Category Archives: Videos

USA: AFL-CIO COVID-19 Resources

The AFL-CIO has put together a list of resources for working people impacted by COVID-19. The site includes information about unemployment benefits, paid leave, health insurance and community assistance resources.  Find them here: aflcio.org/resources

Canada: TV advert runs to mark 28 April in Nova Scotia

NS Federation of LabourThe Nova Scotia Federation of Labour – in partnership with the Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia, Threads of Life  and  Nova Scotia province – has produced a television advert  to mark the 28 April International Day of Mourning (featured below) . The Federation observed that “In 2018 there were 16 deaths in workplaces and several others died because of a workplace illness or disease. We continue to advocate for worker safety every day of the year.” MoreFacebook

USA: National COSH 2019 Workers’ Memorial week webinar [VIDEO]

2019 Workers' Memorial Week from National COSH on Vimeo.

Wales TUC launches animations and videos showing unions workplaces are safer workplaces [Welsh and English]

To mark International Workers’ Memorial Day, a new short film has been launched today (Saturday) by the Wales Trade Union Congress to highlight the difference that trade union health and safety representatives have made in workplaces.

The animation (in both Welsh and English Version) shows how health and safety reps are ensuring that unionised workplaces are safer workplaces, with evidence showing that injury and sickness rates are lower in workplaces with higher numbers of union members.

It is launched alongside a message (In Welsh and English Versions) from the First Minister, Carwyn Jones, who urges people across Wales to join a trade union to make their workplaces safer.

Mike Jenkins and Julie Cook – President and National Officer of Wales TUC – pay their respects on International Workers’ Memorial Day in 2014.

Spain: Trabajo seguro: es tu salud, es tu derecho – UGT [VIDEO]

Unión General de Trabajadores – UGT

Gibraltar: Health and safety policy introduced on Workers’ Memorial Day

Canada: Widows of the workers video

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

Marking 28 April: Ten historical worker health and safety films

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

Speak up for health and safety

Speak up for health and safety from Australian Unions on Vimeo.

Hungary: Video from Liga of the 28 April action “Do not go through it!”