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Pakistan: 28 April message from Pakistan Food Workers Federation
An International Workers’ Memorial Day message from Khaista Rehman, Secretary General of the Pakistan Food Workers Federation. #iwmd22
Cambodia: 28 April video message from CFSWF
An International Workers’ Memorial Day message from Brother Chorn Chivorn, member of local union CFSWF. #iwmd22
Nigeria: TCCESSA marks 28 by drawing attention to the many worker deaths in building collapses
Global/Switzerland: BWI world board action calls for OHS as a fundamental worker right
A day before the marking of International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD), 35 participants of BWI’s World Board Meeting held a solidarity action at the iconic Broken Chair monumental sculpture in Geneva, Switzerland to push for the recognition of healthy and safe workplaces as a fundamental workers’ right. They were joined by representatives from UN1A, a trade union representing private sector workers in Switzerland.
The solidarity action expressed the demand of the 2022 International Labour Conference (ILC) to make OHS a fundamental right. It also expressed support for ILO Convention No. 155 on Occupational Safety and Health (1981) and ILO Convention 161 on Occupational Health Services (1985), which BWI called as “core OHS conventions” and necessary pillars for the recognition of workplace health and safety as a right. #IWMD2022
Source: BWI website • #iwmd22
Panama: El trabajo no deberia mater! – SUNTRACS
The National Union of Workers of Construction and Similar Industries (SUNTRACS), one of the leading trade union forces in Panama, joins BWI in marking this year’s International Workers’ Memorial Day on 28 April. Waving their red flags and chanting slogans, they called for safer and healthier workplaces for workers worldwide. #IWMD2022
Mauritius: Young members from CMWEU campaign to put lives over profit
Kenya: Roadworkers campaign for better workplace health and safety – KBCTFIEU
During a work place visit at the Kenol-Sagana-Marua road project in Kenya, members of KBCTFIEU campaigned for better workplace health and safety as part of BWI’s global commemoration of International Workers’ Memorial Day. They were joined by Union to Union’s General Secretary, SIDA’s desk officer, and the SEKO international programs officer. #IWMD2022
South Africa: Young workers demand bosses put workers’ lives above profit – NUM
Young trade unionists from the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in South Africa campaigned for safe and healthy jobs as part of BWI’s global commemoration of the International Workers’ Memorial Day on 28 April. They demanded companies to put the lives of workers over and above profit during their National Youth Executive Meeting last 22 April in Johannesburg.
Source BWI Facebook • #iwmd22
USA: Day Labor Network message, report and graphics to mark 28 April
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New NDLON Report sheds light on day laborers as second responders in climate disasters!
This week, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network launched its new REPORT: “Recovering from Climate Disasters: Immigrant Day Laborers as Second Responders.”
The report launch is part of a week-long series of actions and events in commemoration of #WorkersMemorialDay #IWMD22.
After Hurricane Ida hit New Orleans in 2021, NDLON’s Disaster Response Brigade of worker-trainers conducted outreach and training across the impacted area, surveying day laborers on wages, health hazards, and awareness of their rights, while also sharing resources and documenting the realities for working people on the ground in the midst of the recovery.
The climate crisis is exacerbating a crisis of abuse and unsafe work conditions for workers nationwide – and we need to respond and organize accordingly.
Check out the report and share your support for #SecondResponders on social media!
Read full report, link in our bio.
#SecondResponders #NDLON #DisasterRelief #ClimateJustice #WorkerMigrantJustice
