{"id":2666,"date":"2019-04-15T14:26:15","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T13:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=2666"},"modified":"2019-04-26T15:42:11","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T14:42:11","slug":"global-global-construction-union-bwi-publishes-briefing-advice-and-multilingual-posters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=2666","title":{"rendered":"Global: Global construction union BWI publishes briefing, advice and multilingual posters"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sunday 28th April is International Workers Memorial Day 2019, and Trade Unions all over the world are\u00a0organising\u00a0rallies and protest marches to reject dangerous working conditions in the building and timber trades.<\/b><\/p>\n

Activities will take place from the Tuesday 23rd of April to Sunday 28th.<\/b><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>We know more than ever about hazards at work and all the measures and laws to prevent occupational deaths, injuries\u00a0and\u00a0ill health; yet, more than one hundred thousand building workers still die each year in entirely preventable \u201caccidents\u201d on site. Meanwhile, two million tons of chrysotile asbestos is being put into the built environment every year \u2013 guaranteeing a deadly legacy for building workers and the public. Workers in our sectors suffer daily exposure to hazardous and cancer-causing chemical products, like pesticides and organic solvents. But they are also exposed to hazardous dust, like asbestos, or silica, and dangerous processes exposing them to diesel or welding fumes.<\/p>\n

Forestry is still notoriously dangerous, despite some improvements in standards on paper, the positive impact is undermined by the reliance of the industry on informal and subcontracting work to boost their profits.<\/p>\n

The cement industry remains highly hazardous and accounts for hundreds of deaths in worksite accidents, and thousands of occupational diseases each year. The heavy use of outsourcing is largely responsible for the lack of coherent management of hazards at work, with almost all fatal accidents occurring among contracted and third-party workers. Precarious work in the sector is costing peoples\u2019 lives.<\/p>\n

The impact of bad working conditions takes its toll on the health of workers in all sectors BWI represent, from cement and brickmaking to wood processing and site\u00a0labouring. The Trade Unions including BWI affiliates are ready, willing and able to help \u2013 but informal employment, subcontracting, union busting, and exploitative\u00a0labour\u00a0practices are undermining our efforts. That is why BWI affiliates are taking to the streets in protest for the week leading up to the 28th of April, International Workers Memorial Day.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0IWMD 2019 Posters are available\u00a0English<\/a>, Spanish<\/a>, Portuguese<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0Russian<\/a>,\u00a0French<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0Swedish<\/a>\u00a0and Arabic.<\/a><\/p>\n

Take action for International Workers Memorial Day!<\/b><\/p>\n

What you can do:<\/b><\/p>\n