SOICSCES will conduct six OSH inspections throughout the week – every morning trade unionists will visiting workplaces to make health and safety inspections . On the 28th a big event will be held in memory of those who died or were injured by work.
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Argentina: Young worker engagement, conferences, meetings and safety campaigns for 28 April
BWI affiliate UOCRA has many activities planned for International Workers’ Memorial Day 2023.
UOCRA will run a campaign on OHS compliance in construction sector disseminating flyers and showing videos defending a “healthy working environment” through UOCRA’s social networks, in memory of the workers who have died at work.
On Tuesday 25th April, a trade union training activity on OSH starts, which lasts 4 days, for young delegates of UOCRA, where the aim is to strengthen the application of the new fundamental right of the ILO related to occupational health, through the detection of risks in different stages of the work and the adaptations that must be implemented to control risks; among other topics.
A safety campaign on compliance in construction sector will be held. Posters will be put up at at construction sites, leaflets handed out, and workers will discuss issues related to improving working conditions.
A seminar with participation from a tripartite panel called “construction table” together with the construction employer sector, the Superintendent of Labour Risks, the IERIC (Institute of statistics and registration of the construction industry) and the UOCRA; where UOCRA will present the activities that they develop in the survey of working conditions, reporting, monitoring and training in OSH.
UOCRA will hold a safety and health conference Alongside CGT’s Secretary for Occupational Health and the Secretary for International Relations, an event with speakers from different sectors will be held at the CGT’s premises to commemorate the IWMD and to continue strengthening trade union actions for the improvement of regulations and joint actions.
Finally a ceremony will be hleld in memory of the workers who died at work – during the Ordinary National Congress of UOCRA
Malaysia: Multiple activities to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day
BWI affiliate TEUPM is planning a safety activity together with MTUC affiliates in MTUC Headquarters. TEUPM will conduct joint training between TEUPM and Evergreen Fibreboard Berhad (Batu Pahat) / as signaoitory to the OHS declaration. Further training will be held training between TEUPM and and another signatory Craft Master Timber Products
Another BWI affiliate, UFES, is planning an online campaign using photos videos and other tools in eight regions.
Global: ILO ‘fundamental’ OHS dialogue on 28 April
A safe and healthy working environment is a fundamental principle and right at work
In June 2022, the International Labour Conference (ILC) decided to include “a safe and healthy working environment” in the ILO’s framework of fundamental principles and rights at work.
On 28 April 2023, the ILO will celebrate this decision, bringing together experts and constituents to discuss the implications it has for the world of work, as well as how to practically implement this right in the world of work. It will also serve to present the findings of research on the implementation status of various provisions of the fundamental Conventions No. 155 and No. 187. Keynote speakers include ITUC deputy general secretary Owen Tudor. Rebecca Reindel, health and safety director with the US national union federation AFL-CIO, is a panellist.
- Live on Friday, 28 April from 13:30 to 15:00 CEST
How can we promote the fundamental right to a safe and healthy working environment?
Join the ILO global dialogue on how to implement a safe and healthy working environment as a fundamental principle and right at work.
To inform 28 April discussions, ILO has also produced a detailed report, Implementing a safe and healthy working environment: Where are we now?
ILO notes: “In the context of the 2023 World Day for Safety and Health at Work celebrating the recognition of a “safe and healthy working environment” as a fundamental principle and right at work, this report provides information on the global implementation status of some of the key provisions contained in the fundamental Conventions Nos 155 and 187.”
The report provides a sobering analysis of the challenges ahead. It found over a fifth (21 per cent) of ILO member states do not as yet have a national tripartite consultative structure on health and safety. Almost a third (32 per cent) do not provide legal protection for workers who remove themselves from serious or imminent dangers at work, a requirement ILO Convention 155.
Lebanon: Mental health at work is the GFBCTU focus for 28 April
BWI affiliated GFBCTU is organising an OHS awareness campaign focusing on Mental Health at work to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day.
India: Multiple union activities are planned to mark 28 April across India
Across India BWI affiliated unions are planning activities to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day including:
RPKNMS and AHBWU will each organise seminars for stone quarry owners who are signatories to the occupational safety and health declaration where they will discuss safety and health measures at their worksites.
CLU Safety and health awareness raising will be held for the construction and stone quarry industries.
TKTMS is planning an occupational health and safety oriented mass meeting and rally – this will be a multi-stakeholder event with the participation of selected employers, Govt. representatives and union members – including participation of the Joint Declaration on occupational health and safety signatory Chennai Civil Engineers Association with whom the
HKMP and UPGMS are each organising awareness raising activities with selected brick kiln owner joint signatories to the joint declaration on occupational health and safety.
AHPWDIPHCWU is organising a rally followed by meeting including participation of selected contractors with whom joint declarations were signed.
BMS Gujarat is organising a joint safety and health awareness raising meeting.
INCWF is running a meeting to raise the issue of occupational health and safety at a cement plant in Karnataka State.
KSCWCU is organising a joint safety and health awareness raising meeting.
CFBWU will be holding a candle lit vigil and promote the awareness of occupational health and safety issues.
MAMU will organise a worker safety meeting involving grass roots workers.
South Korea: BWI General secretary Ambet Yuson will speak at mass rally to mark 28 April
Zimbabwe: Campaigns, site visits and workshops on 28 April
CLAWUZ will run workshops and conduct site visits to promote the implementation of OHS as a fundamental human right.
On 28 April GAPWUZ is conducting a workplace safety inspection on the compliance of employers to PPE use and overall safety in the timber industry.
Australia: Action nationwide on 28 April
ACTU Centre for Health and Safety Update 2023/10
International Workers’ Memorial Day takes place annually around the world on 28 April – it is an international day of remembrance and action for workers killed, disabled, injured or made unwell by their work.
This year, Trades and Labour Councils (TLCs) have returned to holding in-person events.
You can find details of the various TLC events around the country here, and we encourage you to attend.
Australian Council of Trade Unions
Level 4/365 Queen Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000
t (03) 9664-7340
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Uganda: UBCCECAWU plans to raise safety awareness to honour fallen workers
UBCCECAWU – The Uganda Building Workers’ Union plans a safety awareness raising campaign at a China Railway construction site.