To avoid a national holiday NGO Institute for Occupational Health and Safety Development (IOHSAD), together with the workers of Kentex Manufacturing Corporation, have held International Workers’ Memorial Day early (pictures below).
Also see IOHSAD news release
Workers’ Memorial Day Duterte Challenge ( 2017)
The Irish Health and Safety Agency has published the following information, advice and resources for International Workers’ Memorial Day..
For everyone with an interest in the safety, health and welfare of people at work, April 28th is an important date. It’s the date every year when trade union and employer groups worldwide, as well as individual organisations, remember those who have been killed or injured in work-related accidents.
In Ireland the figures are staggering. In the 3 year period between 2014 and 2016, 156 people were killed in work-related accidents and thousands more badly injured. Last year alone 45 people were killed. These are shocking statistics by any standards.
Colleagues from Congress, Ibec, the Health and Safety Authority and Construction Industry Federation will join together to mark the occasion with a national commemoration event in Dublin. We are asking you, as a key stakeholder, to join the efforts nationally. To the mark the day there are a range of initiatives that your organisation should consider including:
Worker safety and health is everyone’s business and can only be tackled through a collaborative approach. April 28th presents an important opportunity to remember and to consolidate everyone’s focus around a single day. It will be an annually recurring national event. Please mark the date in your calendar and make the commitment to contribute to this most important challenge.
For further information contact Gavin Lonergan, Head of Communications at the HSA at gavin@hsa.ie or (01) 799 7838.
http://www.hsa.ie/eng/News_Events_Media/Events/Workers_Memorial_Day/
The TUC has produced four graphics (below) that will form the basis of a social media campaign to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day. TUC encourages others to use any of them freely as they see fit.
Nepalese union GEFONT has produced some very eye catching materials for International Workers’ Memorial Day 2017.
Further details: GEFONT
The BWI has been encouraging affiliates all over the world to campaign on “Unions Make Work Safer” and to pick up one or several sub themes. BWI has prepared a series of posters in Turkish.
In Turkish
Construction • Cement • Asbestos • Gender • Sports • Wood • Xenophobia
The BWI has been encouraging affiliates all over the world to campaign on “Unions Make Work Safer” and to pick up one or several sub themes. BWI has prepared a series of posters in Russian.
In Russian
Строительство
Цемент
Асбест
Гендер
Спорт
Деревообработка
Xenophobia
The BWI has been encouraging affiliates all over the world to campaign on “Unions Make Work Safer” and to pick up one or several sub themes. BWI has prepared a series of posters in French.
In French
Amiante • Ciment • Femmes • Sports • Construction • Bois • Xénophobie
The BWI has been encouraging affiliates all over the world to campaign on “Unions Make Work Safer” and to pick up one or several sub themes. BWI has prepared a series of posters.
Construction • Cement • Asbestos • Gender • Sports • Wood • Xenophobia
