Indonesia: Serbuk Indonesia lays bare hidden dust crisis [Video]

On the eve of International Workers’ Memorial Day #IWMD2025, Serbuk Indonesia laid bare a hidden crisis through a powerful new video: the harrowing toll of wood dust on workers’ lives. Behind every crafted piece lies a silent, deadly hazard ; one that scars lungs, steals breath, and ends dreams. Through the voices and faces of affected workers, SERBUK reminds us that health is not a privilege but a right, and that no worker should risk life and limb to earn a living. Let this be a call to action: to demand safer workplaces, stronger protections, and dignity for every worker who builds our world, one breath at a time. #StopDeadlyDust

Türkiye: Joint 28 Ppril call for safe and decent working conditions – Türkiye Yol-İş Sendikası, AĞAÇ-İŞ, CIMSE-IS and Türkiye Orman-İş Sendikası

BWI affiliates in Türkiye, Türkiye Yol-İş Sendikası, AĞAÇ-İŞ, CIMSE-IS and Türkiye Orman-İş Sendikası, held a joint meeting to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day #IWMD2025 by calling for safe and decent working conditions for all workers in line with the BWI’s action call.
Unions declared that the field of occupational health and safety in Turkey has been regulated by a separate law since 2012. What has happened since then shows that legal regulations alone have no benefit in preventing occupational accidents.
They stressed the fact that it is trade unions having a great influence on the formation of an OSH culture as workplace accidents are much lower in unionised workplaces compared to other workplaces. Unionised workers avoid unsafe behaviours in the workplace.
Therefore, the union is actually the guarantee of safety. For this reason, they call for the need of removing the obstacles to organisation is also very important in terms of preventing occupational accidents.

Jordan: GWTUC taking action against deadly dust on 28 April

From the heart of Jordan, BWI affiliate GTUCW is taking action! As part of this year’s International Workers’ Memorial Day, they are leading the fight against deadly dust, running the campaign across multiple workplaces to demand safer, healthier conditions for all workers. No more toxic air! Our lives depend on it! #IWMD2025 #StopDeadlyDust

Zimbabwe: Building a strong, safer movement – ZCATWU

In Zimbabwe, the BWI-affiliated ZCATWU is stepping up! Ahead of International Workers’ Memorial Day, they gathered workers for an awareness programme on the dangers of deadly dust, while driving efforts to organise and recruit more members. Together, they are building a stronger, safer movement — because every worker’s life matters! #IWMD2025 #StopDeadlyDust

Ukraine: Profbud – Standing strong for workers’ lives on 28 April

Standing strong for workers’ lives: BWI-affiliated PROFBUD joins this year’s International Workers’ Memorial Day, rallying behind the global campaign to end deadly dust in workplaces. Every worker deserves a safe and healthy job! #IWMD2025 #StopDeadlyDust

Italy: Safe Day – Giornata mondiale sicurezza lavoro: sindacati edili depongono corona all’Inail – FILCA CISL

In occasione della giornata mondiale per la salute e sicurezza sul lavoro, i rappresentanti di Feneal, Filca, Fillea, le categorie che tutelano il settore delle costruzioni di Cgil, Cisl e Uil, si sono recati presso la sede dell’Inail a Piazzale Pastore, per deporre una corona di fiori davanti al monumento in memoria degli operai che persero la vita durante lo scavo del traforo di San Gottardo. Prima della deposizione i rappresentanti hanno avuto un incontro con il direttore generale Marcello Fiori, un momento di confronto per analizzare e valutare le misure per la prevenzione degli infortuni e le malattie professionali e anche riguardanti i nuovi rischi connessi alla rivoluzione digitale e alla riorganizzazione del mondo del lavoro.
“Quello di oggi è un appuntamento di grande importanza – sottolinea Marcello Fiori – che rende omaggio alle vittime sul lavoro e testimonia la imprescindibile necessità di un impegno comune tra le parti sociali e le Istituzioni nell’azione di contrasto alla tragedia degli infortuni sul lavoro e delle malattie professionali. Restano fortissime le parole pronunciate da Papa Francesco in occasione dell’udienza dedicata all’Inail: senza tutele e sicurezza per i lavoratori prevale nella società, la cultura dello “scarto”. Rimettere al centro la persona significa “vedere, avere compassione, farsi vicini, fasciare le ferite, farsi carico” e considerare tutti gli infortunati, persone e non numeri. Missione fondamentale dell’Istituto deve essere quella della prevenzione che richiede un accordo, un impegno corale e il pieno coinvolgimento di tutte le Istituzioni e le parti sociali, come il Presidente della Repubblica ci esorta energicamente a realizzare, per mettere in campo tutti gli strumenti necessari: norme tecniche aggiornate e puntuali, informazione e formazione dei lavoratori e dei responsabili per la sicurezza, incentivi e finanziamenti al sistema delle imprese per innovazione tecnologica e sistemi di gestione per la salute e la sicurezza, un efficace e diffuso sistema di controlli”.
“I numeri – dichiarano i segretari di FenealUil, Filca Cisl e Fillea Cgil– continuano ad essere preoccupanti, con 1.090 vittime nel 2024, 49 in più rispetto al 2023, di cui 156 nelle costruzioni, che si riconferma tra i settori più a rischio. Gli infortuni in più rispetto all’anno precedente sono stati 4.215, e 15.745 le denunce di malattie professionali. Anche oggi c’è stato un incidente mortale sul lavoro nella cava di marmo di Miseglia costato la vita ad un uomo di 59 anni.
In questa giornata così importante le nostre categorie, che combattono ogni giorno per contrastare le irregolarità, tutelare i lavoratori e cambiare la cultura sulla sicurezza sul lavoro, avviano una fase collaborativa con Inail, attraverso un tavolo permanente sulla prevenzione in materia di salute e sicurezza che ci auguriamo porterà alla sottoscrizione di un protocollo operativo, in grado di generare effetti concreti quanto prima”.

 

Germany: Weltweites Gedenken an Arbeitsopfer – DGB Bezirk Sachsen

Heute ist #WorkersMemorialDay. Wir gedenken weltweit der Menschen, die bei der Arbeit erkrankt oder zu Tode gekommen sind. Die Beschäftigten müssen durch hohe Standards beim Arbeits- und Gesundheitsschutz besser geschützt werden! Jeden Tag! #StarkMitUns #IWMD #IWMD25 #IWMD2025
Today is #WorkersMemorialDay. We commemorate people worldwide who have fallen ill or died at work. Employees must be better protected through high standards in occupational health and safety! Every day! #StarkMitUns #IWMD #IWMD25 #IWMD2025

Europe: Workers’ Memorial Day: ‘simplification’ is a threat to health and safety

(28 April, 2025) Today is Workers’ Memorial Day. We commemorate all those workers who have lost their lives at work. On this day, we cannot separate their memories from the legislative challenges facing workers in the European Union.

Workers’ lives are protected by national and European legislation. Health and safety laws are a achievement of the international labour movement – particularly in the EU, where there is a strong legal basis in the European Treaties to protect workers. However, these protections are in danger.

The current European Commission is leading an attack on its own rules and regulations in the name of ‘simplification’ – better known as deregulation – with the stated goal of making Europe more ‘competitive’. Numerous protections introduced to safeguard the environment, public health, working conditions, and other crucial aspects of our lives are now at risk. Prominent voices within the European Commission, including President von der Leyen, argue that these rules undermine Europe’s competitiveness. We are witnessing a dangerous pivot towards dismantling the European social model and all the protections it has developed for workers.

From chemical safety (the REACH Regulation) and data privacy (GDPR) to social and environmental corporate reportingeverything appears up for sacrifice to make businesses more competitive. For EPSU, true competitiveness begins with well-funded, quality public services: schools, hospitals, transport infrastructure, universities, and public administration. Prioritising corporate interests over human dignity must be stopped.

EPSU is proud to have negotiated with the employers European rules to protect healthcare workers from injuries from sharp objects. Equally important EU rules provide firefighters with standards for adequate Personal Protective Equipment and regular health checks and protect waste workers from exposure to hazardous substances, among so many other protections for so many workers.

Workers do not need health and safety regulations to be rolled back in the name of ‘competitiveness’ and ‘simplification’. On the contrary, the changing world of work – from teleworking and digitalisation to artificial intelligence and platform work – demands new protections to face new realities. A new ETUI study reveals that workplace stress is responsible for over 10,000 deaths in Europe each year. More than ever, workers need a dedicated directive addressing psychosocial risks.

EPSU will be at the forefront of the fight against the EU’s deregulation agenda. Workers deserve strong protections fit for the future – not weakened rules designed solely for corporate gain.

Philippines: Photos from EEI Grand Middori Project commemoration

World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2025 – EEI Grand Middori Project

Slovenia: 28. april, mednarodni delavski dan spomina na umrle na delovnem mestu | ZSSS

Od leta 1996 sindikati po vsem svetu na 28. april obeležujejo Mednarodni spominski dan na umrle in poškodovane delavce (International Workers’ Memorial Day – International Commemoration Day for Dead and Injured Workers) z geslom: “Spominjaj se umrlih in bori se za žive!”  Namen je s kampanjami ozaveščanja počastiti spomin na žrtve poškodb pri delu in poklicnih bolezni. 28. aprila se po vsem svetu pregleda statistika umrlih zaradi nezgod pri delu in poklicnih bolezni. ZSSS od leta 2006 dalje na ta dan javnosti posreduje svoja sporočila o stanju varnosti in zdravja pri delu v Sloveniji. Glej spodaj sporočila po letih !

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Izhajajoč iz te tradicije Mednarodna organizacija dela (ILO / MOD) od leta 2003 vsako leto 28. aprila obeležuje Svetovni dan varnosti in zdravja pri delu (World Day for Safety and Health at Work) z namenom, da bi po vsem svetu spodbudila preprečevanje nezgod pri delu in poklicnih bolezni. Gre za kampanjo ozaveščanja, katere namen je usmeriti mednarodno pozornost na nove trende na področju varnosti in zdravja pri delu ter na obseg poškodb pri delu, bolezni in smrtnih žrtev po vsem svetu.

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Remember the dead, fight like hell for the living