The Ontario Nurses’ Association is marking International Workers’ Memorial Day with a series of events and has also published a poster and other resources. More details
Canada: New Brunswick listing of 28 April events
New Brunswick 2018 Day of Mourning Events
Bathurst: Saturday, April 28 at 11:00 a.m. Day of Mourning Monument near Sacred Heart Cathedral, Douglas Avenue. For more information, contact John Gagnon at (506) 545-0651.
Fredericton: Saturday, April 28 at 12:00 p.m. (noon). Fredericton Fallen Firefighters’ Monument next to the Small Craft Aquatic Center along the south banks of the Wolastoq (Saint John River). For more information, contact Tyler McCready at (506) 999-2251.
Moncton: Saturday, April 28 at 11:00 a.m. Cenotaph in Bore Park. For more information, contact Janice Melanson at (506) 530-4478. Visit their Facebook event page
Saint John: Saturday, April 28 at 12:00 p.m. (noon). Day of Mourning Monument, Frank & Ella Hatheway Center at Rockwood Park. For more information, contact Pat Riley at (506) 635-8610.
Miramichi: Saturday, April 28 at 11:00 a.m. River Front Park (Ledden Street) on the north shore of the Miramichi River. For more information, contact Gail Baker at (506) 622-4315. Visit their Facebook event page
Edmundston: Saturday, April 28 at 11:00 a.m. Park next to City Hall on Canada Road. For more information, contact Lorn Martin at (506) 737-7063
Construction unions in Turkey to mark 28 April
Global construction union Building and Wood Worker’s International (BWI) affiliates in Turkey have reported several activities to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day:
- YOL-IS will gather in front of the union building and issue a press release.
- TARIM ORMAN-IS – will gather forest workers in the field and issue a press release.
- AGAC-IS – the union will have its branch congress, where the President will make a speech regarding the IWMD.
Brazil: Abril Verde runs a month of activities for worker safety and health
Abril Verde, supported by national trade union centre La Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT), is a running a month of activities for worker health and safety,.
The Green April movement is “an initiative of the Union of Safety Technicians of the State of Paraná,” that “aims to bring to society the issue of the safety and health of the Brazilian worker. ”
Argentina: Poor working conditions kill 7,500 every year
Using the Workers’ Memorial Day * 28 April Facebook page El Instituto de Salud Laboral y Medio Ambiente (ISLyMA) of the Argentina union CTA has made the following 28 April announcement:
“Para seguir capacitándonos…. En Argentina más de 7500 trabajador@s mueren al año por las malas condiciones laborales.
Atrás de las muertes de los trabajador@s está el negocio multimillonario de las Aseguradoras…Conocer nuestros derechos para defenderlos. LA SALUD NO SE VENDE SE DEFIENDE”
[translated by Facebook]
“To continue educating…. in Argentina more than 7500 trabajadors die a year for poor working conditions.
Behind workers’ deaths is the billionaire business of insurance companies… to know our rights to defend them. Health is not sold, it is defended”
Kenya: COTU is planning activities in Machakos County to mark 28 April
The Central Organisation of Trade Unions, (KENYA) is planning to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day in Machakos County where a number of activities are planned.
COTU is using the ITUC 28 April resources in developing these activities.
Further details
Rebecca Okello Abongo
(program officer)
Office of the Secretary General
Central Organisation of Trade Unions, (KENYA)
Digo Road, Solidarity Building
P. O. Box 13000-00200
NAIROBI
Website: www.cotu-kenya.org
Email: info@cotu-kenya.org
TEL: +254-0202383368 and +254-0202383367
ACTU publishes a list of 28 April activities in Australia
China: Release of film on labour exploitation and related health risks in electronics
COMPLICIT, an award winning film that is an excellent resource for discussions/seminars/training sessions on labour exploitation and related health risks in China, is being released globally on 28 April, to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day.
The film notes that China produces 90 per cent of the world’s consumer electronics. According to official figures, every five hours, a worker is poisoned by the toxic chemicals used to make these products. But the real figure is believed to be much higher.
“Shot below the radar over three years, Complicit follows Chinese worker-turned-activist, Yi Yeting, and a group of other worker-activists fighting to improve conditions in the factories. While battling his own work-induced leukaemia, Yi Yeting teaches himself labour law in order to prepare a legal challenge against his former employers. He then forms a law co-operative to defend and educate other sick workers,” the film blurb notes.
“As well as taking on corrupt officials, the activists infiltrate factories making products for some of the world’s largest brands to secure proof of dangerous working conditions.”
Complicit from Java Films on Vimeo.
28 April ITUC/CSI/IGB posters and briefings
Download the poster: Español• Français • English
Download the briefing: English • Deutsch • Español • Français
CSI: Les syndicats organisent en faveur d’un travail décent, plus sûr et plus sain
Toutes les 11 secondes, un travailleur meurt dans le monde en raison des conditions de travail. Tous les décès sont évitables. Les connaissances existent, la technologie existe, mais la volonté n’y est pas. L’organisation syndicale est un antidote avéré.
Les syndicats organisent en faveur d’un travail décent, plus sûr et plus sain
IGB: Gewerkschaften organisieren sich für sicherere, gesündere, menschenwürdige Arbeit
Weltweit kommt alle elf Sekunden ein Mensch aufgrund schlechter Arbeitsbedingungen ums Leben. All diese Todesfälle sind vermeidbar, aber dennoch steigt die Zahl der Opfer, warnt Sharan Burrow. Die Generalsekretärin des IGB erläutert, dass dies der Grund für den umgehenden Start einer intensivierten Organisierungskampagne der internationalen Gewerkschaftsbewegung ist, die darauf abzielt, Sicherheit, Gerechtigkeit und Rechenschaftspflicht einzufordern.
Gewerkschaften organisieren sich für sicherere, gesündere, menschenwürdige Arbeit
CSI: Los sindicatos organizan para lograr trabajo decente, más seguro y más saludable
En todo el mundo, unas malas condiciones de trabajo ocasionan la muerte de un trabajador cada 11 segundos. Todas estas muertes son evitables, y sin embargo la cifra sigue incrementándose, advierte Sharan Burrow. La Secretaria General de
la CSI indica que es por ese motivo que los sindicatos mundiales están lanzando una urgente y renovada campaña de organización, reclamando seguridad, justicia y responsabilidad.
Los sindicatos organizan para lograr trabajo decente, más seguro y más saludable
ITUC – Unions are organising for safer, healthier, decent work
Worldwide, poor working conditions kill a worker every 11 seconds. All these deaths are avoidable, yet the body count is increasing, warns Sharan Burrow. The ITUC General Secretary says that is why global unions are launching a reinvigorated and urgent organising campaign to demand safety, justice and accountability.
ITUC – Unions are organising for safer, healthier, decent work
Ireland: Workers’ Memorial Day 2018 – April 28th
Ireland’s Health and Safety Authority (HSA) reports “Colleagues from Congress, Ibec, the Health and Safety Authority and Construction Industry Federation will come together to mark the occasion with a programme of joint awareness raising initiatives. To mark the day there are a range of initiatives that your organisation should consider including:
- Get involved by using the national Workers’ Memorial Day Ireland logo on your website, social media presence, presentations, email signatures, displays and in offices and workplaces
- In-house training sessions or a toolbox talk
- Website/Social Media/Newsletter content
- Guest speaker presentation to your staff
- Press release to your local/national media marking your event / the day”
More details here. Contact: Gavin Lonergan, Head of Communications at the HSA at gavin@hsa.ie or (01) 799 7838.