The National Union of Workers of Construction and Similar Industries (SUNTRACS), one of the leading trade union forces in Panama, joins BWI in marking this year’s International Workers’ Memorial Day on 28 April. Waving their red flags and chanting slogans, they called for safer and healthier workplaces for workers worldwide. #IWMD2022
BWI and its affiliate, the Union Trade Union of Workers of A.W. Faber Castell in Peru (SUTFACAP) inked a Joint Declaration on Safe and Healthy Workplaces with the management of the multinational company, Faber-Castell.
Signatories to the declaration were SUTFACAP General Secretary Celso Arce, BWI Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean Nilton Freitas and Faber-Castell Peru General Manager Fernando Cabrera. The declaration expresses the commitment of the workers and company to work together to promote healthier and safer workplaces.
A similar declaration was signed last year by trade unionists and the Faber-Castell management in Brazil.
“BWI and its affiliated unions in Latin America, the Caribbean and worldwide are committed to ensure the prioritisation of life over profit as bannered by our global campaign: Global Alliance on Safe and Healthy Workplaces.
This OHS Declaration with Faber-Castell in Peru showcases the importance of field-based trade union action to realise OHS as a fundamental right of workers, and comply with the UN’s 2030 agenda,” Freitas said. #IWMD2022
Preparandonós para esta actividad en conmemoracion de los trabajadores accidentados y muertos en sus lugares de trabajo.
VAMOS POR LA PREVENCION PARA QUE TRABAJAR NO NOS CUESTE LA VIDA VIVAN LES TRABAJADORES
Over thirty BWI affiliate unions in Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Argentina, Venezuela, Ecuador, Jamaica, Curazao, Bermuda, Colombia, Peru and Brazil plan meetings with workers in workplace, OHS Talks in workplaces, virtual or face-to-face OHS-related trainings, public statements issued, national or sectoral mobilisations and the creation of campaign materials.
