The Construction and Building Materials Workers Union of TUC ( CBMWU) in Ghana observed this year’s International Workers’ Memorial Day together with workers employed at the Amandi Investments Group Limited based in the country’s Takoradi Western Region.
The union’s General Secretary and Industrial Relations officers took advantage of the commemoration and educated workers on occupational health and safety as a fundamental right of all workers. They also offered a minute silence to all construction workers who died in the performance of their work.
Members of the BWI-affiliated GCMQWU in Ghana displayed campaign posters at the Zhongmei Engineering Group Limited on 24 April to mark in advance this year’s International Workers’ Memorial Day and call on employers and governments to implement OSH as a fundamental worker right. #iwmd23
BWI affiliated unions CBMWU, GCMQWU, PUWU and PSWU are plunge a joint occupational health and safety campaign. The initiative includes workplace visits to raise safety awareness among workers and to promote and evaluate the impact of safety campaigns in construction.
Another BWI affiliate, TWU, is planning similar activities with workplace visits and discussion on drafting workplace policy with activists, workers and inspectors.
Ghanaian affiliate Timber and Woodworkers’ Union (TWU) will hold a #iwmd22 commemoration in Kokuago Brang Ahofo Region, Wiawso, Ghana, distribute materials to workplaces to raise awareness of workers’ safety, and ensure at least three company signatures of the BWI OHS Declaration that work safety be considered a fundamental human right.
TWU will hold a workplace Work place greening and tree plantation ceremony to Commemorate IWMD in Kokuago Brang Ahofo Region, Wiawso, Ghana . TWU will distribute at least 2,000 posters fliers, letters, etc. to workplaces to raise both employer and employee awareness of workers safety.
TWU will also ensure at least three signatures of the BWI OHS Declaration that work safety be considered a fundamental human right.
Construction and Building Material Workers’ union (CBMWU) , General Construction Mining and Quarry Workers Union (GCMQWU), Public Utility Workers’ Union (PUWU) and Public Services Workers’ Union (PSWU) will hold a joint safety inspection.
The inspection will be at company level and will include the signature of the BWI OHS Declaration with employers : “To promote OHS and evaluate the impact of OHS campaigns in the Construction sector and to also sign the BWI declaration that worker safety be a fundamental right for the workers at workplace.”
The General Construction, Manufacturing and Quarries Workers’ Union (GCMQWU) of Ghana has urged employers to adhere to safety measures at the workplace and also provide Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to reduce workplace accidents and deaths. Health and Safety is a fundamental right for all workers. #SaveLivesAtWork#IWMD2021
The General Construction, Manufacturing and Quarries Workers’ Union of Ghana (GCMQWU) and the Zhongmei Group Engineering Company Ltd. on 12 April signed a declaration recognising the importance of occupational health and safety and calling on the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to declare it as a fundamental worker’s right.
The signing of the declaration is part of BWI and the European Federation of Building and Woodworkers’ (EFBWW) global campaign to build an alliance for workers’ health and safety leading to this year’s International Workers’ Memorial Day on 28 April.
The union said that the declaration was the first to be signed by an employer since the launch of the campaign last week. #SaveLivesAtWork#IWMD21
Timber and Woodworkers’ Union (TWU) of Ghana celebrated International Workers’ Memorial Day on 23 April with a workplace campaign at Samartex, a wood company that employs 150 workers. The campaign convinced the employer to hire a full-time Health and Safety officer.
