Tanzanian construction union TAMICO union will use social media and face-to-face engagement to push a 28 April safety awareness campaign.
Rwanda: Broad variety of actions to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day
Rwanda Extractive Industry Workers’ Union (REWU) is holding a broad variety of actions to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day that include:
- REWU will conduct a workshop and training on safety hazard identification and injury prevention. The union will also conduct awareness campaigns using social and local media.
- The union will launch a public awareness campaign at an organized company highlighting the need for improved safety conditions.
- The union will advocate for stronger enforcement of OHS laws and regulations at the Ministry of Labour office and other relevant organizations.
- A momemnt of silence will be observed across 28 organized companies in Rwanda.
Kenya: Construction union KUPRIPUPA will be organising, recruiting, informing and commemorating for 28 April
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: Cement and lime workers mark 28 April in three workplaces
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/
Zambia: Building workers raise safety awareness on Workers’ Memorial Day
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.
Zimbabwe: Meetings and site visit to mark 28 April – ZCATWU
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/
Ukraine: The construction workers’ union of Ukraine will mark 28 April with training and resources – PROFBUD
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/
Netherlands: FNV announces multiple activities to mark 28 April
FNV has announced a number of 28 April activities:
- FNV action call for 28th of April
- Flag to fly at half mast on TU building
- Commemoration symposium
- Wreath laying
Turkey: Safety and health building for forest workers – TARIM ORMAN-IS
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.
Global: Working in a bad climate – detailed ITUC briefing
The ITUC has produced a detailed briefing about the health and safety impacts of the climate crisis that is available here.
