SINCS-G will be posting on social media, disseminating BWI Campaign materials and pictures with leaders and workers.
SINCS-G will be posting on social media, disseminating BWI Campaign materials and pictures with leaders and workers.
BWI affiliate SUNTIMAVEN will mark 28 April with actions on their social media channels – more to follow
FTCCP will hold a 28 April IWMD conference that will discuss electrical hazards in the building sector, and the effect of climate change on occupational safety.
FTCCP also held a training session from 22 to 24 April. This was the the First National Gathering of OSH union secretaries and was attended by national leaders from all 25 regions of the country.
The objective of the meeting was to train national leaders – as promoters of occupational safety and health – and to obtain the tools to implement action plans in their respective provinces.
NUBCW and BWI will be holding jointly International Workers Memorial Day Celebrations (IWMD) with Philippine Affiliates in Quezon City. Additionally there will be a joint inspection with BWI of the Asian development bank’s Malalos Clark railway project focusing on worker safety with specific focus on heat stress.
In the lead up to 28 April, SINTAICAF, NUBEGW, MANWU visited a Chinese managed road construction site to inspect the workers’ working and living conditions. Concerns were raised with the employers’ representatives (Chinese & HR managers) and details of the BWI’s IWMD ‘Enough is enough’ campaign was shared with attending participants.
Read more: BWI affiliates declare war on workplace hazards, unite for a safer future
Metal and Allied Namibian Workers Union – MANWU will hold a mass commemoration joining with its federation NUNWU to celebrate the lives of those who fought to secure workers’ rights and reflect on the legacy of the last president, Dr. Geingob. Approximately 1,000 people are expected to attend , including 300 women.
To mark 28 April, Building and Wood Workers Trade Union Federation of Cambodia (BWTUC) has plans for a meeting with CLC (Cambodia Labor Confederation) and union alliance in Cambodia. The meeting will comprise discussions on IWMD/May Day and OSH issues for workers in Cambodia. On 28 April, BWTUC also plans social media media updates.
STECOMA is running a 28 April awareness campaign in workplaces. Health and safety training will also be delivered to workplace representatives.
SERBUK is conducting a vast number of activities in coordination with multiple unions and federations including:
In Italy BWI affiliates Cgil and UIL held a national strike on 11 April against deaths at work. The action lasted four hours for all private sectors and eight hours for construction workers. Zero deaths at work, a fair tax reform and a new social business model were the three objectives on which the strike is based.