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UK: FACK Statement International Workers’ Memorial Day 28 April 2021

Families Against Corporate Killers (FACK) Statement

International Workers’ Memorial Day 28 April 2021

  • It is fundamentally wrong that a wife should need to write heartbreakingly about her 6th year on the grief rollercoaster, missing her beautiful angel husband so much with every passing hour of her life.
  • It is fundamentally wrong that a mum should be marking the 18th year since her 17-year-old son was taken from her, the pain she feels, never healing, instead festering like an open wound.
  • It is fundamentally wrong that a daughter should wish her dad a happy 56th birthday, while lamenting that he will be forever 37.
  • And it is fundamentally wrong that a fiancée should go from choosing wedding cars to instead sitting in
    a funeral cortège.

We FACKers are therefore at a loss to understand why we are even having to seek to convince the International Labour Organisation that health and safety should be recognised as a fundamental right at work…!?

Because of course it should!

Read the full statement here

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Scotland: International Workers Memorial Day 28th April 2021: Fighting for the right to health and safety for all Scottish Workers

On International Workers’ Memorial Day, the STUC and Scottish Hazards will remind Governments, health and safety enforcement bodies and employers that health and safety is a fundamental right that every worker should be able to enjoy and expect. The two organisations have also written to Scotland’s local authorities and other public bodies to ask that public building and landmarks be lit purple on the 28th April to commemorate all those who have lost their lives as a result of work and remind us of the importance of healthier, safer and fairer work for all.

A minutes silence will be held at 11am to remember those who have lost their lives at work through COVID infection and other workplace accidents and disease.

Roz Foyer, STUC General Secretary said:

In the depths of current crisis, we must pay tribute to all the workers who have lost their lives through COVID infection but also to remember that workplace death, injury and disease is a day and daily occurrence.   We must use the period ahead to make workplaces safer, to strengthen workers voice and collective power and to bring employer and government to account.”

Scott Donohoe, Chair of Scottish Hazards said

“COVID-19 is not only a considerable health and safety risk it has exposed an occupational health and safety crisis that cannot, and should not, be allowed to be forgotten as restriction are eased and workplaces begin to reopen. This is not a return to normality it is a return to workplaces that have to be COVID secure and where the fundamental right for workers to be kept safe at work is respected.

“Since 2010 sustained ideological attacks on our health and safety regulations and our enforcement bodies have left them ill equipped to proactively enforce our fundamental rights and that is why Scottish Hazards is using Workers’ Memorial Day to call for health and safety and laws and enforcement to be devolved to Scotland and plans put in place to create a Scottish Occupational Health and Safety Agency”.

STUC/Scottish Hazards event 10.45am – 11.45am

Details of the buildings to be lit purple to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day on Wednesday

Aberdeen Council HQ, Marischal College, Aberdeen City Council

St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh, Scottish Government

Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, Scottish Government

Perth Bridge, Perth and Kinross Council

Edinburgh Castle, Historic Environment Scotland

Bascule Bridge, Renfrewshire Council

Renfrew Town Hall, Renfrewshire Council

Johnstone Band Stand, Renfrewshire Council

Lerwick Town Hall, Shetland Isalnds Council

SSE Hydro, SEC Glasgow, Glasgow City Council

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Europe: Meeting of the health and safety network for the trade union centres of in SEE and NIS nations

Встреча сети по охране труда для стран ННГ и ЮВЕ

В преддверии 28 апреля, Международного дня памяти трудящихся, погибших или получивших травмы на рабочих местах, ВЕРС провел встречу сети по охране труда для профцентров стран ЮВЕ и ННГ.

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Тон встрече задал Заместитель Генерального секретаря МКП, Оуэн Тюдор, рассказав о текущей значимой кампании МКП по продвижению стандартов охраны труда в разряд фундаментальных прав МОТ, призвав интенсифицировать лоббирование этого процесса на национальном уровне в преддверии 28 апреля, а также делиться информацией о действиях и успехах с международным профсоюзным движением.

Берт де Вел из МКП говорил об интеграции охраны труда в контекст справедливого перехода. Также он подчеркнул важность проблемы изменения климата несмотря на кризис с COVID19. Трудящиеся должны иметь голос при принятии решений в этих областях, понимать риски и потенциальное воздействие на их труд и средства существования. Также он рассказал об информационной кампании МКП по обеспечению устойчивости рабочих мест к изменению климата #CEPOW.

Виктор Кемпа, курирующий работу сети от Европейского профсоюзного института, рассказал о работе, которую ведет ЕПИ и ЕКП и ее членские организации по признанию COVID19 профессиональным заболеванием, отметив, что во многих странах это рассматривается как вопрос общественного здоровья, а не как профессиональный риск. Также он отметил для профсоюзов вызов не только признания заболевания профессиональным, но и доказательства того, что риск произошел на рабочем месте.

На круглом столе участники из двух суб-регионов обменялись основными проблемами, которые требуют от профсоюзов и экспертов по охране труда повышенного внимания. Среди них, помимо мер, направленных на снижение заболеваемости и профилактику COVID19, можно выделить: обеспечение реализации норм по охране труда при удаленной, платформенной, дистанционной и других формах занятости, рост которых спровоцировала пандемия, обеспечение мер безопасности на рабочих местах для работников, нанятых по гражданско-правовым контрактам, восстановление мандатов и функционала Инспекций труда.

Ключевыми достижениями профсоюзов в этой области в регионе стали Признание COVID19 профессиональным заболеванием в Хорватии, восстановление Инспекций труда в Грузии и Молдове.

Также представители процентров поделились своими планами на 28 апреля, среди которых как мероприятия национального уровня, так и инициативы сообществ на локальном уровне и непосредственно на рабочих местах.

Встреча состоялась в рамках проекта по укреплению потенциала национальных профцентров Union-to-Union.

Meeting of the health and safety network for NIS and SEE nations

Ahead of April 28, the International Day of Remembrance of Workers Who Died or Injured in the Workplace, PERC held a meeting of the health and safety network for the trade union centres of the countries of South East Europe and New Independent States.

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ITUC

The tone of the meeting was set by the ICP Under-Secretary-General, Owen Tudor, describing the ICP’s ongoing significant campaign to promote labour standards as fundamental rights for the ILO, calling for intensified lobbying at the national level in the run-up to 28 April,and to share information on actions and successes with the international trade union movement.

Bert de Vel of the ICP spoke of integrating health and safety into the context of a fair transition. He also stressed the importance of climate change despite the COVID19 crisis. Workers must have a voice in decision-making in these areas, understand the risks and potential impact on their work and livelihoods. He also spoke about the ICP’s information campaign to ensure the sustainability of jobs to climate change #CEPOW.

Victor Kempa, who oversees the network from the European Trade Union Institute, spoke about the work being done by the EPI and the ECP and its member organizations to recognize COVID19 as a professional disease, noting that in many countries this is seen as a public health issue, not a professional risk. He also noted for trade unions the challenge not only of recognizing the disease as a professional, but also evidence that the risk occurred in the workplace.

At the roundtable, participants from the two sub-regions exchanged the main issues that require increased attention from trade unions and health and safety experts. Among them, in addition to measures aimed at reducing morbidity and prevention of COVID19, there are: ensuring the implementation of health and safety standards in remote, platform, remote and other forms of employment, the growth of which was triggered by the pandemic, the provision of workplace safety measures for workers hired under civil contracts, the restoration of mandates and the functionality of the Labour Inspections.

The key achievements of trade unions in this area in the region were the recognition of COVID19 as a occupational disease in Croatia, the restoration of labor inspections in Georgia and Moldova.

Representatives of the union centers also shared their plans for April 28, including both national-level events and community initiatives at the local level and directly in the workplace.

The meeting took place within the framework of a project to strengthen the capacity of the Union-to-Union national trade centers.

Gibraltar: Ceremony to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day

Unite the Union (Gibraltar Branch) in collaboration with the Gibraltar Cultural Service will be commemorating Workers Memorial Day with a ceremony on the 28th April at the Alameda Gardens commencing at 10.30am.

Europe: On 28 April ETUI says Covid-19 has made safety even more essential

On International Workers’ Memorial Day, #IWMD21 #28April unions worldwide come together to remember those who have been injured or lost their lives to work.

Find out how #Covid19 has made #OSH essential more than ever before ➡️ etui.org/ZJd

الاتحاد العام لنقابات عمال البحرين يشارك في الحملة العالمية لليوم العالمي للصحة والسلامة المهنية :Bahrain

الاتحاد العام لنقابات عمال البحرين يشارك في الحملة العالمية لليوم العالمي للصحة والسلامة المهنية/ اليوم العالمي لذكرى العمال بمشاركة العمال المهاجرين
GFBTU Bahrain #IWMD21
The General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions participates in the global campaign for the International Occupational Health and Safety Day / World Memory Day with the participation of migrant workers
GFBTU Bahrain #IWMD21

Brazil: Aliança global por locais de trabalho seguros e saudáveis – SINDPRESP

SINDPRESP consegue 1 declaração com a empresa Construções Prefabricadas (Prefab).

Costa Rica: Juntos reconocemos la Salud y Seguridad como un derecho fundamental. ¡Adelante!

 

South Africa: Forestry union signs declaration with employers calling on ILO to recognise safety as a fundamental right

South Africa’s CEPPWAWU signed a declaration with seven forestry companies recognising the importance of safe and healthy workplaces, especially in the time of COVID-19. The signatories also called on the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to declare occupational health and safety as a fundamental right of workers. This initiative is part of BWI’s campaign leading to this year’s International Workers’ Memorial Day on 28 April

Spain: Call to recognise OHS as a fundamental right gains momentum in Spain – UGT – CCOO

BWI’s campaign to persuade companies, big or small, to commit to a declaration recognising workplace health and safety is gaining momentum. more