Put your #ToolsDown for International Workers’ Memorial Day next week.
The kit gives you everything you need to organise a place, talk to your boss and ideas on how to get your message across.
#IWMD16 is an opportunity to remember the dead, fight for the living and talk to your coworkers about how to improve health & safety.
Download the kit or ask for one to be mailed to you!
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The video below is called ‘Widows of the Workers: These Chemicals are Going to Kill Me’:
It is part of the ‘Giving Voices to Widows of Asbestos’ project. The General Electric plant they are referring to is in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. The initiative is being supported by the union SEIU Canada.
The following video link is an overview of the project by the union researcher Natasha Luckhardt. Gofundme
The Workers’ Health and Safety Centre WHSC has published a comprehensive listing of all of the Ontarian 28 April events.
These 10 films show workplace tragedies and hazards over the past 100 years. April 28 is Worker Memorial Day, a time to remember those who died on the job and to fight for better health and safety for all workers. Facebook
The global union confederation ITUC has made new resources available online. A brochure for use around International Workers’ Memorial Day on 28 April is available in English, French and Spanish editions. The guide spells out the reasons behind the three pronged theme for this year’s global activities – strong laws, strong enforcement and strong unions. ITUC has also produced a ‘Supply Chain Resources Hub’ to support action to clean up supply chains, including links to reports and “international policy decisions through to solidarity actions to support workers who are trying to organise for decent pay, conditions and job security.”
28 April 2016: Mobilising for strong laws, strong enforcement and strong unions, ITUC, English language edition.ITUC news release and supply chains resource hub.
International Workers’ Memorial Day is less than two weeks away, and is once again set to be the biggest event ever on the health and safety calendar. The union initiated 28 April event, which this year is aiming to build on the 70 plus countries that mark the event each year, will see protests, commemorations, work stoppages, workplace safety initiatives and a host of other activities. There’s still time to plan an event near you, if there is not one already, or to publicise and mark the day in your workplace. Many unions have produced their own 28 April toolboxes and posters. Other resources, including
new posters in English, French and Spanish versions, can be downloaded from the ITUC/Hazards 28april.org website. The 2016 theme for the day is ‘Strong Laws – Strong Enforcement – Strong Unions’.
ITUC/Hazards global events listing and resources, including new posters in English, French and Spanish.
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