In Italy BWI affiliates Cgil and UIL held a national strike on 11 April against deaths at work. The action lasted four hours for all private sectors and eight hours for construction workers. Zero deaths at work, a fair tax reform and a new social business model were the three objectives on which the strike is based.
Tanzanian construction union TAMICO union will use social media and face-to-face engagement to push a 28 April safety awareness campaign.
Rwanda Extractive Industry Workers’ Union (REWU) is holding a broad variety of actions to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day that include:
Kenya construction union KUPRIPUPA will work to raise awareness of workplace hazards and their effects to members; plant trees in commemoration of IWMD; and lastly, recruit and organise workers around the importance of understanding, preserving, and pushing for improved occupational health and safety conditions in the workplace.
Zimbabwe BWI affiliate Cement & Lime and Allied Workers Union of Zimbabwe (CLAWUZ) will conduct educational occupational safety and health workplace visits at three workplaces. Representatives from the employers, the union, occupational safety and health committees, and workers are expected to be in attendance.
CLAWUZ webpages https://neccementandlime.co.zw/
National Union of Building, Engineering and General Workers (NUBEGW) will conduct actions at five organised workplaces. Activities include a meeting with an employer, march on an employer’s premises, and awareness campaigns at two other workplaces.
In Zimbabwe, ZCATWU (Zimbabwe Construction and Allied Trades Union) has reported that: “Employer and members will attend a short site visit and convene a meeting on the importance and adherence to OHS regulations at the workplace. The union will educate attendees on mitigation and control measures, legal requirements, and seek to negotiate priority OHS proposals with the employer.”
ZCATWU webpages https://zcatwu.org.zw/
The construction workers’ union of Ukraine, PROFBUD, will mark International Workers’ Memorial Day in Ukraine with asbestos awareness training. PROFBUD has also announced BWI 28 April materials and booklets will be translated translated into Ukrainian.
PROFBUD webpages: http://www.profbud.org.ua/
FNV has announced a number of 28 April activities:
BWI affiliate TARIM ORMAN-IS will hold a capacity building national training session to train union workers and representatives as occupational safety and health reporters/auditors at forest workplaces.