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UK: FACK urges those bereaved by work-incidents to add their names and stories to the TUC memorial wall
Families Against Corporate Killers urge everyone who has lost a loved one in work-related incident to add their name and story to the TUC #IWMD21 Wall of Remembrance tuc.org.uk/workers-memori And wear Purple Forget-Me-Knot ribbon in remembrance and to fight for end to work deaths
Families Against Corporate Killers urge everyone who has lost a loved one in work-related incident to add their name and story to the TUC #IWMD21 Wall of Remembrance https://t.co/o9OtESUGI4
And wear Purple Forget-Me-Knot ribbon in remembrance and to fight for end to work deaths pic.twitter.com/nw25lW2a3e— Hazards Campaign #Haz2020 #ViralAction (@hazardscampaign) April 20, 2021
UK: ‘Incredibly moving’ to see the names and photos being added to the TUC’s Workers Memorial Wall
“Incredibly moving seeing the names and photos being added to this memorial page” says Shelly Asquith of TUC. more
Incredibly moving seeing the names and photos being added to this memorial page ?
As we approach Workers’ Memorial Day, we remember every person who lost their lives because of their job.
And we fight to make work safe ✊ #IWMD21Have a look: https://t.co/1rKOs8LQWh
— Shelly Asquith (@ShellyAsquith) April 19, 2021
UK Trade Union Congress – 28 April meeting featuring ITUC general secretary Sharan Burrow, 14:00 UK Time
Join a TUC online meeting for Workers’ Memorial Day, where we will be hearing from trade union voices from around the world, fighting for the health and safety of working people and remembering those who lost their lives to work.
Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uEKzShAsR3SIcNowyzTwEQ
Speakers include:
- Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the ITUC
- Frances O’Grady, General Secretary of the TUC
- Louise Adamson, Families Against Corporate Killers (FACK) Campaign
- Apsana Begum, MP
https://www.tuc.org.uk/events/tuc-international-wmd-call
UK: #IWMD21 Workers’ Memorial Day, a timeline – TUC
#IWMD21 Workers’ Memorial Day: a timeline | TUC https://t.co/4h86kGeAqk
— Ian Watkinson (@Ian_Watkinson1) April 17, 2021
Global: Ideas to mark Workers’ Memorial Day – UK TUC
There are loads of ways to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day #IWMD21 on 28 April, whether online or in-person. Just a few ideas here: https://t.co/XjMAp5bhsE
The union health & safety agenda saves lives. We remember the dead, and fight like hell for the living ✊
— Shelly Asquith (@ShellyAsquith) April 14, 2021
UK: Coronavirus – Remembering all the workers who’ve died after exposure to Covid-19 at work | TUC
28 Apr 2020
Today is International Workers’ Memorial Day, when trade unions around the world remember workers who lost their lives and commit to keep the living safe.
This is the story of Peter, Mary, Cheryl, Zeeshan and Emeka – five UK workers who were taken by Covid-19.
Today is International Workers’ Memorial Day, when trade unions around the world remember workers who lost their lives and commit to keep the living safe.
This year we especially remember the frontline workers who lost their lives to Covid-19 while looking after our loved ones and keeping our country running.
We will be forever in debt to the workers who have died during this pandemic – our nurses, doctors, care staff and other essential workers.
Remember the dead, fight for the living.
UK: TUC action call for 28 April
Video message for 28 April from Shelly Asquith – TUC Health, Safety and Wellbeing Policy Officer
UK: Preparing for the return to work outside the home – TUC
Preparing for the return to work outside the home
Summary of recommendations
This TUC report, Preparing for the return to work outside the home: a trade union approach, sets out what we believe the government must do now to ensure a safe transition from lockdown, looking at how to safely return to work outside the home, the enforcement measures needed to protect workers, and how best to protect workers’ livelihoods.
- The government must ensure that workers’ mental health and wellbeing is prioritised alongside physical safety.
- The government must run a public information campaign to ensure working people can be confident that health and safety at work is a priority as they return to work.
- Every employer must carry out a specific Covid-19 risk assessment.
- Personal protective equipment (PPE) must be provided where necessary, and no-one should be asked to re-use PPE inappropriately.
- Government must provide specific advice and protection for those groups most at risk.
- The EHRC must ensure that the return to work strategy seeks to prevent this disproportionate impact and complies with the public sector equality duty.
- Unions should be consulted when the government prepares sector-specific guidance, and when employers seek to implement it.
- The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) must act quickly to sanction employers that do not risk-assess for Covid-19 or fail to provide safe working arrangements.
- The HSE must run a public information campaign to ensure workers know their rights.
- No worker should face a sanction for refusing to work in an unsafe workplace.
- Government must ensure the job retention scheme continues to protect jobs.
- Those who lose their jobs must be protected by a strengthened safety net.
- We need decent sick pay for all
- Government must ban zero-hours contracts, tackle false self-employment, and guarantee all workers day-one employment rights.
UK: Organising through the coronavirus crisis – TUC
Here are the UK national union confederation TUC’s top organising tips. The TUC says “whether it’s saving workers’ jobs or protecting their health and safety, it’s essential we organise. Social distancing measures just mean we need to do it a little differently.”
Read the full article here.