Tag Archives: 28 april

Germany: DGB – Bundesvorstand | Workers’ Memorial Day

Jedes Jahr am 28. April gedenken wir den verstorbenen und beruflich veranlasst verletzten und erkrankten Arbeitnehmerinnen und Arbeitnehmern.Durch Arbeitsunfälle und Folgen von Berufskrankheiten werden mehr Menschen getötet und verletzt als in Kriegen. Die Zahlen sprechen eine deutliche Sprache.

Allein in Deutschland sterben drei bis vier Menschen täglich auf der Arbeit, auf dem Weg dorthin oder an unfallbedingten bzw. berufskrankheitsbedingten Spätfo…lgen. Täglich ereignen sich hierzulande tausende Arbeitsunfälle. Glücklicher Weise ist die Zahl der Arbeitsunfälle in Deutschland zuletzt zurückgegangen. Aber dafür nimmt die Zahl der Berufskrankheiten zu.

Es ist wichtig, sich als Arbeitnehmer im Berufsleben vor diesen Gefahren zu schützen oder geschützt zu werden! Eine besonders hohe Gefahr für Arbeitsunfälle und Berufs-erkrankungen besteht in Deutschland u. a. für Leiharbeiter. Das Risiko für Leiharbeiterinnen und Leiharbeiter, einem Arbeitsunfall zum Opfer zu fallen, ist drei Mal so hoch wie das für Stammbelegschaften, bedingt durch hohe Fluktuationen und psychische Belastung. An all diese Missstände erinnert der Workers Memorial Day.

Logo Workers Memorial Day 2019DGB/IG BAU

Bereits 1984 rief erstmals die kanadische Gewerkschaft für Angestellte im öffentlichen Dienst dazu auf, der im Arbeitsleben verstorbenen Kolleginnen und Kollegen zu gedenken. Seither wird dieser Gedenktag am 28. April in vielen Ländern weltweit begangen, in immer mehr Ländern ist er ein offizieller Gedenktag.

Seit dem Jahr 2011 rufen der DGB und die IG Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt jeweils am 28. April dazu auf, der Kolleginnen und Kollegen zu gedenken, die im Rahmen ihrer beruflichen Tätigkeit durch Unfall oder Berufskrankheit ihr Leben lassen mussten.

Wir laden jeden ein, diesen Gedenktag mit uns auf unserer zentralen Gedenkveranstaltung in der Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtnis-Kirche in Berlin zu begehen. Wir rufen dazu auf, der verstorbenen Kolleginnen und Kollegen auch bundesweit in Betrieben, auf Baustellen und in Objekten zu gedenken.

Nicht nur das Gedenken an die Verstorbenen ist uns wichtig. Wir kämpfen auch für die Gesunderhaltung der heute Beschäftigten.

Website des DGB


Der Einladungsflyer zum Download:

Australia: ACTU – 28 April activities state-by-state

ACTU logoThe Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has published the following list of International Workers’ Memorial Day events:

New South Wales

Unions NSW International Workers’ Memorial Day event
28 April 2019
Reflection Park Little Pier Street (off Harbour St), Darling Harbour, Sydney
12pm

Victoria

VTHC International Workers’ Memorial Day event
29 April 2019
Victorian Trades Hall (Lygon St Entrance), Melbourne
10.30am – 11.15am
Including a minute’s silence at 11am and an opportunity to lay wreaths.

Northern Territory

Unions NT International Workers’ Memorial Day event
29 April 2019
Rain Tree Park at Smith St Mall, Darwin
Time TBC.
Unions NT Secretary Joel Bowden will MC the event – there will be a eulogy, guest speaker and will finish with the workers’ prayer.

Western Australia

Unions WA International Workers’ Memorial Day event
29 April 2019
Solidarity Park, West Perth
10am – more details

Queensland

QCU International Workers’ Memorial Day event
29 April 2019
Queen of Apostles Catholic Church, 70 Appleby Rd, Stafford
10.30am

Tasmania

Also see 27 and 28 April events listing for Tasmania.

https://www.actu.org.au/ohs/events

Belgium: ACV-CSC activities for 28 April will call for improvements to safety law

Trade Union Federation ACV-CSC has sent the following announcement of their planned  activities for 28 April: 

Our national action at the ACV-CSC is divided into 2 parts:

  1. Monday 29 April 9.30 am, Place Horta in Brussels (close to the Ministry of Employment) : an awareness campaign via a symbolic action. 150 ACV-CSC members will lie on beds. They will be dressed all in white, with a white mask. This action symbolizes the number of deaths due to accidents at work each year in Belgium. The action will last one hour. We had done a similar action in 2013 (image below).
  2. Political action : we contact the members of Parliament who are members of the Social Affairs Committee to have their signature on a declaration of commitment. Our purpose is to obtain their support for an amendment to the legislation to provide workplace accident victims with an immediate copy of the workplace accident report (written by the employer). We believe that such an amendment to the legislation will make it possible to limit the refusal of insurers to recognize work accidents, because the worker could immediately report a failure or error in the workplace accident report. With the commitments of as many members of the Parliament as possible, our demand should be heard.

ACV-CSC has also published informative documentation for its members but also for workers across the country (see attachments… in French and Dutch)

ACV-CSC will also conduct several regional actions (for example on 26 April in Liège a workshop around Health and Safety at work).

Tasmania: Events in Hobart and Launceston to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day

Every year, unions hold a day of remembrance for workers who have died, been injured, or become ill because of their job.

We gather to mourn the deaths, injuries and illnesses that have occurred and vow to do everything we can to prevent any more.

This year the Hobart service will be held at Parliament Lawns, 11:00-11:30am on Saturday 27 April 2019.

The Launceston event will be held at the Workers’ Memorial Park in Elizabeth Gardens, 10.00am on Sunday 28 April 2019.

Hobart International Workers’ Memorial Day 2019 Facebook event here.

Hobart International Workers’ Memorial Day flyer.pdf

Launceston International Workers’ Memorial Day 2019 Facebook event here.

Launceston International Workers’ Memorial Day flyer.pdf

https://www.unionstas.com.au/news/latest-news/international-workers-memorial-day-hobart-27-april-2019/

New Zealand: Rail and Maritime Transport Union 28 April poster promotes action nationwide

The 28 April 2019 poster shown below has been circulated to all RMTU branches in New Zealand. You can download it here.

Global: Worldwide support for International Workers’ Memorial Day on 28 April 2019!

With four days to go to International Workers’ Memorial Day on 28 April 2019, unions and safety campaigns in over 50 countries have already had their activities and resources added to the ITUC 28 April website and featured on the global events map.

If events are taking place in your country, make sure we know about them! We particularly want to hear from national union centres and national unions and campaigns.

 

28 April resources

Other tools

Find out more

 

ITUC 28 April website, facebook page and twitter hashtag #iwmd19.

 

Global: ILO activities on 28 April

The International Labour Organisation marks International Workers’ Memorial day on 28 April with its World Day for Health at Work.
New safety and health issues emerge as work changes – report.

Journée mondiale de la sécurité et de la santé au travail: Sécurité, santé et avenir du travail – OIT, 28 avril 2019.
De nouveaux problèmes de sécurité et de santé émergent avec les changements au travail – rapport.

Día Mundial de la Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo: Seguridad y Salud y el Futuro del Trabajo – OIT, 28 de abril de 2019.
Surgen nuevos problemas de seguridad y salud a medida que el trabajo cambia – informe.

USA: National COSH – Worker Memorial Week, 2019 Fatality List Resources

Thank you to the worker health and safety activist community for all the work going on around the world to remember those who were injured, made ill or killed on the job. This annual activity fuels our work to fight for more prevention programs to stop the daily physical and emotional toll that work has on so many workers.

Below are some links to specific information about workplace fatalities that may be helpful as we try to highlight specific recent fatality cases.

Other resources are available on the COSH Website and AFL-CIO’s toolkit

If you have additional information on fatality cases that should be included in the COSH Fatality Database, please let us know. peter@nationalcosh.org

Peter Dooley,MS,CIH, CSP
Senior Project Coordinator, National COSH
3360 E 25th ST
Tucson AZ 85713
734-320-5160 [c]

USA: AFL-CIO 28 April toolkit

Safe Jobs, Every Worker's RightIf you’re planning last minute remarks, events or publications for Workers’ Memorial Day, don’t forget about the AFL-CIO’s toolkit.

It includes many tools for you to use:

  • fliers on Workers’ Memorial Day and workplace violence (English and Spanish)
  • sample talking points for your workers’ memorial day events
  • statistics and other information on job injuries, illnesses and deaths, nationally and state by state
  • Trump administration’s record on worker safety and health
  • sample press advisories and op-eds (English and Spanish)
  • sample events — large or small
  • other resources

This year, AFL-CIO is  pushing Congress to cosponsor the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act (HR 1309, S 851), especially in the House. So please urge individuals and organisations to support these bills.

Global/Croatia: BWI 28 April poster – Unions make work safer! [CROATIAN]

BWI has published an International Workers’ Memorial Day poster in multiple languages, including Croatian. [here]