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.
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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.
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.
Rwanda Extractive Industry Workers’ Union (REWU) is holding a broad variety of actions to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day that include:
Kenya construction union KUPRIPUPA will work to raise awareness of workplace hazards and their effects to members; plant trees in commemoration of IWMD; and lastly, recruit and organise workers around the importance of understanding, preserving, and pushing for improved occupational health and safety conditions in the workplace.
Zimbabwe BWI affiliate Cement & Lime and Allied Workers Union of Zimbabwe (CLAWUZ) will conduct educational occupational safety and health workplace visits at three workplaces. Representatives from the employers, the union, occupational safety and health committees, and workers are expected to be in attendance.
CLAWUZ webpages https://neccementandlime.co.zw/
National Union of Building, Engineering and General Workers (NUBEGW) will conduct actions at five organised workplaces. Activities include a meeting with an employer, march on an employer’s premises, and awareness campaigns at two other workplaces.
