Belgium: ACV-CSC-Belgium calls on governments and employers to take action and commit to zero work deaths

ACV-CSC-Belgium calls on the #EU, its MS governments, and employers to genuinely commit, and take actions needed, to achieve #ZeroDeathAtWork.

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Philippines: CDPC joins in celebrating International Workers’ Memorial Day

 

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The Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera, Inc. (CDPC) joins in celebrating the World Day for Health and Safety at Work!

#healthatwork #madewithrespect #28April #IWMD22 #RightToHealth

Australia: Schoolteachers’ union says 28 April is a time to take action on safety

 

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“Today is International Workers Memorial Day, a time to remember and take action for workers killed, disabled, injured or made unwell by their work.

“This day is an important reminder of why it’s so important to keep campaigning for stronger Work Health and Safety laws. #IWMD22

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Australia: Asbestos society remembers those killed, injured or made ill by work

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“Today, 28 April 2022 is Workers’ Memorial Day. The day provides an opportunity to reflect on how to prevent occupational deaths, injuries, diseases and illnesses. It is also a day to remember those that have died from a work-related injury or illness.” #workersmemorialday2022 #iwmd22

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Global: #IWMD22 – Unions call for workplace health and safety to become a fundamental right for working people this 28 April

#IWMD22: Unions call for workplace health and safety to become a fundamental right for working people this International Workers’ Memorial Day

It is in the interests of workers, employers and governments to make occupational health and safety an ILO fundamental principle and right at work.

That is why trade unions – globally, sectorally, nationally and in factories, care homes and offices everywhere – are marking International Workers’ Memorial Day, Thursday 28 April, by demanding that the tripartite International Labour Conference this June take this long overdue and vital step.

Nine million workers have died because of occupational illnesses and injuries – two thirds of them from diseases – since the ILO first decided to take this step at the 2019 Centenary Conference, and now we need to make it a reality.

Governments need to ratify and, more importantly, implement ILO Convention 155 on occupational health and safety and ILO Convention 161 on occupational health services (currently covering only 20% of the workforce) because they outline the practical steps needed to address the challenges that workers and employers face every day.

They set out the common-sense rules that would save lives and money. Disasters like the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh on 24 April 2013, which killed over a thousand workers and injured many more, are bad for business and cause reputational harm and lasting damage across economies. Making occupational health and safety a fundamental ILO right would help prevent such disasters and benefit everyone.

ITUC General Secretary Sharan Burrow said: “There is no excuse for ducking this decision any longer. It’s bad for workers and bad for business, and it costs economies billions in sickness absence, disability benefits and lost production.

“We need workplace safety representatives, joint safety committees with employers, and a five-fold increase in access to occupational health services so that everyone at work is protected.

“The right to refuse dangerous work is good for business as well as for workers. Responsible businesses must step up and save lives, as well as money, by making occupational health and safety a fundamental right for workers.

“Let’s make this year’s International Workers’ Memorial Day the last year that workers are denied this fundamental right.”

UK: Remembering the frontline workers killed by racism

On #IWMD22 let’s remember those frontline workers who have died in the #COVID19 pandemic & the institutional racism in workplaces & society that has led to a massively disproportionate toll amongst black workers. ‘Remember the dead, fight for the living’ #IWMD2022

 

Global: 28 April video message from Sharan Burrow, ITUC General Secretary

“Today, we commemorate International Workers Memorial Day #IWMD22. 3 million workers die of work accidents and diseases each year. Occupational health and safety must be at the centre of fundamental rights” Sharan Burrow, ITUC General Secretary. Continue reading Global: 28 April video message from Sharan Burrow, ITUC General Secretary

Brazil: Video message from SINTICOM-Campinas remembering workplace accident victims

Continue reading Brazil: Video message from SINTICOM-Campinas remembering workplace accident victims

Cambodia: 28 April video message from Carlsberg Union

An international Workers’ Memorial Day message from Kem Mao president of Carlsberg union

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 

Remember the dead, fight like hell for the living