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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…

Posted by BWI Global Union on Monday, 19 April 2021

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
Full story here.

Latin America/Brazil: 28 de Abril; Segurança e Saúde no Trabalho como um direito fundamental

Essa é a luta da ICM e outros sindicatos globais nesse 28 de Abril como Dia Internacional em Homenagem às Vítimas dos Acidentes e Doenças relacionados ao Trabalho, uma conquista histórica do movimento sindical internacional que teve início nos anos 90 e depois se alastrou para todo o mundo, até vir a ser reconhecido em 2001 pela OIT como o Dia Internacional da Segurança e Saúde no Trabalho (SST) e, em 2002, pela própria Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU). No Brasil, esse reconhecimento chegou em 2003 durante o primeiro ano do governo Lula. mais

Latin America/Brazil: Security and health at work as a findamental right – ICM

Nilton Freitas, ICM-BWI Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean, wrote this note about the ICM Global Campaign for April 28 in the online newspaper Rádio Paão Brasil.

28 April activities in Bulgaria- BWI

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Peru: Peru joins ICM’s campaign: “Protect Workers! Stop COVID-19”

SINTRACESANLO, Peru joins ICM’s campaign: ” Protect Workers! Stop COVID-19 “. #Lifebeforeprofit
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Uganda: Enough is Enough! Stop killing workers to make a profit | UBCCECAWU [Video]

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Uganda: Workers campaign against exploitative outsourcing and to protect workers from Covid-19 | BWI

Workers from LafargeHolcim HIMA CEMENT Plant at KASESE in Uganda join the campaign against exploitative outsourcing and to protect workers from COVID-19.
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UK: LET’S EDUCATE, AGITATE, ORGANISE AND INSPIRE WORKERS TO JOIN UNIONS AND FIGHT FOR A BETTER TOMORROW! – Unite/BWI

Continue reading UK: LET’S EDUCATE, AGITATE, ORGANISE AND INSPIRE WORKERS TO JOIN UNIONS AND FIGHT FOR A BETTER TOMORROW! – Unite/BWI

Global: WOMEN AROUND THE GLOBE UNITED TO PROTECT WORKERS! STOP COVID-19!