BWI’s campaign to persuade companies, big or small, to commit to a declaration recognising workplace health and safety is gaining momentum. more
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Bosnia and Herzegovina: Joint statement promoting worker safety for 28 April
The Independent Trade Union of Forest, Wood Processing and Paper of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Natron Hayat, a branch of a Turkish multinational company signed a joint statement to promote #healthandsafety in the workplace.
#IWMD21
The Independent Trade Union of Forest, Wood Processing and Paper of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Natron Hayat, a branch of a Turkish multinational company signed a joint statement to promote #healthandsafety in the workplace. pic.twitter.com/jULPSg8kgP— EFBWW (@EFBWW_) April 27, 2021
El Salvador: Global alliance for health and safety at work – SOICSCES
El Salvador: GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK
SOICSCES Achieves 1 Statement with Alas Builder, S.A. of C.V.
Together we recognize Health and Safety as a fundamental right.
Global: Just one more day until Workers’ Memorial Day!
Join BWI as they build strong commitments worldwide between trade unions and employers in ensuring safe and healthy workplaces. Add your voices in calling the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to recognise occupational health and safety as a fundamental right of all workers. Together, let us save lives at workplaces. #SaveLivesAtWork #IWMD21
Zimbabwe: Joint union and employers declaration recognises health and safety as a fundamental right
The Zimbabwe Construction Allied and Trades Workers’ Union (ZCATWU) signed joint declarations with 6 construction companies in Harare, Zimbabwe recognising the importance of health and safety at workplaces, especially in the middle of the COVID-19 crisis. more
Russia: Building workers’ union and employers’ groups call jointly for health and safety to be an ILO fundamental right
Brazil: Aliança global por locais de trabalho seguros e saudáveis
SOMSJOP consegue 16 declarações com empresas de madeira no Brasil, entre eles, uma assinatura com Arauco. Um desses acordos também foi assinado pelo sindicato patronal SIMOVEN, cuja assinatura inclui 9 empresas madeireiras filiadas ao SIMOVEN e que também aderiram à campanha.
Ukraine: Union and employers sign declaration on occupational health and safety
The BWI-affiliated Ukraine Construction and Building Materials Workers’ Union (PROFBUD) and the Ukrainian National Building Chamber (the employers’ and business association of Ukraine) on 15 April signed a joint declaration recognising the importance of safe and healthy workplaces.
The declaration is part of BWI’s “health and safety is our right” campaign leading to the International Workers’ Memorial Day on 28 April. It commits the declaration signatories to policies and practices that promote occupational health and safety. It also supports the call to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to recognise workplace health and safety as a fundamental right. #SaveLivesAtWork #IWMD21
Indonesia: Global alliance for health and safe workplaces
SERBUK-affiliated PT BMJ Workers Union and the management of PT Bukit Muria Jaya (BMJ) jointly signed a declaration recognising the need for healthy and safe workplaces. It is the first declaration signed in the Asian region since BWI started the campaign as part of this year’s commemoration of International Workers’ Memorial Day on 28 April.
BMJ produces paper for cigarettes. It is a subsidiary of PT Djarum, the largest cigarette producer in Indonesia behind the brand DJARUM. PT Djarum is in the process of entering the forestry industry. #SaveLivesAtWork #IWMD21
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INDONESIA: GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR HEALTHY AND SAFE WORKPLACES
SERBUK-affiliated PT BMJ Workers Union and the management of…
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Ghana: BWI union affiliate GCMQWU and employer call on ILO to declare OHS a fundamental right
The General Construction, Manufacturing and Quarries Workers’ Union of Ghana (GCMQWU) and the Zhongmei Group Engineering Company Ltd. on 12 April signed a declaration recognising the importance of occupational health and safety and calling on the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to declare it as a fundamental worker’s right.
The signing of the declaration is part of BWI and the European Federation of Building and Woodworkers’ (EFBWW) global campaign to build an alliance for workers’ health and safety leading to this year’s International Workers’ Memorial Day on 28 April.
The union said that the declaration was the first to be signed by an employer since the launch of the campaign last week. #SaveLivesAtWork #IWMD21
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