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Norway: Young workers in Norway turn remembrance into action on heat stress and safety

In Norway, young union leaders marked Workers’ Memorial Day at the BWI Global Young Workers Forum in Utøya by combining commemoration with action. Participants held a minute of silence for workers who lost their lives due to unsafe conditions and political violence, including the victims of Utøya, and discussed how to push heat stress protections into collective bargaining. The forum emphasised the growing impact of climate risks and the need to prioritise worker safety, health and dignity in negotiations.

Nepal: Unions focus on heat stress and just transition in Workers’ Memorial Day meetings

In Nepal, BWI affiliated unions CAWUN, ANCWU and CUPPEC are marking Workers’ Memorial Day through meetings addressing occupational safety and health, just transition and the impacts of heat stress on workers. The discussions aim to strengthen coordination and awareness among union members around emerging workplace risks linked to climate change and working conditions.

India: Unions highlight heat stress and just transition in Workers’ Memorial Day discussions

In India, BWI affiliated unions KSCWCU and AIKTMS are marking Workers’ Memorial Day through workplace discussions focused on occupational safety and health, just transition and the growing impact of heat stress on workers. These sessions bring together union participants to strengthen awareness and coordination around key challenges facing workers, particularly in the context of climate change and its effects on working conditions.

Myanmar: BWFM links organising and safety in Workers’ Memorial Day planning meeting

In Myanmar, BWI affiliate BWFM is marking Workers’ Memorial Day through a planning workshop involving core leaders, focused on consolidating and expanding membership. The meeting also addressed the importance of occupational safety and health in the workplace, linking union organising with improved protection for workers.

Philippines: FFW raises heat stress awareness in Philippines radio broadcast for Workers’ Memorial Day

In the Philippines, BWI affiliate unions are marking Workers’ Memorial Day through both media outreach and worker education. FFW raised awareness of heat stress through a national radio discussion on GMA Super Radio. Meanwhile, NUBCW delivered training sessions for construction workers, covering trade union fundamentals, gender awareness, workplace conditions and occupational safety and health. These initiatives aim to strengthen worker understanding, organisation and protection in the face of ongoing workplace risks.

Malaysia: Unions mark Workers’ Memorial Day with migrant worker outreach and organising efforts

In Malaysia, BWI affiliate unions STIEU and TEUPM are marking Workers’ Memorial Day through workplace discussions, campaigns and organising activities. STIEU is engaging migrant workers across several companies, highlighting workplace conditions and the challenges they face, while building awareness and solidarity. TEUPM is combining its annual general meeting with discussions on occupational safety and health and IWMD, reinforcing union structures and strengthening worker representation.

Ukraine: PROFBUD marks Workers’ Memorial Day in Ukraine with safety conference and training sessions

BWI affiliate PROFBUD is observing Workers’ Memorial Day in Ukraine through occupational safety and health (OSH) activities, including a conference for 60 participants and a separate OSH training session for 30 workers. The events focus on strengthening workplace safety awareness and improving prevention of occupational risks.

Lebanon: GFBCTU to conduct workplace visits and awareness campaign

BWI affiliate GFBCTU is carrying out workplace visits in Lebanon as part of a 28 April awareness campaign, meeting at least 60 workers to engage them on key safety issues. The activity will include a smaller direct engagement group of 35 participants who will take part in discussions aimed at strengthening awareness and participation.

Tunisia Psychosocial hazards the focus of FGBB’s 28 April gathering

Tunisian BWI affiliate FGBB is organising a major workplace gathering bringing together around 100 workers, including 36 women, to mark Workers’ Memorial Day. The meeting will focus on the importance of both physical and mental health in the workplace, aiming to raise awareness and encourage discussion among staff about wellbeing and safer working conditions.

Kenya: Heat stress is a key 28 April campaign theme for Kenyan unions

Three BWI affiliated unions in Kenya will be marking Workers’ Memorial Day with workplace-focused health and safety activities.

ETAWU is holding a workplace meeting and campaign aimed at strengthening workers’ representatives on occupational health and safety, with a focus on raising awareness of heat stress and wider work safety and health risks.

KBCTFIEU is conducting a workplace visit and awareness campaign at Zenith Fabricators in Isinya, meeting 50 workers and training 30 representatives who will relay information to around 580 union members and 600 workers.

UBCCECAWU is carrying out workplace awareness at Zhongmei Engineering Company, addressing compliance with core labour standards and emphasising occupational heath and safety and heat stress among over 300 road construction workers.