BWI affiliate KUPRIPUPA visited the Platinum Company Limited. Workers were educated on wood dust at the company and how OHS protocols could be improved to make work places safer and healthier.
Another affiliate, KQMWU, visited the Kenya Builders Kayole Mining. Workers were educated on silica and the dangers thereof as well as the available mechanisms that could be used to avoid and mitigate the effects of silica in the workplace.
BWI affiliate UBCCECAWU joined workers at Tororo Cement Company Limited to sensitisse and educate workers on the possible dangerous impact of dust, weather conditions, and sector -related OHS hazards.
Då var den här igen, den där dagen som vi så gärna skulle vilja slippa. Dagen då vi hedrar alla de som bragts om livet på grund av sitt arbete. 28 april. Inte för att vi inte minns dem alla andra dagar resten av året, men just denna dag hedrar vi dem tillsammans.
2025 ser ut att bli ännu ett mörkt år. Inte enbart på grund av autokraters framfart, utan på grund av att de preventiva arbetsmiljöåtgärder som ska förhindra att människor dör på och av arbetet inte är tillräckliga. Fyra månader in på året så har redan 16 personer omkommit på jobbet. Ingen av oss kan glömma den 4 februari och masskjutningen i Örebro, där 11 personer miste livet, 7 av dem ”in their line of duty”. Förra året samma tid hade 15 personer mist sitt liv på arbetet och sammantaget så dog 44 personer i arbetsrelaterade dödsolyckor. Det är visserligen 19 färre än 2023, men om alla de preventiva åtgärderna fanns på plats skulle risken att dö av sitt arbete minska avsevärt. Då tittar vi enbart på statistiken av arbetsrelaterade dödsolyckor. Skulle vi se till de som dör varje år av en arbetsrelaterad sjukdom skulle siffrorna vara mycket mer omfattande. Varje liv som går till spillo på grund av sitt arbete är trots allt något som hade kunnat förhindrats om det systematiska arbetsmiljöarbetet hade tagit höjd för alla eventuella risker och inte hindrats av okunskap eller av det kortsiktiga vinstintresset går före människors hälsa och säkerhet. More
أكد شاهر سعد الأمين العام لاتحاد نقابات عمال فلسطين، على أهمية ضمان الالتزام بمعايير الصحة والسلامة المهنية في أماكن العمل، ودور الصحة والسلامة المهنية في تحسين المنتج الوطني، مع مواكبة التطورات التكنولوجية.
وقال سعد أن الاتحاد وعبر دائرة السلامة والصحة المهنية اطلقت حملة ” صحتك بتهمنا ” من اجل زيادة وعي ومعرفة العمال بإرشادات وإجراءات السلامة والحصة المهنية الواجب اتباعها داخل مواقع العمل والتي تساهم في الحفاظ على صحتهم وسلامتهم.
وطالب سعد بتفعيل قانون رقم (3) لسنة 2019 بشأن لجان ومشرفي السلامة والصحة المهنية في المنشئات، منوها الى ان الاتحاد أهل 25 مشرف صحة وسلامة من اجل زيارات لاماكن العمل من اجل الحد من المخاطر.
ونوه الى أن الاتحاد يستعد لتوزيع الاف النشرات للصحة المهنية إضافة الى لوحات ارشادية ثابتة في مواقع العمل من اجل تذكير العمال وتوعيتهم.
وقال ان المخاطر الجمة التي نشعر بها حاليا مرتبطة أولا بالمخاطر التي يتعرض لها عمال الضفة الذين يخاطرون بحياتهم من اجل لقمة العيش، وتعرض الكثير منهم للموت او الإصابة اثناء محاولتهم اجتياز الفتحات والجدران الفاصلة، وملاحقة قوات الاحتلال لهم.
وطالب وزارة العمل تشكيل اللجنة الوطنية للسلامة والصحة المهنية من اجل ان يكون هناك متابعة حثيثة لأي مخاطر في بيئة العمل.
وشدد سعد على أهمية تعزيز التوعية بمعايير الصحة والسلامة المهنية والشراكة بين أطراف الإنتاج، خصوصا في موضوع الصحة والسلامة المهنية، لما يسهم من تعزيز المنتج الوطني الفلسطيني، معتبرا أن الصحة والسلامة المهنية من أهم شروط ومعايير العمل اللائق.
ونوه سعد الى ان الاتحاد العام ينشط دوما في تنفيذ ورش عمل، والمشاركة مع اطراف الإنتاج في الزيارات الميدانية إلى مواقع العمل، من أجل الاطلاع على واقع السلامة والصحة المهنية والبيئة الآمنة للعمال ضمن الشراكة الحاضرة بين أطراف الإنتاج، وتعزيز الحوار الاجتماعي واللقاءات الدائمة الهادفة إلى توحيد الجهود من أجل سلامة العمال.
ودعا الأمين العام لاتحاد نقابات عمال فلسطين أصحاب العمل الى توفير معايير السلامة اللازمة لحماية العمال، ونشر ثقافة السلامة المهنية في بيئة العمل. مشدد على أهمية الاهتمام متابعة شروط الصحة والسلامة المهنية في المنشآت والتأكد من مدى تطبيقها على مدار العام، حتى نصل إلى بيئة عمل آمنة وصحية
Shaher Saad, Secretary-General of the Palestine Trade Union Confederation, stressed the importance of ensuring compliance with occupational health and safety standards in the workplace, and the role of occupational health and safety in improving the national product, while keeping pace with technological developments.
Saad said that the union and through the Occupational Safety and Health Department launched the ” campaign on your charges ” in order to increase the awareness and knowledge of workers of safety guidelines and procedures and the professional share to be followed within the work sites that contribute to preserving their health and safety.
Saad called for the activation of Law No. (3) for the year 2019 regarding committees and supervisors of occupational safety and health in establishments, noting that the union is the people of 25 health and safety supervisors for visits to workplaces in order to reduce risks.
He noted that the Federation is preparing to distribute thousands of bulletins for occupational health in addition to fixed guidance boards in the workplace in order to remind and educate workers.
He said that the great risks that we currently feel are related first to the risks faced by bank workers who risk their lives for a living, and many of them were subjected to death or injury while trying to cross the holes and separation walls, and to pursue the occupation forces.
The Ministry of Labor called for the formation of the National Committee for Occupational Safety and Health in order for there to be a vigorous follow-up of any risks in the work environment.
Saad stressed the importance of promoting awareness of occupational health and safety standards and partnership between production parties, especially in the matter of occupational health and safety, as it contributes to strengthening the Palestinian national product, considering that occupational health and safety are among the most important conditions and standards for decent work.
Saad noted that the General Union is always active in implementing workshops, and participating with production parties in field visits to work sites, in order to learn about the reality of occupational safety and health and the safe environment for workers within the present partnership between the parties to production, and to promote social dialogue and permanent meetings aimed at unifying Efforts for worker safety.
The Secretary-General of the Palestine Trade Union Confederation called on employers to provide the necessary safety standards to protect workers, and to spread a culture of occupational safety in the work environment. Stressing the importance of attention, following up the conditions of occupational health and safety in establishments and ensuring the extent of their application throughout the year, until we reach a safe and healthy work environment.
The ITUC is using this year’s International Workers’ Memorial Day, 28 April, to call for urgent action to safeguard workers’ lives and rights in the age of digitalisation and artificial intelligence (AI).
AI is transforming the world of work at unprecedented speed. But behind the promise of innovation lies a darker reality: algorithmic management, constant surveillance, impossible productivity targets, and dangerous working conditions. Technology is being used not to improve working conditions and safety, but to exploit them — putting lives and health at risk.
“Too often artificial intelligence is being deployed not as a tool for progress but as a weapon against workers.”ITUC General Secretary Luc Triangle
“From warehouses to hospitals, delivery bikes to data labs, workers are under pressure like never before. The deployment of new technologies must respect the norms of any other changes in the workplace: workers have a right be consulted and included. This basic, democratic, workplace right will ensure the use of AI is designed with safety, fairness and dignity at is core. Workers and their unions must have a seat at the table for the benefit of all.”
Deployment of new technologies, such as AI, without proper consultation with workers and their unions is already causing serious problems around the world:
The ITUC is calling for:
This 28 April, we remember the dead – and fight for the living. Technology should work for us, not against us.
The new ITUC report, ‘Artificial intelligence and digitalisation: A matter of life and death for workers’, identifies the physical and psychosocial harms at work when these technologies are introduced without consulting workers. Check out the campaign materials.
https://www.ituc-csi.org/International-Workers-Memorial-Day-2025
Con ocasión de la Jornada Internacional de Conmemoración de los Trabajadores Fallecidos y Lesionados, que se celebra el 28 de abril, la CSI ha hecho un llamamiento para que se adopten medidas urgentes destinadas a salvaguardar la vida y los derechos de los trabajadores en la era de la digitalización y la inteligencia artificial (IA).
La IA está transformando el mundo del trabajo a una velocidad sin precedentes. Pero detrás de la promesa de innovación se esconde una realidad más oscura: la gestión algorítmica, la vigilancia constante, unos objetivos de productividad imposibles y unas condiciones de trabajo peligrosas. La tecnología no se está utilizando para mejorar las condiciones de trabajo y la seguridad, sino para explotar a los trabajadores, poniendo en peligro su vida y su salud.
“La inteligencia artificial se suele utilizar no como una herramienta para el progreso, sino como un arma contra los trabajadores.”Luc Triangle, secretario general de la CSI
“Desde almacenes hasta hospitales, pasando por repartidores a domicilio y laboratorios de datos, los trabajadores se están viendo más presionados que nunca. El despliegue de nuevas tecnologías debe respetar las normas de cualquier cambio que se lleve a cabo en el lugar de trabajo: los trabajadores tienen derecho a ser consultados e incluidos en el proceso. Este derecho básico y democrático en el lugar de trabajo garantizará que el uso de la IA se diseñe considerando la seguridad, la justicia y la dignidad como aspectos fundamentales. Los trabajadores y sus sindicatos deben tener voz y voto en beneficio de todos”.
El despliegue de nuevas tecnologías como la IA, sin una consulta adecuada con los trabajadores y sus sindicatos, ya está causando graves problemas en todo el mundo:
La CSI reclama:
Este 28 de abril recordamos a los fallecidos y luchamos por los vivos. La tecnología debe trabajar para nosotros, no contra nosotros.
El nuevo informe de la CSI, “Inteligencia artificial y digitalización: Una cuestión de vida o muerte para los trabajadores” (en inglés), identifica los daños físicos y psicosociales en el trabajo cuando estas tecnologías se introducen sin consultar a los trabajadores. Para descargar los gráficos y obtener mayor información, visiten aquí
À l’occasion de la Journée internationale de commémoration des travailleuses et des travailleurs morts ou blessés au travail, du 28 avril 2025, la CSI réclame des actions urgentes pour préserver la vie et les droits des travailleuses et des travailleurs à l’ère de la numérisation et de l’intelligence artificielle (IA).
L’IA transforme le monde du travail à une vitesse sans précédent. Mais derrière la promesse d’innovation se profile une réalité plus sombre : gestion algorithmique, surveillance constante, objectifs de productivité impossibles et conditions de travail dangereuses. La technologie est utilisée non pour améliorer les conditions de travail et la sécurité au travail, mais pour exploiter les travailleuses et les travailleurs, mettant leur vie et leur santé en danger.
« Trop souvent, l’intelligence artificielle est déployée non comme un instrument du progrès, mais comme une arme contre les travailleurs »le secrétaire général de la CSI, Luc Triangle
« Des entrepôts aux hôpitaux, sur les vélos de livraison ou dans les laboratoires de données, les travailleurs sont plus que jamais sous pression. Le déploiement de nouvelles technologies doit respecter les normes, comme tout autre changement sur le lieu de travail : les travailleuses et les travailleurs ont le droit d’être consultés et de participer. Ce droit fondamental et démocratique sur le lieu de travail garantira que l’utilisation de l’IA soit pensée en accordant une place centrale à la sécurité, à l’équité et à la dignité. Les travailleurs et leurs syndicats doivent avoir un siège à la table dans l’intérêt de tous. »
Le déploiement de nouvelles technologies, comme l’IA, sans consultation adéquate des travailleurs et de leurs syndicats pose déjà de graves problèmes dans le monde :
La CSI réclame :
Ce 28 avril, nous commémorons les morts et nous luttons pour les vivants. La technologie devrait travailler pour nous, et non contre nous.
Le nouveau rapport de la CSI, intitulé « Artificial intelligence and digitalisation : A matter of life and death for workers » (en français), identifie les dommages physiques et psychosociaux au travail qui se produisent lorsque ces technologies sont introduites sans consultation des travailleurs. Voir les matériels de campagne ici.
The ITUC is using this year’s International Workers’ Memorial Day, 28 April, to call for urgent action to safeguard workers’ lives and rights in the age of digitalisation and artificial intelligence (AI).
AI is transforming the world of work at unprecedented speed. But behind the promise of innovation lies a darker reality: algorithmic management, constant surveillance, impossible productivity targets, and dangerous working conditions. Technology is being used not to improve working conditions and safety, but to exploit them — putting lives and health at risk.
“Too often artificial intelligence is being deployed not as a tool for progress but as a weapon against workers.” ITUC General Secretary Luc Triangle
“From warehouses to hospitals, delivery bikes to data labs, workers are under pressure like never before. The deployment of new technologies must respect the norms of any other changes in the workplace: workers have a right be consulted and included. This basic, democratic, workplace right will ensure the use of AI is designed with safety, fairness and dignity at is core. Workers and their unions must have a seat at the table for the benefit of all.”
Deployment of new technologies, such as AI, without proper consultation with workers and their unions is already causing serious problems around the world:
The ITUC is calling for:
This 28 April, we remember the dead – and fight for the living. Technology should work for us, not against us.
The new ITUC report, ‘Artificial intelligence and digitalisation: A matter of life and death for workers’, identifies the physical and psychosocial harms at work when these technologies are introduced without consulting workers. Check out the campaign materials.
IWMD 2025 – English graphicsIWMD 2025
IWMD 2025 – Gráficos en españolIWMD 2025
IWMD 2025 – Graphiques en françaisIWMD 2025
IWMD 2025 – Gráficos em portuguêsIWMD 2025
https://www.ituc-csi.org/International-Workers-Memorial-Day-2025
À l’occasion de la Journée internationale de commémoration des travailleuses et des travailleurs morts ou blessés au travail, du 28 avril 2025, la CSI réclame des actions urgentes pour préserver la vie et les droits des travailleuses et des travailleurs à l’ère de la numérisation et de l’intelligence artificielle (IA).
L’IA transforme le monde du travail à une vitesse sans précédent. Mais derrière la promesse d’innovation se profile une réalité plus sombre : gestion algorithmique, surveillance constante, objectifs de productivité impossibles et conditions de travail dangereuses. La technologie est utilisée non pour améliorer les conditions de travail et la sécurité au travail, mais pour exploiter les travailleuses et les travailleurs, mettant leur vie et leur santé en danger.
« Trop souvent, l’intelligence artificielle est déployée non comme un instrument du progrès, mais comme une arme contre les travailleurs » le secrétaire général de la CSI, Luc Triangle
« Des entrepôts aux hôpitaux, sur les vélos de livraison ou dans les laboratoires de données, les travailleurs sont plus que jamais sous pression. Le déploiement de nouvelles technologies doit respecter les normes, comme tout autre changement sur le lieu de travail : les travailleuses et les travailleurs ont le droit d’être consultés et de participer. Ce droit fondamental et démocratique sur le lieu de travail garantira que l’utilisation de l’IA soit pensée en accordant une place centrale à la sécurité, à l’équité et à la dignité. Les travailleurs et leurs syndicats doivent avoir un siège à la table dans l’intérêt de tous. »
Le déploiement de nouvelles technologies, comme l’IA, sans consultation adéquate des travailleurs et de leurs syndicats pose déjà de graves problèmes dans le monde :
La CSI réclame :
Ce 28 avril, nous commémorons les morts et nous luttons pour les vivants. La technologie devrait travailler pour nous, et non contre nous.
Le nouveau rapport de la CSI, intitulé « Artificial intelligence and digitalisation : A matter of life and death for workers » (en français), identifie les dommages physiques et psychosociaux au travail qui se produisent lorsque ces technologies sont introduites sans consultation des travailleurs. Voir les matériels de campagne ici.
IWMD 2025 – English graphicsIWMD 2025
IWMD 2025 – Gráficos en españolIWMD 2025
IWMD 2025 – Graphiques en françaisIWMD 2025
IWMD 2025 – Gráficos em portuguêsIWMD 2025
Congress, along with the Government, the Health and Safety Authority (HSA), Ibec, and the CIF will collectively mark Workers’ Memorial Day on Monday April 28 at the national and annual commemorative event to remember people who died, were injured, made ill and bereaved through work-related accidents.
Together, we are inviting you to join us at 09.30 AM on Monday 28 April to support this national day of commemoration. We are also asking your union to mark the day by considering a range of suggested initiatives, see below.
Congress General Secretary Owen Reidy will be joined by Conor O’Brien CEO of the Health & Safety Authority and a Government representative to lay a wreath on behalf of the State to remember those workers we have lost.
Please join us to mark this important occasion:
Date: Monday 28 April 2025
Venue: Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square, Dublin 1
Time: Gather from 09.20, event starts at 0.930-10.30
In Ireland in the ten-year period between 2015 and 2024, 446 people died in work-related incidents and many thousands more were severely injured or made ill.
In 2024 alone, 33 people died in work-related incidents.
These are unacceptable figures which can be reduced through a combined and intensified effort by all concerned. By working together and promoting the practice of safety and health in workplaces throughout Ireland we will achieve a significant drop in these dreadful numbers. We all have a responsibility to make sure that happens.
We would warmly welcome your attendance at this commemorative event. Please mark this date now in your calendar and RSVP to Natalie.higgins@ictu.ie.
Consider marking the day by:
