Ghana: GCMQWU mark 28 April in advance

Members of the BWI-affiliated GCMQWU in Ghana displayed campaign posters at the Zhongmei Engineering Group Limited on 24 April to mark in advance this year’s International Workers’ Memorial Day and call on employers and governments to implement OSH as a fundamental worker right. #iwmd23
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Turkey: Unions mark IWMD and decry alarming number of work-related deaths

BWI affiliates AGAC-IS, CIMSE-IS, ORMAN-IS and TARIM ORMAN-IS, under the umbrella of the Turkish Union of Road, Construction and Building Workers (YOL-IS), gathered in Ankara, Türkiye on 25 April to mark this year’s International Workers’ Memorial Day. The trade unions decried the alarming number of work-related deaths in industries where they operate, and raised awareness on the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) adoption of occupational health and safety as a fundamental right of workers. #IWMD23 #MakeItHappen

Global: On 28 April ITF says it is inexcusable that employers’ negligence costs lives

Global union ITF #iwmd23
Millions of workers never make it home from work every year. It is inexcusable that employers’ negligence costs lives.
Join us in honouring the memories of lost colleagues by finding an #IWMD23 event near you:
International Workers' Memorial Day:
Remember the dead,
Fight for the living.
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Namibia: MANWU demands free PPE and mental health services for workers as part of this year’s 28 April

Namibian youth and women from MANWU demanded free PPE and mental health services for workers as part of this year’s commemoration of International Workers’ Memorial Day. #MakeItHappen #iwmd23

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Moldova: 28 aprilie – Ziuă mondială pentru securitate şi sănătate în muncă

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De Ziua mondială pentru securitate şi sănătate în muncă, marcată anual în întreaga lume la data de 28 aprilie, Confederația Națională a Sindicatelor din Moldova, în cooperare cu Platforma Națională a Forumului Societății Civile din Parteneriatul Estic, organizează în incinta Institutului Muncii (mun. Chișinău, str. Zimbrului 10) masa rotundă cu genericul „Munca în condiții sigure și sănătoase – un drept fundamental al salariaților la locul de muncă”.
La eveniment participă conducerea CNSM, lideri ai centrelor sindicale național-ramurale, fiind invitați reprezentanți ai Parlamentului și Guvernului Republicii Moldova, Confederației Naționale a Patronatului din Republica Moldova, Organizației Internaționale a Muncii.
Obiectivul acestui eveniment este de a promova prevenirea accidentelor și a bolilor profesionale, sensibilizarea și focalizarea atenției partenerilor sociali, responsabililor de domeniul securității și sănătății în muncă (SSM), asupra tendințelor din domeniul SSM, precum şi atenționării asupra situației în domeniul dat la nivel național.
Tematicile care vor fi abordate în cadrul panelurilor de discuții cuprind următoarele: asigurarea securității și sănătății în muncă – un drept primordial pentru salariați; controlul și prevenirea în domeniul SSM – un element esențial pentru a asigura un mediu de muncă adecvat; rolul organizației sindicale primare în asigurarea drepturilor salariaților în domeniul SSM.
Evenimentul va fi transmis live pe pagina de Facebook a CNSM.
Data de 28 aprilie la nivel internaţional este o zi dedicată comemorării celor care şi-au pierdut viaţa în urma accidentelor de muncă şi bolilor profesionale, de asemenea este o zi dedicată promovării securităţii şi sănătăţii în muncă.
Din 2010, la iniţiativa mișcării sindicale, şi în Republica Moldova ziua de 28 aprilie este oficial recunoscută ca „Ziuă mondială pentru securitate şi sănătate în muncă”.

US Department of Labor to honor workers whose jobs claimed their lives

US Department of Labor to honor workers whose jobs claimed their lives, recommit to protecting workers as nation marks Workers Memorial Day

OSHA, MSHA administrators, AFL-CIO president to join national ceremony in Washington

WASHINGTON – On April 28, 1970, the nation first observed Workers Memorial Day at a time when an estimated 38 people died on the job in the U.S. each day. More than a half century later, this annual tribute endures as do the determined efforts of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Mine Safety and Health Administration to help protect the lives of our nation’s workers.

Today, work-related injuries claim the lives of approximately 14 people each day in the U.S., that’s one life lost every 101 minutes. There were 5,190 such deaths in 2021. Workers Memorial Day pays tribute to these people, and all the fallen workers before them, and the survivors who remain to grieve and carry on.

In 2023, families, friends, coworkers, and others will gather on Friday, April 28 at events across the nation to honor people who died at work.

“On Workers Memorial Day, as we remember the people whose jobs claimed their lives, we must recognize that behind these numbers, there are people who mourn each loss. For them, these statistics are loved ones: they’re parents, children, siblings, relatives, friends, or co-workers,” said Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Doug Parker. “On this day of remembrance, we should reflect on what might have prevented their loss and recommit ourselves to doing all we can — and all that can be done — to safeguard workers and to fulfill our moral obligation and duty as a nation to protect America’s workers.”

Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Doug Parker and Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health Christopher Williamson will host a national Workers Memorial Day ceremony online broadcast from the department’s Washington headquarters on April 27 at 1 p.m. EDT. They will be joined by AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler and United Support & Memorial for Workplace Fatalities Vice President Wanda Engracia, whose husband, Pablo Morillo was one of three workers killed in a 2005 industrial explosion in New Jersey.

“On Workers Memorial Day, we come together to remember those workers we have lost, including those who suffered toxic exposures at work that led to fatal illnesses which were entirely preventable,” Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health Chris Williamson. “Repeated and prolonged exposures to unsafe levels of coal dust, silica and diesel exhaust can slowly strip a miner of their livelihood and dignity, and eventually their life. We must honor their loss by doing all we can to protect the health and safety of our nation’s miners.”

Throughout the U.S., OSHA and MSHA representatives will take part in local Workers Memorial Day events. They will join families, workers, labor unions, advocates, and others to remember the lives lost and raise awareness of workplace safety to help prevent future tragedies. Find a local Workers Memorial Day event.

View the online Workers Memorial Day event from Washington on April 27.

Croatia: Make it happen on 28 April!

“Make it happen!”
This was the cry of Croatia’s Construction Workers’ Trade Union as it joins BWI in calling all employers and governments to fully implement and recognise the right of workers to healthy and safe workplaces. #MakeItHappen #iwmd23

Global: BWI to launch ‘safety brigade manual’ on 28 April

On the occasion of this year’s observance of “International Workers’ Memorial Day,” and as part of BWI’s “Global OSH Brigades Programme,” the 12 million-strong global union on 27 April will launch its “Occupational Health and Safety Brigade Manual”. more

Western Balkans: Two day trade union seminar to recognise OHS standards as a fundamental right

The strategic use of ILO Supervisory Machinery in light of recognition of OHS standards as Fundamental Rights at Work, Seminar for Trade Unions from the Western Balkans, Skopje, 27 – 28 April 2023. North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo

Philippines: Remembrance and Resistance: A Workers’ Memorial Day Solidarity Event and Open Mic Night

Remembrance and Resistance: A Workers’ Memorial Day Solidarity Event and Open Mic Night
An evening of performances and solidarity to commemorate the lives of workers who died due to work and call for justice and action for workers’ health, safety, and rights. This event also aims to strengthen our resolve to take part and mobilize our ranks on May 1, International Workers’ Day.
The solidarity night will start off with its annual candle lighting activity to remember all the workers around the world who died due to work-related accidents and diseases. The program will highlight the different forms of cultural art and performance such as poetry reading, one-act play, short films and documentaries that express the long-standing calls of our workers.
Solidarity messages and performances will be shared by Tambisan sa Sining, Justice for Kentex Workers, Makabayan at Makataong Sining Obrero (MASO), Gabriela She Lang and leaders from local unions and federations. Mayday Multimedia and NSTP students from the UP Manila Political Science Program will also screen short videos and films on the labor rights situation in the country.
We invite you to join and share your works and talents as we creatively express our solidarity and resistance through the Open Mic event that will take place after the program. Open Mic will begin at around 8:30 PM onwards.
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This solidarity event is presented by Institute for Occupational Health and Safety Development, Mayday Multimedia, and Human Rights and People Empowerment Center, with the help of UP Manila PolSci Program NSTP students, NAFLU KMU, Tambisan sa Sining, Balai Obrero Foundation Inc., Makabayan, Makatao Sining Obrero (MASO), Justice for Kentex Workers Alliance, and support of DAKILA, and Active Vista.

Remember the dead, fight like hell for the living