{"id":8195,"date":"2026-05-08T10:21:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T09:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=8195"},"modified":"2026-05-08T10:21:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T09:21:23","slug":"global-bwi-report-record-breaking-global-mobilisation-pushes-workers-safety-demands-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=8195","title":{"rendered":"Global: BWI report – Record-breaking global mobilisation pushes workers\u2019 safety demands worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Two weeks after International Workers\u2019 Memorial Day (IWMD), workers across the globe continue to send a clear message:\u00a0\u201cRemember the dead, fight for the living.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

This year, BWI affiliates marked IWMD with a\u00a0record-breaking 305 activities organised by 86 affiliates in more than 47 countries<\/strong>, demonstrating the growing strength of the global movement for safer and healthier workplaces.<\/p>\n

Under BWI\u2019s global campaign focus on\u00a0heat stress and extreme weather risks<\/strong>, affiliates organised workplace trainings, rallies, memorial ceremonies, bargaining initiatives, policy discussions, and awareness campaigns that mobilised thousands of workers across every region.<\/p>\n

While the global focus this year was on heat stress and extreme weather risks, affiliates also used IWMD to commemorate victims of occupational accidents and diseases, raise awareness on psychosocial risks and mental health, strengthen occupational safety structures, and push for broader workplace protections.<\/p>\n

The actions below are only some examples of the extraordinary mobilisation carried out by BWI affiliates worldwide.<\/p>\n

Global Action<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the international level, BWI also brought workers\u2019 concerns directly to the\u00a0Meeting of Experts on occupational safety and health in extreme weather events and changing weather patterns<\/strong>\u00a0in Geneva, the tripartite experts at the International Labour Organisation (ILO) reached consensus on a first-ever set of measures to address the impacts of extreme weather on workers and enterprises.<\/p>\n

At the\u00a0BWI Global Young Workers Forum in Ut\u00f8ya, Norway,<\/strong>\u00a0young union leaders marked IWMD with discussions on bringing heat stress and climate risks into collective bargaining and strengthening demands for agreements that protect workers. The Forum also held a minute of silence honouring workers lost due to unsafe work and victims of political violence.<\/p>\n

A major coordinated initiative entered the IFA with the\u00a0Acciona Group<\/strong>, in which IWMD activities took place across\u00a0Spain, the Philippines, Brazil, Chile, Italy, Panama, Peru, the Netherlands, and Mexico<\/strong>. Activities included workplace safety discussions, awareness sessions on working in heat, psychosocial risks and wellbeing, prevention campaigns, and commemorative moments honouring workers who lost their lives.<\/p>\n

Africa and the Middle East: Workplace Awareness and Worker Engagement<\/strong><\/p>\n

Across Africa and the Middle East, affiliates used IWMD to bring occupational safety discussions directly into workplaces and communities.<\/p>\n