Tag Archives: Covid 19

Congo: Protégeons les travailleurs contre l’exploitation des employeurs liés au COVID 19

Protégeons les travailleurs contre l’exploitation des employeurs liés au COVID 19 #iwmd20

Global: Workers demand Lafarge Holcim stops exploitative outsourcing – BWI

#iwmd20

Mexico: Tripartite response needed to protect employment during pandemic – CIT

The International Confederation of Workers (CIT) highlighted the need for a tripartite response, comprised of the government, unions and employers, to protect employment during the COVID-19 crisis.

India: Life before profit – young workers’ voices from India

Life before profit – young workers’ voices from India

Qatar: Music to promote workers’ safety – ‘One Qatar, one family, stop Covid 19’

Migrant workers in Qatar promote workers’ health and safety at a time of physical distancing, through music!

BMKQ Women was established  in 2019 in Doha, State of Qatar aiming to raise awareness and prevention of occupational violence and discrimination at work, especially when it involves women.

Iraq: Woodworkers hold a week of activities to mark 28 April and stop Covid 19 – GTUCWW

The General Trade Union of Construction and Wood Workers in Iraq join BWI’s workers’ memorial week campaign. Protect Workers! Stop Covid-19! #BWI2020IWMD #iwmd20
حملة النقابة العامة لعمال وموظفي البناء والأخشاب في العراق

Ireland: Remember the dead and support those who sustain us in a crisis – ICTU

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions will mark 28 April by remembering the dead and fighting for the living.

Tasmania: Every worker deserves a safe workplace, teachers too

As the debate about schools rage, it’s worth noting Tuesday is International Workers’ Memorial Day when we remember workers who didn’t come home.

Danish online action on Workers’ Memorial Day

Danish unions are to run a campaign on facebook and twitter, with the hashtags: #supportthefrontline and #iwmd20.

Safety reps, shop stewards and frontline members will post photos under the same hashtags. The pictures will show measures their workplace is taking to protect them during the corona crisis. Other workers who are not in the coronavirus frontline are being asked to post supportive messages.

Nina Hedegaard Nielsen
Arbejdsmiljøpolitisk konsulent, Organisation og Arbejdsmiljø
Fagbevægelsens Hovedorganisation / www.fho.dk

Tasmania: Unions to commemorate International Workers’ Memorial Day – Tasmanian Unions

Union and community members are being urged to tune in online on 28 April this year as the Covid-19 pandemic prevents face to face commemorative services being held to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day. Read the details here