ICTU General Secretary Owen Reidy will be joined by Conor O’Brien CEO of the Health & Safety Authority and Minister Neale Richmond TD who will lay a wreath on behalf of the State to remember those workers we have lost.
Please join us to mark this important occasion:
Date: Monday 29th April 2024
Venue: Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square, Dublin 1
Time: Gather from 09.20, event starts at 09.30-10.30
Hungarian Trade Union Confederation MASZSZ has published details of an International Workers’ Memorial Day action taking place on 29 April. Further details below:
MASZSZ actions – April 28
1st Workers’ Health and Safety Symposium – afternoon April 29.
On the occasion of the Workers Memorial Day the Hungarian Trade Union Confederation invites all OSH community members, interested colleagues to be part of the OSH Symposium to discuss
Discussants are: chair of employers’ group of the tripartite National OSH Committee / vice president of the Chemical Workers Union / OSH experts of several confederations.
We aim at open, forward-looking exchange of opinions how to revive a meaningful and full social dialogue for improving the OSH situation and assess the manifold challenges ahead of trade unions, workers’ representation, safety reps. We can not let the continuation of weakening the OSH regulations and the increasing of workers’ exposure to unhealthy, unsafe working conditions.
Commemorative act at the Memorial of those died and injured in work accident – evening April 29.
Wreath laying, candle lighting, addresses by OSH tripartite representatives
TUC says “We know the risks of Raac, asbestos, poor fire safety and ventilation can be a dangerous mix. Too many of our workplaces are riddled with one or more of these. Successive governments have failed to remove and improve, and too many employers fail to properly control risk.”
So in the week leading up to Workers’ Memorial Day, TUC is taking action asking union safety reps, or reps who are responsible for health and safety as part of their role to carry out a building safety inspection. Between Monday 22 and Sunday 29 April, union safety reps across the country will all inspect together. More than 600 reps have already signed up. More details
Unison – Workers’ Memorial Day video
Światowy Dzień Bezpieczeństwa i Ochrony Zdrowia w Pracy 2024:
BEZPIECZEŃSTWO PRACY A ZMIANY KLIMATYCZNE
Szanowni Państwo,
Uprzejmie informuję, że na stronie https://bit.ly/ciop-safeday-2024 zamieściliśmy informacje dotyczące tematyki i obchodów Światowego Dnia Bezpieczeństwa i Ochrony Zdrowia w Pracy. Są tam: plakat Dnia (do druku), baner internetowy, infografiki, linki do nagrań seminariów oraz szereg materiałów źródłowych – m.in.:
Obciążenia cieplne pracowników w środowisku cieplnym i zimnym (pdf)
Zachęcamy do wykorzystania zgromadzonych materiałów.
Z pozdrawieniami
Dorota Pięta
Ośrodek Promocji i Wdrażania
tel. 22 623 37 22
Centralny Instytut Ochrony Pracy – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
ul. Czerniakowska 16, 00-701 Warszawa
www.ciop.pl
The UK Trades Unions Congress is calling on all union safety reps to take part in the @TUC_Education week of action by signing up to inspect the risks in the building you work in.
More details on the Building safety inspections – week of action
Calling all union safety reps!
How safe is your workplace?
Take part in the @TUC_Education week of action by signing up to inspect the risks in the building you work in. pic.twitter.com/PM5FiFCiSi
— Shelly Asquith (@ShellyAsquith) March 27, 2024
Poland’s Central Institute for Labour Protection (CIOP) – National Research Institute, has announced that on 28 April its activities will focus on the impact of climate change on safety in the work environment. It says heat, extreme weather events, UV radiation or air pollution, increased exposure to hazardous chemicals, as well as diseases transmitted by parasites are some of the challenges we face due to climate change. It notes these factors can have a significant negative impact on our safety and health at work. CIOP is encouraging “actions that will raise awareness of this problem in your work environment and allow you to develop solutions to ensure safe and healthy work in times of changing climate.”
