{"id":2663,"date":"2019-04-15T13:58:30","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T12:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=2663"},"modified":"2019-04-15T13:58:30","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T12:58:30","slug":"uk-retail-workers-union-briefing-and-leaflet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=2663","title":{"rendered":"UK: Retail workers&#8217; union briefing and leaflet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2664\" src=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/usdaw2019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/usdaw2019.jpg 650w, https:\/\/28april.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/usdaw2019-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/>Workers&#8217; Memorial Day is held on 28 April every year, all over the world workers and their representatives conduct events, demonstrations, vigils and<\/strong><strong>\u00a0a whole host of other activities to mark\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><strong>the day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Workers\u2019 Memorial Day is the day when the International Labour Movement remembers those who have been killed or injured in workplace accidents and those who have died from occupational diseases. The event started in North America in 1986 and has been supported by Usdaw since 1995. The Day is now a global event and is officially recognised by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and by the International Trade Union Movement (ITUC).<\/p>\n<p><strong>What can you do for Workers&#8217; Memorial Day?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wear a purple \u2018Forget me knot\u2019 ribbon<\/li>\n<li>Put <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usdaw.org.uk\/Publications\/Posters\/With-no-reference\/Workers-Memorial-Day-(Poster)\">the poster<\/a> up on your workplace noticeboard<\/li>\n<li>Share the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usdaw.org.uk\/Publications\/Health-Safety\/Workers-Memorial-Day\">leaflet<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Keep in\u00a0touch with Workers Memorial day events around the world at <a href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\">28april.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Find out if there are any events in your area &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tuc.org.uk\/wmd\">www.tuc.org.uk\/wmd<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Check out the TUC health and safety manifesto \u2018time for change\u2019 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tuc.org.uk\/healthandsafetymanifesto\">www.tuc.org.uk\/healthandsafetymanifesto<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Dangerous substances \u2013 get them out of the workplace<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more information on Workers&#8217; Memorial Day, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuc.org.uk\/workers-memorial-day-0\">TUC website.<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Workers&#8217; Memorial Day (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usdaw.org.uk\/CMSPages\/GetFile.aspx?guid=ff555de0-b85e-4287-9025-1781219a157a\">Leaflet<\/a>)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usdaw.org.uk\/About-Us\/Events\/Workers-Memorial-Day\">More details<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this post<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2663\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=2663&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-2663\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=2663&amp;share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2663\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=2663&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pocket\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-pocket sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=2663&amp;share=pocket\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pocket\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=2663&amp;share=jetpack-whatsapp\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on WhatsApp\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=2663\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20UK%3A%20Retail%20workers%27%20union%20briefing%20and%20leaflet&body=https%3A%2F%2F28april.org%2F%3Fp%3D2663&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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