Wales TUC has issued an invitation to attend their National Workers’ Memorial Day event. There will refreshments followed by a short ceremony to lay wreaths at the National Workers’ Memorial Stone (pictured above). The meeting will be attended by dignitaries including trade union leaders.
Friday, 28 April 2023 10:00-11:00 AM BST
Unite House
1 Cathedral Road
Cardiff, Wales,
CF11 9SD
La CSI ha publicado una gran cantidad de infografías y recursos de redes sociales en español para su uso en la promoción del 28 de abril. Puede ver ejemplos más abajo en esta página y el conjunto completo aquí.
La CSI a publié un large éventail d’infographies et de ressources sur les médias sociaux en français à utiliser pour promouvoir le 28 avril. Vous pouvez voir des exemples plus bas sur cette page et l’ensemble complet ici.
ITUC has published a large set of Infographics and social media resources in English for use in promoting 28 April. You can view examples further down this page and the complete set here.
Te adjunto la campaña que hemos elaborado desde USO, con motivo del Día Internacional de la Seguridad y la Salud en el Trabajo, que este año lleva como lema “La incapacidad es temporal; tus derechos,no”.
La campaña consta de cartel, manifiesto y díptico en formato preguntas frecuentes.
Esta campaña surge a partir de las novedades en IT y también como respuesta al resurgir de los informes sobre absentismo y el cuestionamiento del derecho al tiempo de recuperación tras un accidente o enfermedad.
Recibe un cordial saludo.
Housekeepers with damaged wrists, burnt out nurses, drivers who suffer from major back problems: Working conditions undeniably have a significant impact on our health.
April 28, 2023 is the International Day for Safety and Health at Work. With Medicine for the People, we want to take the time of a day to explore different aspects of the link between work and health. We propose an original formula, which links theory and practical experience, with researchers, doctors, trade unionists, activists and anyone interested or having something interesting to say on the subject. In this way, we want to raise awareness of this important day of action and campaigning.
We are pleased to announce that an international expert, Joan Benach, from the University of Barcelona, has already agreed to participate in our event. He will give an introduction and will also participate in establishing the conclusions of the day. Dr. Benach led the research group that, exactly 15 years ago, produced a major World Health Organization report on the importance of healthy working conditions as a social determinant of health.
During this day, we will bring together researchers, doctors and trade unionists to reflect on different aspects of work and health: stress and burn-out, musculoskeletal disorders, toxic substances, precarious working conditions, etc. We will talk about problems but also about examples of struggles. And finally, we will define the challenges to be met.
The event will be held in Brussels, in Dutch and French. Simultaneous translation will be provided and accreditation for doctors is requested.
See you on Saturday 28 April 2023 in Brussels, room of the House of International Associations from 9.30 am to 5 pm. Doors open at 9am.
For more information, visit our website.
Des aides ménagères aux poignets abîmés, des puéricultrices en burn-out, des chauffeurs qui souffrent de gros problèmes de dos : Les conditions de travail ont indéniablement un impact important sur notre santé.
Le 28 avril 2023, c’est la journée internationale de la sécurité et de la santé au travail. Avec Médecine pour le Peuple, nous voulons prendre le temps d’une journée pour explorer différents aspects du lien entre le travail et la santé. Nous proposons une formule originale, qui lie la théorie et l’expérience pratique, avec des chercheurs, des médecins, des syndicalistes, des militants et toute personne intéressée ou ayant quelque chose d’intéressant à dire sur le sujet. De cette manière, nous voulons faire connaître davantage cette importante journée d’action et de campagne.
Nous sommes heureux d’annoncer qu’un expert international, Joan Benach, de l’Université de Barcelone, a déjà accepté de participer à notre événement. Il donnera une introduction et participera également à établir les conclusions de la journée. Le Dr Benach a dirigé le groupe de recherche qui, il y a exactement 15 ans, a rédigé un rapport majeur de l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé sur l’importance de conditions de travail saines en tant que déterminant social de la santé.
Au cours de cette journée, nous réunirons des chercheurs, des médecins et des syndicalistes pour réfléchir aux différents aspects du travail et de la santé : le stress et le burn-out, les troubles musculo- squelettiques, les substances toxiques, des conditions de travail précaires, etc… Nous parlerons des problèmes mais aussi d’exemples de luttes. Et enfin, nous définirons les défis à relever.
L’événement se tiendra à Bruxelles, en néerlandais et en français. Une traduction simultanée sera assurée et l’accréditation pour les médecins est demandée.
Rendez-vous le samedi 28 avril 2023 à Bruxelles, salle de la Maison des Associations Internationales de 9h30 à 17 heures. Ouverture des portes à 9h.
Pour plus d’infos, RDV sur notre site web.
AFL-CIO’s Workers Memorial Day web page is live! – and available for you to order materials and download artwork to use for your events, trainings, conferences, newsletters, and more. aflcio.org/WorkersMemorialDay
Each year since 1989, we commemorate this day to honor those we have lost on the job and we will organize to make the fundamental right of a safe job a reality for all workers. This year’s theme is “Organize! Safe Jobs Now.” focusing on dignity at work, the growth of the labor movement and equity through safe workplaces.
Please join us this April 28 to honor the victims of workplace injury and illness and the call to organize safe jobs for all workers. As we do every year, trade unionists around the country and globe will organize our communities and workplaces to observe Workers Memorial Day. We will highlight the toll of job injuries and deaths; demand that elected officials put workers’ well-being above corporate interests; and demand safe jobs for all. This year, and every year, the labor movement will defend the right of every worker to a safe job and build collective power to make that right a reality.
We can’t do this alone, and together, we need to organize all workers in this fight for safer working conditions. We are building campaigns leading up to the end of April and throughout the year to mourn and fight.
Please use the resources below when planning for this year’s Workers Memorial Day and reach out to us with any questions, concerns, comments along the way.
Materials and Artwork:
Please visit this page to view and download this year’s materials and artwork. These include posters, stickers, and fliers in English and Spanish. Stickers are available for “Organize! Safe Jobs Now” and for “Mourn for the Dead. Fight for the Living.”
Please place your order for materials here. You can either pick up materials in person at our Washington DC headquarters or have them shipped to you.
Workers Memorial Day Events:
We want to hear about your Workers Memorial Day plans! Please share your event with us so that we can include it on our map of events across the country. Plan events, actions, activities and observances with suggestions in our flier.
Toolkit Coming Soon:
We are working expediently to distribute more materials to help you plan your commemorations and advocacy efforts. These include talking points, sample materials for media outreach, worker safety and health facts, state-by-state safety and health data, fact sheets, digital resources, infographics and more.
How to reach out to us about Workers Memorial Day:
oshmail@aflcio.org or 202-637-5047
Hashtags you can use to build solidarity online around Workers Memorial Day:
#iwmd2023 #WorkersMemorialDay #1uSafety
Please note: Our annual report, Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, will be published at the end of April. You can place orders now for a hard copy of the report, and it will be shipped later. It will also be available electronically.
Come organize with us!
FNV Symposium Workers’ Memorial Day
https://www.fnv.nl/werk-inkomen/veilig-gezond-werken/bedrijfsongevallen/workers-memorial-day
On the 28th of April the Dutch National Trade Union FNV and the Foundation for Work Related Accidents (Stichting Arbeidsongevallen) will organise a symposium at Schiphol Amsterdam Airport in honour of the Workers’ Memorial Day.
Central topic will be that occupational health and safety is a fundamental workers’ right. In the Netherlands every year over 4000 workers die due to work related accidents or diseases. This is unacceptable!
The symposium will have presentations from Kitty Jong, vice president of FNV, Hanneke van den Bout, director Health and Safety of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, Rits de Boer, Inspector General of the Dutch Labour Inspection and Jan Warning, director of Institute of Victims of Occupational Diseases by Hazardous Substances (ISBG).
There will also be various presentations by workers about their experiences at the airport work floor of Schiphol. These workers, like luggage handlers, face very harsh safety and health conditions and are only paid minimum wages.
The foundation for Work Related Accidents will present results of their research on work related accidents among precarious workers.
At the end of the event the Laura Brugmans award will be handed out. Laura Brugmans was one of the founders of the Foundation for Work Related Accidents.
(https://www.stichtingarbeidsongevallen.nl/in-memoriam-laura-brugmans/)
More information on FNV’s policy for OSH
https://www.fnv.nl/werk-inkomen/veilig-gezond-werken
In seven weeks’ time, it will be International Workers’ Memorial Day, which as many of you know is an international day marked by the trade union movement to remember all workers who lost their lives to workplace illness or injury, and to recommit ourselves to fighting to keep workers safe: Remember the Dead, Fight for the Living!
You might: On 28 April remember someone who died as a result of work by using our online memorial wall; check out our workers’ health & safety timeline and use it for member education; host a IWMD event and list it on our website with an interactive map; or ask your local council to sign up to our Stay Safe, Join a Union campaign.
Action Online memorial wall. IWMD interactive events map. Stay Safe, Join a Union campaign.
Resources IWMD posters and graphics for social media. TUC guide to Organising on Health and Safety. Upcoming TUC Education courses for reps