{"id":4675,"date":"2021-04-26T17:23:20","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T17:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=4675"},"modified":"2021-04-26T17:23:20","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T17:23:20","slug":"uk-global-unity-in-solidarity-to-mark-international-workers-memorial-day-iwmd21-neu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=4675","title":{"rendered":"UK: Global unity in solidarity to mark International Workers\u2019 Memorial Day (#IWMD21) – NEU"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On 28 April each year, the trade union movement around the globe unites in solidarity to mark International Workers\u2019 Memorial Day (#IWMD21)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n

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We remember those who have lost their lives at work, or because of work, and we resolve to fight to prevent more deaths, injuries and disease as a result of work.<\/p>\n

This year the theme for the day is A Fundamental Right to Safe and Healthy Work. The call to Remember the Dead and Fight for the Living has never been so relevant and urgent. Over the past year thousands of workers, including in education, have died from Covid-19 and we will never know the true number because many weren\u2019t tested, hospitalised or recorded and reported as work related infections and deaths.<\/p>\n

NEU is holding a national zoom rally International Workers\u2019 Memorial Day – Health and Safety: a fundamental right in education – 5.30pm – 6.30pm, Wednesday 28 April,<\/p>\n

Speakers include Kevin Courtney \u2013 Joint General Secretary, NEU; Deepti Gurdasani \u2013 Senior Lecturer in Clinical Epidemiology, Queen Mary University; and Janet Newsham \u2013 Hazards Campaign.<\/p>\n

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How else can we mark the day?<\/h3>\n