This 28 April website is the work of Hazards magazine and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).
Hazards is an independent campaigning workers’ health magazine and the recipient of major international awards for journalism and its high profile public health and occupational health role. Editor Rory O’Neill is also a professor in Stirling University’s Occupational Health and Environment Research Group, and adviser to the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). Co-worker Jawad Qasrawi is an accomplished photojournalist, whose work has also been used by organisations including the BBC, The Guardian, The Open University, and the Daily Express.
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) is the global voice of the world’s working people. The ITUC’s primary mission is the promotion and defence of workers’ rights and interests, through international cooperation between trade unions, global campaigning and advocacy within the major global institutions. Its global health and safety work is coordinated by Anabella Rosemberg.
Front page photos, courtesy of Maria Sciandra, Jawad Qasrawi, Noor Jehan and Jan Nimmo.
Hi,
We’ve sent you an email and are looking forward to receiving the information!
Jawad
Buenos días, por favor para que publiquen el evento de nuestra organización sindical Central Autónoma de Trabajadores de Perú – CATP en conmemoración del Día Mundial de la Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo. Se efectuará en las instalaciones de la OIT Lima, Perú. Muchas gracias.
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Listing for Ontario Canada april 28 events
https://www.whsc.on.ca/Files/Events/DOM16_EventListing_WebApr15.aspx
Thank you Marty – I’ll post this on the main page. Jawad
Hi there,
These are the IWMD events happening in New Zealand. Could you please add to the map? Thanks
Palmerston North:
(Unions Manawatu) 12pm – Workers’ Memorial, Memorial Park Fitzroy St entrance
Wellington:
(CTU) 10am – Workers’ Memorial stone, Wellington Waterfront, (near Te Papa entrance)
Christchurch
(Unions Canterbury) 11.45 – Memorial Garden, off Gasson St, Sydenham
Dunedin:
(Unions Otago) 11.45pm – Otago Workers’ Memorial, Market Reserve Princes St
Many thanks – we will get these updates posted shortly.
Federation of Technical Enterprises Workers’ Associations of Greece activities for 28 April
The Federation of Technical Enterprises Workers’ Associations of Greece (OSETEE) held a busy program of events to mark 28 April.
Action program of dr. Andreas Stoimenidis, President of Federation of Technical Enterprises Workers’ Associations of Greece, Vice Chair of EU- OSHA and Political Secretary of GSEE, for Monday, April 28, World Day for Health and Safety at Work and Memorial Day for Workers Who Lost Their Lives.
This year, the World Day coincides with a new record of losses in our country and is dedicated to the risks emerging from the Digital Transition.
At the same time, Trade Unions around the world have designated April 28 as the Memorial Day for Workers who lost their lives in work accidents or from occupational diseases, to whom they pay tribute and promise of struggle.
6.40 a.m. Interview with the journalist Alexandros Klossas on Parapolitika FM
8.40 a.m. Interview with the journalist Nikos Panagiotopoulos on Talk Radio
9.10 a.m. Interview with the journalists Efi Tzampazi and Vaggelis Stolakis on Thessaloniki Municipal Radio FM 100
9.30 a.m. Interview with the journalists Maria Tsakiri and Christos Tsalikidis, on the show NEWSROOM on ERT 3, 102 FM national radio station.
10.15 a.m. Laying a wreath at Crying Square, in memory of the workers who lost their lives at work.
11.00 a.m. Press Conference by Andreas Stoimenidis at Association of Daily Newspaper Editors of Attica (ΕΣΙΕΑ), Akadimias 20. New data will be provided from OSETEE on human losses in the workplace.
13.05 p.m. TV interview with journalist Nikos Kaskaras on the show Pulse of the Region on DION TV
13.30 p.m. TV interview with the journalist Kostas Mavridis on the show FOCUS on FLASH TV of West Macedonia. The show will be broadcast at 16.00 pm
16.00 p.m. TV interview with the journalist Christina Kousouni, on the INTEX show on Naftemporiki TV.
17.00 p.m. Lecture by the President of OSETEE, Andreas Stoimenidis, at the Department of Public Health Policies at the University of West Attica.
18.30 p.m. Awareness and Memorial event of the Association of Technical Employees of Greece at the headquarters of OSETEE.
19.00 p.m. TV interview with the journalist Nikoleta Sfakianaki, on the show CRETA TODAY on CRETA TV
19.30 p.m. Interview with the journalist Nikos Bogiopoulos on REAL FM
01.00 a.m. Thuesday 29/04 TV interview with the journalists Nefeli Lygerou and Christos Nedos on the show LATE NEWS on στo ERTNEWS national channel
We all have to be proactive in Occupational Health and Safety issues on a daily basis.
We are at the disposal of our colleagues to support any initiative.
We call on our colleagues in the unions to highlight the Awareness and Remembrance Day.
OSETEE Press Office
Many thanks – we have added this update.