Guatemala: Unions and construction companies recognise health and safety as a fundamental human right

SINCS-G manages to sign Statements with Multiple Construction Services (SMC) company in Guatemala. “Thus, the Global Alliance for Health and Safety at Work continues in Latin America and the Caribbean. Together we recognize Health and Safety as a fundamental right. ”

Indonesia: Federasi SERBUK signs joint declaration recognising the need for healthy and safe workplaces

Federasi SERBUK-affiliated PT Lematang Coal Lestari Workers Union and the management of PT Lematang Coal Lestari (LCL) jointly signed a declaration recognising the need for healthy and safe workplaces!
LCL is an investment company from China and supplies coal for the Gunung Raja PLTU in Muara Enim, South Sumatera, including them within the supply chain of the electricity sector. #SaveLivesAtWork #IWMD21

INDONESIA: GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR HEALTHY AND SAFE WORKPLACES

Federasi SERBUK-affiliated PT Lematang Coal Lestari Workers…

Posted by BWI Global Union on Tuesday, 20 April 2021

Scotland: Webinar – ‘Health and Safety is a human right – let’s make it a reality’

International Workers Memorial Day Wednesday 28th April 2021 11am-12noon 

The theme for this year’s International Workers’ Memorial Day is: ‘Health and Safety is a human right – let’s make it a reality.’

With speakers from trade unions and the wider health and safety community.

Chair: Rozanne Foyer: STUC General Secretary

Pauline Rourke: CWU

Gary Smith: GMB

Phyliss Craig: Action for Asbestos Scotland

Professor Andy Waterson

Others TBC

Sign up for the event here

Every year more people are killed at work than in wars. Most don’t die of mystery ailments, or in tragic “accidents”. They die because an employer decided their safety just wasn’t that important a priority. International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD) 28 April commemorates those workers.

This year’s event is made even more poignant due to the work-related loss of life due to the COVID Pandemic.

USA: Ceremonia del Día Conmemorativo de los Trabajadores Virtuales en Massachusetts

Si esta en Massachusetts, EEUU, sintonice a la ceremonia virtual de Worker’s Memorial Day

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USA: Virtual Worker’s Memorial Day ceremony in Massachusetts

If you’re in Massachusetts, USA, tune in to MassCOSH’s Worker’s Memorial Day ceremony. 28 April.

 

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Europe: ITUC Pan-European Regional Council (PERC) hosts safety meeting

PERC OHS: Joint meeting of trade union experts from the Western Balkans and NIS countries, the theme is protection and safety of physical and mental health of workers during the Covid pandemic towards 28 April – International Workers” Memorial Day

ITUC PERC: https://perc.ituc-csi.org/

UK Trade Union Congress – 28 April meeting featuring ITUC general secretary Sharan Burrow, 14:00 UK Time

Join a TUC online meeting for Workers’ Memorial Day, where we will be hearing from trade union voices from around the world, fighting for the health and safety of working people and remembering those who lost their lives to work.

Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uEKzShAsR3SIcNowyzTwEQ

Speakers include:

  • Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the ITUC
  • Frances O’Grady, General Secretary of the TUC
  • Louise Adamson, Families Against Corporate Killers (FACK) Campaign
  • Apsana Begum, MP

https://www.tuc.org.uk/events/tuc-international-wmd-call

Serbia: Unions promote safe and healthy working

SAVEZ Samostalnih Sindikata Srbije

In the meeting of the International Day of Protection at Work, which is celebrated on April 28., the Alliance of Independent Trade Unions of Serbia in cooperation with the Alliance of Independent Trade Unions for the City of Krusevac conducted a campaign for workplace safety.

TV report: https://krusevacgrad.rs/akcija-sindikata-u-susret-danu-bezbednosti-i-zdravlja-na-radu/?fbclid=IwAR10Xv2nqmf4dNnHmyfa1xXs2fTkSPCMIO8weHk7oKSgfSQwrsFsO2XTNoA

Global: Top union speakers from ITUC and Nigeria Labour Congress speak up for ‘fundamental’ safety at ILO 28 April event

Global Launch of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2021

Anticipate, prepare and respond to crises – Invest Now in Resilient Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Systems

The aim of this global virtual webinar is to stimulate dialogue on the importance of investing in safety and health at work in responding to emergencies and crises affecting workplaces, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Zoom webinar will be held in English and interpreted in French and Spanish. Apr 28, 2021, 1:30 pm  (CEST). Registration and further details

USA: Honoring injured and fallen workers in Albany, NY

Capital District Area Labor Federation (CDALF) and Northeast New York Coalition for Occupational Safety & Health (NENYCOSH), with affiliated Unions and community  partners, will be observing Workers Memorial Day. They will  come together to honor injured and fallen workers from around Albany and New York State.

Wednesday, April 28th | 12 pm (EDT) | Academy Park, Albany
For those unable make it in person, the event will also be streamed  via FacebookMore details


 

Remember the dead, fight like hell for the living