First Minister Vaughan Gething, to lay wreaths on Workers’ Memorial Day.

The WTUC was honouring those killed at work a week before the day is officially marked on April 28 and trade unionists turned out for the sombre commemoration at a memorial stone outside Transport House. [Read more on the Morning Star website]

Germany: Workers‘ Memorial Day 2024: Aufruf mit Bundesarbeitsminister Hubertus Heil – Video

Video: Workers‘ Memorial Day 2024: Aufruf mit Carsten Burckhardt – IG BAU

Global: Working in a bad climate – detailed ITUC briefing

The ITUC has produced a detailed briefing about the health and safety impacts of the climate crisis that is available here.

28 April news and updates from Tashkent, Uzbekistan

28 апрель – (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDY45VGj4ys&t=1s) “Бутунжаҳон меҳнатни муҳофаза қилиш куни” (https://www.ilo.org/…/safeday2024/lang–en/index.htm)
✅ Тадбирлар доирасида фойдаланиш учун айрим тавсиялар (https://t.me/nodira2007/2644)

Australia: ACTU posts a listing of 28 April activities and free to use social media assets

ACTU reminds us that International Workers’ Memorial Day takes place annually around the world on 28 April – it is the international day of remembrance and action for workers killed, disabled, injured or made unwell by their work.

This year, IWMD falls on a Sunday, but many (although not all)  events being held around the Australia will take place on Monday 29 April.

You can find details of the various TLC events around the country here, and ACTU encourages all to attend.

The ACTU has also prepared freely available social media assets

ILO: Key findings on climate change and occupational safety and health

Watch the video from ILO ‘Key findings on climate change and occupational safety and health’ below: