Claudio Sottile of Confederazione Italiana Sindacati Lavoratori (CISL) has sent the following photographs from International Workers’ Memorial Day 2018 events in several Italian cities. including Rome, Naples, Milan, Turin).
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Hungary: “Seventy-nine workplace deaths in 2017 – we cannot allow it!” [photos]
An update from MASZSZ (Hungarian Trade Union Confederation) International Workers’ Memorial Day.
György Károly has sent photos from the 26 April 2018 commemoration in Budapest.
Commemorating those fallen at work, at the MASZSZ memorial in Csepel/ Budapest. Seventy-nine pairs of protective shoes – seventy-nine workplace deaths in 2017 – we cannot allow it!
Sweden: On 28 April construction union Byggnads will campaign for tougher enforcement of safety laws across Sweden
BWI affiliate The Swedish Building Workers Union – Svenska Byggnadsarbetareförbundet (Bynggads) – will carry out actions to commemorate comrades who died in construction workplaces.
In Stockholm, a major manifestation has been initiated at Sergels Torg in the center of the city. Several other unions will join and also MPs.
Minor actions will take place in a number of other cities such as Malmö, Luleå and Gothenburg.
There will also be a published statement regarding the number of deaths in the construction industry. Focusing on the fact that responsible executives are not punished for their crimes in the event of accidents
The pictures below are from last year’s action.
Further details
Byggnads
106 32 Stockholm
Besök: Hagagatan 2
Telefon: 010-6011063
Mobil: 073-0931374
E-post: jakob.wagner@byggnads.se
Web: www.byggnads.se
Hungary: MASZSZ conduct many activities to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day
MASZSZ (Hungarian Trade Union Confederation) action for International Workers’ Memorial Day
April 25, Budapest – Conference on the role and function of workers safety representatives. Authorities, employers, unions together for better prevention and OSH management. Lighting the candle commemorating the victims of work accidents.
April 26, Budapest – Laying wreath at the Memorial of workers victims of work accidents. This year 79 pairs of protective boots with candles will commemorate the 97 colleagues died at work in 2017.
Media interviews, articles for awareness raising in public (based on information sheet and infographics on OSH, workers safety reps situation).
UK: New 28 April guide “Safety reps: Getting more than the minimum – A TUC guide to Roving Safety Reps and Union Improvement Notices”
In the run up to Workers Memorial Day the TUC has been concentrating on supporting events around the theme “organised workplaces are safer workplaces”.
The page listing all local events is on the front page of the TUC site and we have been promoting all the materials produced as part of the safetyreps@40 campaign.
We are also focusing on looking forward to the future and have today published a guide to going further than the legal minimum, focusing on Roving Safety Reps and Union Improvement Notices.
TUC states a press release and social media will be issued next week.
Spain: Trabajo seguro: es tu salud, es tu derecho – UGT [VIDEO]
Unión General de Trabajadores – UGT
Canada: Manitoba Federation of Labour event for 28 April
Manitoba Federation of Labour will mark International Workers’ Memorial Day with a walk and memorial service more
Canada: On 28 April Ontario Nurses’ Association will commemorate those who have been injured, made ill or killed at work
The Ontario Nurses’ Association is marking International Workers’ Memorial Day with a series of events and has also published a poster and other resources. More details
Argentina: Poor working conditions kill 7,500 every year
Using the Workers’ Memorial Day * 28 April Facebook page El Instituto de Salud Laboral y Medio Ambiente (ISLyMA) of the Argentina union CTA has made the following 28 April announcement:
“Para seguir capacitándonos…. En Argentina más de 7500 trabajador@s mueren al año por las malas condiciones laborales.
Atrás de las muertes de los trabajador@s está el negocio multimillonario de las Aseguradoras…Conocer nuestros derechos para defenderlos. LA SALUD NO SE VENDE SE DEFIENDE”
[translated by Facebook]
“To continue educating…. in Argentina more than 7500 trabajadors die a year for poor working conditions.
Behind workers’ deaths is the billionaire business of insurance companies… to know our rights to defend them. Health is not sold, it is defended”
28 April ITUC/CSI/IGB posters and briefings
Download the poster: Español• Français • English
Download the briefing: English • Deutsch • Español • Français
CSI: Les syndicats organisent en faveur d’un travail décent, plus sûr et plus sain
Toutes les 11 secondes, un travailleur meurt dans le monde en raison des conditions de travail. Tous les décès sont évitables. Les connaissances existent, la technologie existe, mais la volonté n’y est pas. L’organisation syndicale est un antidote avéré.
Les syndicats organisent en faveur d’un travail décent, plus sûr et plus sain
IGB: Gewerkschaften organisieren sich für sicherere, gesündere, menschenwürdige Arbeit
Weltweit kommt alle elf Sekunden ein Mensch aufgrund schlechter Arbeitsbedingungen ums Leben. All diese Todesfälle sind vermeidbar, aber dennoch steigt die Zahl der Opfer, warnt Sharan Burrow. Die Generalsekretärin des IGB erläutert, dass dies der Grund für den umgehenden Start einer intensivierten Organisierungskampagne der internationalen Gewerkschaftsbewegung ist, die darauf abzielt, Sicherheit, Gerechtigkeit und Rechenschaftspflicht einzufordern.
Gewerkschaften organisieren sich für sicherere, gesündere, menschenwürdige Arbeit
CSI: Los sindicatos organizan para lograr trabajo decente, más seguro y más saludable
En todo el mundo, unas malas condiciones de trabajo ocasionan la muerte de un trabajador cada 11 segundos. Todas estas muertes son evitables, y sin embargo la cifra sigue incrementándose, advierte Sharan Burrow. La Secretaria General de
la CSI indica que es por ese motivo que los sindicatos mundiales están lanzando una urgente y renovada campaña de organización, reclamando seguridad, justicia y responsabilidad.
Los sindicatos organizan para lograr trabajo decente, más seguro y más saludable
ITUC – Unions are organising for safer, healthier, decent work
Worldwide, poor working conditions kill a worker every 11 seconds. All these deaths are avoidable, yet the body count is increasing, warns Sharan Burrow. The ITUC General Secretary says that is why global unions are launching a reinvigorated and urgent organising campaign to demand safety, justice and accountability.
ITUC – Unions are organising for safer, healthier, decent work