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VIDEOS ZUM WORKERS’ MEMORIAL MIT BUNDESVORSTANDSMITGLIED CARSTEN BURCKHARDT UND ARBEITSMINISTER HUBERTUS HEIL Continue reading Germany: The IGBAU 28 April focus is psychological stress in the workplace
La Secretaria de Salud Laboral de UGT, Ana García de la Torre, presenta en rueda de prensa, junto a su homólogo de CCOO, el manifiesto con motivo del Día Mundial de la Seguridad y la Salud en el Trabajo, que se celebra el 28 de abril
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28 April message from the of the global food and farming union IUF’s Asia Pacific region Regional Secretary . Continue reading Asia-Pacific: IUF video message – Remember the dead and fight for the living on International Workers’ Memorial Day
IOSH is encouraging members to support two annual global events
Continue reading Global: One day, two important events for the health and safety profession
Life-Saving COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) Must Be “Rapidly Approved and Rigorously Enforced,” Say Safety Activists
Families and Co-Workers Remember Those Lost on the Job for Workers’ Memorial Week
LOS ANGELES – Gathering at a virtual National Speak Out to observe Workers’ Memorial Week, safety activists said today that a new COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) will save lives and must be “rapidly approved and rigorously enforced.”
Even before the catastrophic spread of COVID-19, 7,600 people died daily because of work-related illness or injury. And during the pandemic, millions of essential workers represented by UNI Global Union and our affiliates—often migrants, women, and people of colour—have risked exposure to this deadly virus to support their communities and their families. Tragically, an untold number have died.
“This International Workers’ Memorial Day, we remember the workers who are no longer with us. We hold their loved ones in our thoughts. We recognize they did not sign up to risk their lives when they worked so bravely to keep our societies running,” said UNI Global Union General Secretary Christy Hoffman. “And we honour them today—and the many others killed or injured from working—by fighting for the living.” Read more here