Namibian youth and women from MANWU demanded free PPE and mental health services for workers as part of this year’s commemoration of International Workers’ Memorial Day. #MakeItHappen #iwmd23
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Moldova: 28 aprilie – Ziuă mondială pentru securitate şi sănătate în muncă
De Ziua mondială pentru securitate şi sănătate în muncă, marcată anual în întreaga lume la data de 28 aprilie, Confederația Națională a Sindicatelor din Moldova, în cooperare cu Platforma Națională a Forumului Societății Civile din Parteneriatul Estic, organizează în incinta Institutului Muncii (mun. Chișinău, str. Zimbrului 10) masa rotundă cu genericul „Munca în condiții sigure și sănătoase – un drept fundamental al salariaților la locul de muncă”.
La eveniment participă conducerea CNSM, lideri ai centrelor sindicale național-ramurale, fiind invitați reprezentanți ai Parlamentului și Guvernului Republicii Moldova, Confederației Naționale a Patronatului din Republica Moldova, Organizației Internaționale a Muncii.
Obiectivul acestui eveniment este de a promova prevenirea accidentelor și a bolilor profesionale, sensibilizarea și focalizarea atenției partenerilor sociali, responsabililor de domeniul securității și sănătății în muncă (SSM), asupra tendințelor din domeniul SSM, precum şi atenționării asupra situației în domeniul dat la nivel național.
Tematicile care vor fi abordate în cadrul panelurilor de discuții cuprind următoarele: asigurarea securității și sănătății în muncă – un drept primordial pentru salariați; controlul și prevenirea în domeniul SSM – un element esențial pentru a asigura un mediu de muncă adecvat; rolul organizației sindicale primare în asigurarea drepturilor salariaților în domeniul SSM.
Evenimentul va fi transmis live pe pagina de Facebook a CNSM.
Data de 28 aprilie la nivel internaţional este o zi dedicată comemorării celor care şi-au pierdut viaţa în urma accidentelor de muncă şi bolilor profesionale, de asemenea este o zi dedicată promovării securităţii şi sănătăţii în muncă.
Din 2010, la iniţiativa mișcării sindicale, şi în Republica Moldova ziua de 28 aprilie este oficial recunoscută ca „Ziuă mondială pentru securitate şi sănătate în muncă”.
US Department of Labor to honor workers whose jobs claimed their lives
US Department of Labor to honor workers whose jobs claimed their lives, recommit to protecting workers as nation marks Workers Memorial Day
OSHA, MSHA administrators, AFL-CIO president to join national ceremony in Washington
WASHINGTON – On April 28, 1970, the nation first observed Workers Memorial Day at a time when an estimated 38 people died on the job in the U.S. each day. More than a half century later, this annual tribute endures as do the determined efforts of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Mine Safety and Health Administration to help protect the lives of our nation’s workers.
Today, work-related injuries claim the lives of approximately 14 people each day in the U.S., that’s one life lost every 101 minutes. There were 5,190 such deaths in 2021. Workers Memorial Day pays tribute to these people, and all the fallen workers before them, and the survivors who remain to grieve and carry on.
In 2023, families, friends, coworkers, and others will gather on Friday, April 28 at events across the nation to honor people who died at work.
“On Workers Memorial Day, as we remember the people whose jobs claimed their lives, we must recognize that behind these numbers, there are people who mourn each loss. For them, these statistics are loved ones: they’re parents, children, siblings, relatives, friends, or co-workers,” said Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Doug Parker. “On this day of remembrance, we should reflect on what might have prevented their loss and recommit ourselves to doing all we can — and all that can be done — to safeguard workers and to fulfill our moral obligation and duty as a nation to protect America’s workers.”
Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Doug Parker and Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health Christopher Williamson will host a national Workers Memorial Day ceremony online broadcast from the department’s Washington headquarters on April 27 at 1 p.m. EDT. They will be joined by AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler and United Support & Memorial for Workplace Fatalities Vice President Wanda Engracia, whose husband, Pablo Morillo was one of three workers killed in a 2005 industrial explosion in New Jersey.
“On Workers Memorial Day, we come together to remember those workers we have lost, including those who suffered toxic exposures at work that led to fatal illnesses which were entirely preventable,” Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health Chris Williamson. “Repeated and prolonged exposures to unsafe levels of coal dust, silica and diesel exhaust can slowly strip a miner of their livelihood and dignity, and eventually their life. We must honor their loss by doing all we can to protect the health and safety of our nation’s miners.”
Throughout the U.S., OSHA and MSHA representatives will take part in local Workers Memorial Day events. They will join families, workers, labor unions, advocates, and others to remember the lives lost and raise awareness of workplace safety to help prevent future tragedies. Find a local Workers Memorial Day event.
View the online Workers Memorial Day event from Washington on April 27.
Croatia: Make it happen on 28 April!
“Make it happen!”
This was the cry of Croatia’s Construction Workers’ Trade Union as it joins BWI in calling all employers and governments to fully implement and recognise the right of workers to healthy and safe workplaces. #MakeItHappen #iwmd23
Philippines: Remembrance and Resistance: A Workers’ Memorial Day Solidarity Event and Open Mic Night
Remembrance and Resistance: A Workers’ Memorial Day Solidarity Event and Open Mic Night
An evening of performances and solidarity to commemorate the lives of workers who died due to work and call for justice and action for workers’ health, safety, and rights. This event also aims to strengthen our resolve to take part and mobilize our ranks on May 1, International Workers’ Day.
The solidarity night will start off with its annual candle lighting activity to remember all the workers around the world who died due to work-related accidents and diseases. The program will highlight the different forms of cultural art and performance such as poetry reading, one-act play, short films and documentaries that express the long-standing calls of our workers.
Solidarity messages and performances will be shared by Tambisan sa Sining, Justice for Kentex Workers, Makabayan at Makataong Sining Obrero (MASO), Gabriela She Lang and leaders from local unions and federations. Mayday Multimedia and NSTP students from the UP Manila Political Science Program will also screen short videos and films on the labor rights situation in the country.
We invite you to join and share your works and talents as we creatively express our solidarity and resistance through the Open Mic event that will take place after the program. Open Mic will begin at around 8:30 PM onwards.
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This solidarity event is presented by Institute for Occupational Health and Safety Development, Mayday Multimedia, and Human Rights and People Empowerment Center, with the help of UP Manila PolSci Program NSTP students, NAFLU KMU, Tambisan sa Sining, Balai Obrero Foundation Inc., Makabayan, Makatao Sining Obrero (MASO), Justice for Kentex Workers Alliance, and support of DAKILA, and Active Vista.
Macedonia: Seminar za megjunarodni standardi za rabota za sindikatite od Zapaden Balkan vo organizacija na ILO
Seminar za megjunarodni standardi za rabota za sindikatite od Zapaden Balkan vo organizacija na ILO
Global: BWI issues a global call to action for 28 April
International Workers’ Memorial Day is annually observed on April 28. This year, BWI will highlight ways to put the right to safe and healthy workplaces into practice through the theme “MAKE IT HAPPEN.” This is an effort to celebrate and raise awareness on occupational safety and health (OSH) as a fundamental worker right.
Trade unions worldwide will carry out joint activities with employers and/or organise rallies to promote the implementation of OSH as a basic worker right. Activities will take place the whole week covering 24-30 April. #MakeItHappen #iwmd23
For more info, go here. 
Australia: VTHC – A history of 28 April
Workers Memorial day 28th April. History of the day here
Moldova: National Federation of Trade Unions of Moldova seminar on work safety and compensation
The National Federation of Trade Unions of Moldova organized the seminar “Evaluation of working conditions and establishment of compensation spheres for work performed in adverse conditions in Glodeni on Thursday, April 27, in Glodeni. The role of union representatives in avoiding work accidents.
The activity was attended by Galina Graur, the CNSM representative in the Glodeni district, Ion Cojocari, the President of the Glodeni District, Alexandru Pascari, the Chief Labor Inspectorate of the Unions.
The participants emphasized the importance of intensifying the collaboration between social partners at the local level in the field of prevention of occupational accidents.
UK: Unions make work safe
Every year more people are killed at work than in wars.
Most don’t die of mystery ailments, or in tragic “accidents”. They die because an employer decided their safety just wasn’t that important a priority.
International Workers Memorial Day (IWMD) 28 April commemorates those workers.
It’s a time for us to come together as a movement and as a community. To remember those who have lost their lives to work, and renew our commitment to fight for the living and make work safe.
We’re getting in touch because there’s an event happening in your area. Click on the map to find it and don’t forget to RSVP!
Workplace deaths are preventable deaths. Trade unions will continue to fight for a future where no worker must risk their health or life while doing their job.
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown beyond doubt that working people suffer at the hands of unscrupulous employers.
We must remember those we have lost and organise for safer, healthier work in their memory.
Can’t make it to an event?
- Share the event map with your friends, family and colleagues.
- Take a look at the resources on the TUC website.
- Find out what your union is doing to commemorate International Workers Memorial Day.