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Lebanon: Mental health at work is the GFBCTU focus for 28 April

BWI affiliated GFBCTU is organising an OHS awareness campaign  focusing on Mental Health at work to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day.

India: Multiple union activities are planned to mark 28 April across India

Across India BWI affiliated unions are planning activities to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day including:

RPKNMS and AHBWU will each organise seminars for stone quarry owners who are signatories to the occupational safety and health declaration where they will discuss safety and health measures at their worksites.

CLU Safety and health awareness raising will be held for the construction and stone quarry industries.

TKTMS is planning an occupational health and safety  oriented  mass meeting and rally – this will be a multi-stakeholder event with the  participation of selected employers, Govt. representatives and union members – including participation of the Joint Declaration on occupational health and safety signatory Chennai Civil Engineers Association with whom the

HKMP and UPGMS  are each organising awareness raising activities with selected brick kiln owner joint signatories to the   joint declaration on occupational health and safety.

AHPWDIPHCWU  is organising a rally followed by meeting including participation of selected contractors with whom joint declarations were signed.

BMS Gujarat is organising a joint safety and health awareness raising meeting.

INCWF is running a meeting to raise the issue of occupational health and safety at a cement plant in Karnataka State.

KSCWCU is organising a joint safety and health awareness raising meeting.

CFBWU will be holding a candle lit vigil and promote the awareness of occupational health and safety issues.

MAMU will organise a  worker safety meeting involving grass roots workers.

South Korea: BWI General secretary Ambet Yuson will speak at mass rally to mark 28 April

KFCITU has organised a mass rally that will be addressed by BWI general secretary Ambet Yuson.

Zimbabwe: Campaigns, site visits and workshops on 28 April

CLAWUZ will run workshops and conduct site visits to promote the implementation of OHS as a fundamental human right.

On 28 April GAPWUZ is conducting a workplace safety inspection on the compliance of employers to PPE use and overall safety in the timber industry.

Australia: Action nationwide on 28 April

ACTU Centre for Health and Safety Update 2023/10

International Workers’ Memorial Day takes place annually around the world on 28 April – it is an international day of remembrance and action for workers killed, disabled, injured or made unwell by their work.

This year, Trades and Labour Councils (TLCs) have returned to holding in-person events.

You can find details of the various TLC events around the country here, and we encourage you to attend.

Australian Council of Trade Unions
Level 4/365 Queen Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000
t (03) 9664-7340
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Uganda: UBCCECAWU plans to raise safety awareness to honour fallen workers

UBCCECAWU – The Uganda Building Workers’ Union plans a safety awareness raising campaign at a China Railway construction site.

Tunisia: FGBB activities for 28 April

FGBB, a Tunisian affiliate of the global construction federation BWI has reported that safety campaigning actions will be held  to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day, involving over 200 workers.

Tasmania: Remembering workers killed or injured by their employers

The 28th of April is #InternationalWorkersMemorialDay

Unions Tasmania will hold services in Launceston and Hobart to remember those killed or injured because of their work. We invite the community to join with us #politas #IWMD23

Global: Union organisation is a life or death issue

No-one should die to make a living. After all, occupational health and safety is now a globally-binding ILO fundamental legal right at work.

But a new report warns bad jobs still kill someone somewhere every six seconds, every day, round the clock. It notes that last year the UN’s International Labour Organisation (ILO) recognised occupational health and safety as a top rated ‘fundamental’ right at work.

“Politically, it’s a game changer,” it notes. “Practically, workers have continued to die, an estimated 3 million in the last year alone.”

The report, published in the union-backed Hazards magazine ahead of International Workers’ Memorial Day, argues union organising can make the difference. “Whether you describe it as the ‘union dividend’, ‘union advantage’ or ‘union effect’, there is a long-established, well-tested proof of the life-saving impact of union organisation at work. It shows walking out or being walked all over can be a life or death decision.”

Organising for occupational health and safety is the theme this year for the 28 April event.

Full story: Everyday heroes: The lifesaving union effect. Hazards, number 161, 2023.

USA: Regulator urges support for 28 April

28 April: Did you know you can help honor workers who have lost their lives or been injured on the job?

Did You Know?

In the days leading up to Workers Memorial Day (April 28), family members, workers, labor unions, and advocates will gather in Washington, D.C., and communities across the country to honor and remember our fallen and injured workers. To participate, you can join the April 27 Department of Labor ceremony online, find or share local events, or submit a photo of a loved one to add to our Workers Memorial Wall.

¿Sabías?

En los días previos al Día de Conmemoración de los Trabajadores (28 de abril), familiares, trabajadores, sindicatos y defensores se reunirán en Washington, D.C., y en comunidades de todo el país para honrar y recordar a nuestros trabajadores caídos y heridos. Para participar, puede unirse a la ceremonia del 27 de abril del Departamento de Trabajo en línea, encontrar o compartir eventos locales, o enviar una foto de un ser querido para añadirla a nuestro Muro Conmemorativo de los Trabajadores

OSHA Workers’ Memorial Day page