Uniao Nacional dos Trabalhadores de Angola (UNTA-CS) Uniao Nacional dos Trabalhadores de Angola (UNTA-CS) has called upon its member organisations to support International Workers' Memorial Day by raising workers' awareness about work risks and to promote preventive measures. UNTA-CS has set 28 April targets in specific regions and sectors that will lead to a final evaluation report next June 30. Affiliates have been asked to emulate a national 28 April conference event, which will focus on risks and decent work.

Events are organised in four provinces of Angola: Luanda, Benguela, Cabina and Huambo. Secretary General Manuel Angusto Viage said they have organised 28 April events for the last three years and are now doing so on an annual basis.

The accident workplace fatality rate for Angola is 21/100,000 workers (more than twice that of China). Angola also imports over 1,360 tons of asbestos per year, placing it in yet another trade union priority list for the banning of the product. More details: untadis@netangola.cor

UECARA realizara un foro sobre la prevención de riesgos laborales en el sector Mandos Medios de la Construcción.
Contacto Carlos Salguero

UOCRA, realiza una campaña de prevención de riesgos y participan en la semana de la Salud Laboral, donde realizan seminarios, talleres, foros y campañas.
Contacto Carlos Salguero

Superintendencia de Riesgos del Trabajo (SRT) The Argentinean authority for risks at work - Superintendencia de Riesgos del Trabajo (SRT) - has organised trend-setting commemoration events, this time simultaneously in four different cities from 27-28 April to promote dialogue for preventing risks under the banner of 'Health and aafety at work in times of crisis'. more

Australian Council of Trade Unions The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) will mark International Workers Memorial Day on April 28 by focusing on the need for the highest standards in harmonised OHS laws.
ACTU also reports there will be events in states and territories to mark workplace deathand asks to be notified of any events by email ohs@actu.asn.au
Further information • ACTU's highest standards for harmonised OH & S laws campaign

ACTU WMD release [pdf] • ACTU Factsheet [pdf]

ACTU News release, 27 April 2009

Images of Workers' Memorial Day events in Australia Images from events all over Australia including New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia. here

AMWU Rising deaths another reason for ABCC to go
Union members commemorated workers who died at work or through work related injuries on Tuesday 28 April as part of International Workers’ Memorial Day.

AMWU members participated in nationwide meetings, rallies and remembrance ceremonies, which this year highlighted the poor level of health and safety and discrimination faced by workers in the construction industry from Australian Building and Construction Commission established by the Howard Government.

At rallies in Perth, Brisbane and Melbourne, and in workplaces across the country, a minute’s silence was observed to remember those who have died at work. more

Victorian Trades Hall Council VTHC has published a webpage featuring a Workers' Memorial Day background, events listing, resources and news about the 'national review into model OHS laws.' more • leaflet

CFMEU Construction, Forestry, Mining, and Energy Union has announced a mass public rally and march on April 28th. Further details • poster [pdf] • leaflet [pdf] • News release

Also see the excellent CFMEU WA YouTube entry

Rights On Site - International Day of Mourning (28th April 2009)

Join the Rights on site campaign a campaign supported by Australia's Construction Unions; CEPU, CFMEU, ACTU, AWU, ETU and AMWU.

Unions Tasmania Unions Tasmania has issued an invitation to a ceremony to join with union members across the world remembering those who died at work and to reaffirm the vow to fight for good occupational health and safety for all workers. The ceremony will take place on Tuesday April 28, 11am, main auditorium, Baha’i Centre of Learning, Hobart.

More info from Susan Wallace at Unions Tasmania
Tel: 62349553 • Poster

ABC news report Fallen workers reported

Gippsland Asbestos Related Diseases Support Inc. Gippsland Asbestos Related Diseases Support Inc. are conducting their Annual Wreath Laying Ceremony to coincide with International Workers’ Memorial Day in memory of workers who die, are injured or fall ill as a result of their work.

The Ceremony will take place in Centenary Rose Garden, Commercial Road, Morwell, Victoria, Australia at 11.00am, on Tuesday 28 April. There will be a dedication of flowers during the ceremony to all families who have lost a loved one.

After the ceremony there will be a free BBQ lunch with the compliments of the Gippsland Trades & Labour Council. Further information from Vicki Hamilton on 0407274173 email

Austrian Trade Union Federation (ÖGB) The Austrian Trade Union Federation (ÖGB), in cooperation with its Construction and Woodworkers Union, will organise a manifestation on April 28, 0900 in a public square in Vienna (Keplerplatz, 10th district).

The manifestation will be held next to an existing memorial of construction workers who died because of work accidents.

Apart from general information on the significance of the day, the event will focus on the particular health and safety problems of short-term and informal workers.

More information Dr. Walter Sauer

Dr. Walter Sauer
International Department
Austrian Trade Union Federation

new address and contact details:
Laurenzerberg 2
A-1011 Wien / Austria
Tel. +431 - 53 444 / 583
Mobil: +43 664 - 614 50 47
Fax.+431 - 53 444 100273

ZVR-NR . 576439352

Bangladesh Labour Federation Bangladesh Labour Federation-BLF has organised several events on the occasion of International Workers' Memorial Day including: A one day OSHE awareness development seminar on 28th April 2009 in Dhaka, Bangladesh;a 28 April evening candle lighting event; a special prayer will be said for those killed at work; and, leaflets will distributed with the headline of "Good Occupational Health for All Workers."

Further details:
M. Shahadat Hossain
Education, Research and Publication Secretary
Bangladesh Labour Federation-BLF
24-25, Dilkhusha, Sadhdaran Bima Sadan
5Th Floor, Law Council,
Dhaka, Bangaldesh.
GPO Box No. 2514
Email: shahadatblf@yahoo.com

Bangladesh Workers Safety Program The Centre for Corporate Accountability's Bangladesh Worker Safety programme is publishing a report detailing workplace deaths monitored in 2008.
Further details: David Bergman

Bangladesh Occupational Safety Health Environment Foundation Bangladesh Occupational Safety Health Environment Foundation is organising a workshop, poress conference and human chain to mark the day on OSH issues.

Contact the Bangladesh Occupational Safety, Health and Environment Foundation (OSHE):

Further details: David Bergman

ETUI and FGTB The European Trade Union Institue (ETUI) and General Belgian Trades Union (FGTB) will be holding a a meeting on Muskulo-Skeletal Disorders to mark International Workers' Memorial Day. It will take place in Marcinelle (a small city close to Charleroi – Wallonia).
Further details Denis Grégoire Programme [pdf]

La Centrale Générale During its international seminar, the participating unions called for a day of common international action and raising awareness of working accidents and occupational diseases. The 28th of April is the opportunity to launch a union action. La Centrale Générale is calling on union activists to distribute a postcard/e-action card to be sent to a fellow activist from another country. A nice way of putting union networking into practice.

See the e-card here [pdf]
Related information [pdf]
BWI report

l’Union Nationale des Syndicats de Travailleurs du Bénin (UNSTB) Alors que les syndicats dans le monde commémorent les décès, les blessures et les maladies professionnelles lors du 28 avril,  la République du Bénin à l’instar de la communauté africaine célèbrera la 13me Journée Africaine de la Prévention des Risques Professionnels à Parakou le jeudi 30 avril 2009. Le thème retenu cette année est intitulé : « Santé au travail : Mieux Prévenir les Risque, Mieux Protéger les Victimes » Quant à l’Union Nationale des Syndicats de Travailleurs du Bénin (UNSTB), elle l'a déclaré "Journée nationale de la mise en œuvre du Régime d’Assurance Maladie Universelle (RAMU)"

En effet, au Bénin moins d’un million de personnes sont couvertes par des mécanismes de protection sociale, soit moins de 12,5% de la population béninoise. Or, les mutuelles de santé ont montré leur capacité à organiser les populations face à l’offre de soins, notamment dans le cadre de la recherche de la qualité des services de santé.

Il s’agira pour nous de marquer notre accord et de forcer la main au gouvernement pour qu’il accélère le processus de mise en œuvre  de la protection de la vie et la santé  au travail à travers le RAMU.

Contact: Emmanuel Zounon, UNSTB
Tel: 00 229 95859085

Confederation of Benin Trades Unions The Confederation of Benin Trades Unions (UNSTB) will host events on the prevention of work hazards on 30 April. The theme will be: ‘Health at work: Better warnings about risks, mean better protection of the victims.’ The unions will highlight the need for everyone to have access to the universal health insurance scheme (RAMU). In Benin, fewer than 1 million people have this coverage, less than 12.5 per cent of the total population. The unions will put pressure on the government to quickly implement related measures to deliver better health and safety at work.

América Latina Les envío un saludo muy especial desde el Instituto Laboral Andino (ILA) de Lima, Perú. Felicitaciones por esta iniciativa. "Unidos en defensa de la seguridad y la salud en el trabajo".
Desde el ILA venimos desarrollando iniciativas a favor de la salud laboral y el medio ambiente para las centrales y confederaciones que forman parte del CCLA y que son de Bolivia: COB; Ecuador: CEDOCUT, CTE y CEOSL; Colombia: CUT, CGT y CTC; Perú: CGTP, CATP, CTP y CUT y Venezuela: CTG, CUTV, CTV, CODESA, UNT. Los invitamos a ver nuestra sección dedicada al 28 de abril: http://www.ila.org.pe/especiales/28abril/index.htm

CONTICOM-CUT Foro sobre la prohibición del Asbesto en Sao Paulo
Contacto Carlos Salguero

Brazil 28 April 28 April in Brazil will be marked by a joint initiative of the main national trade union confederations – CUT, CGTB, Força Sindical, NCST, UGT. and CTB. They will be looking for improvements to current legislation concerning social protection and accident insurance and to promote employer investments in safer and healthier workplaces.

The National Parliament will hear of the trade union priorities on 28 April in a special session to remember dead and injured workers. This will kick-off a national campaign to enlist trade unions, professional associations, experts, OHS researchers and MPs to a  consensus bill that would review and improve current national legislation.

The trade union targets seek to improve safety and health at the workplace, as well as social insurance systems.

As in previous years Brazil will host hundreds of activities at regional and local levels headed by local trade unions, public services branch and academics to remember dead and injured workers from throughout the country. Millions of workers and the public at large will hear the 28 April messages.

A special partnership of trade unions and local administrations of the ABC Region (comprises seven cities in the most industrialised area of the country) is  organising a range of activities during a “Week of 28 April as Workers Memorial Day”.

CLC-CTC
Est-ce aujourd'hui que vous perdrez la vie au travail? Plus de 1 000 travailleuses et travailleurs canadiens meurent chaque année. Au Canada, quatre travailleurs meurent chaque jour. Le nombre de personnes tuées au travail chaque année au Canada augmente chaque année, depuis 15 ans. Selon les données les plus récentes de l'Association des Commissions des accidents du travail du Canada, 1 055 personnes ont été tuées au travail en 2007. Ceci représente quatre personnes par jour qui ont perdu la vie parce que leur lieu de travail n'était pas sécuritaire. plus

CTC-CLC
Is today the day you die at work?
Over 1,000 Canadian workers are dying every year. In Canada, four workers die each day. The number of people killed at work each year in Canada has risen for the past 15 years. In 2007, according to the latest report from the Association of Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada, 1,055 people lost their lives at work. That's four people every work day. Dead because their workplace was not safe. more

ITUC update on CTC-CLC activities

CTC-CLC Day of mourning statement

BC Worksafe BC Worksafe has created a poignant memorial website to honour fallen workers. The site shows a field of fallen flowers representing fallen workers and invites you to watch a flower fall,
take a moment of silence to honour afriend, family member or colleague. Then, if you wish, you may dedicate that flower to their memory more

This year, the BC Worksafe Day of Mourning ceremony will be held on Tuesday, April 28, 10 a.m., at the Workers' Memorial in Vancouver's Hastings Park. further details [pdf]

BC Worksafe has produced a poster, factsheet and decals on its WMD pages more

CUPE Day of Mourning 25th anniversary April 28, 2009, is the 25th anniversary of the National Day of Mourning for workers killed or injured as a result of their workplace. CUPE lists events, history and statistics. more

Canadian Auto Workers Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) has issued a briefing on Worlers' Memorial Day observing that this is the 25th anniversary of the National Day of Mourning. CAW local union presidents, CAW President Ken Lewenza stresses "that it's critical to reaffirm that health and safety is a fundamental right for all workers. Occupational cancer is a major concern." He continues, "we must pressure the federal government to stop the export of chrysotile asbestos and lobby all provincial governments to ban and have all forms of asbestos removed from our workplaces." Lewenza is urging all CAW members to take action, but also to take a moment on April 28 to stop and remember all workers injured or killed on the job. more

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) is reminding employees and employers that April 28th is National Day of Mourning in Canada. This day is set aside to honour those workers across the country whose lives have been lost, injured or disabled on the job, or suffer from occupational diseases. To help promote awareness in the workplace of this important day, CCOHS has designed a bilingual poster made available free of charge. The poster can be previewed on the CCOHS website and has more information about the National Day of Mourning

Teamsters Canada Rail Conference Canadian Pacific employees will pause to honour workers who have perished or have been injured in the workplace at 11 a.m. local time on Tuesday, April 28th, the designated International Day of Mourning. more

New Brunswick Labour History Project Monuments in honour of the province's annual Workers' Day of Mourning are featured in a new bilingual brochure and a short YouTube video prepared by the New Brunswick Labour History Project, a Community University Research Alliance led by researchers at the University of New Brunswick and the Université de Moncton.

Entitled A Guide to Day of Mourning Monuments in New Brunswick, the brochure is published to coincide with the Day of Mourning which takes place on April 28th each year. The one-minute video is entitled Day of Mourning April 28 avril Jour de deuil. The April date has been marked in the province since the 1980s and was given official recognition in the Workers Mourning Day Act in 2000.

Brochure [pdf] • New Brunswick Labour History Project

Alberta Federation of Labour 2008 was the fourth deadliest for workers in Alberta history. The Alberta Federation of Labour is encouraging Albertans across the province to stop for a moment today to remember workers who were killed because of work. more

FECOTRECMAC un Taller de prevención de riesgos laborales para trabajadores de Mandos Medios.
Contacto Carlos Salguero

América Latina Les envío un saludo muy especial desde el Instituto Laboral Andino (ILA) de Lima, Perú. Felicitaciones por esta iniciativa. "Unidos en defensa de la seguridad y la salud en el trabajo".
Desde el ILA venimos desarrollando iniciativas a favor de la salud laboral y el medio ambiente para las centrales y confederaciones que forman parte del CCLA y que son de Bolivia: COB; Ecuador: CEDOCUT, CTE y CEOSL; Colombia: CUT, CGT y CTC; Perú: CGTP, CATP, CTP y CUT y Venezuela: CTG, CUTV, CTV, CODESA, UNT. Los invitamos a ver nuestra sección dedicada al 28 de abril: http://www.ila.org.pe/especiales/28abril/index.htm

UATUC The Union of autonomous trade unions of Croatia (SSSH/UATUC) has published a list of events building up to Workers' Memorial Day including round tables with employers' organisations, a UATUC poster distributed to their affiliates, government meetings, a press conference and a formal meeting on 28 April. These activities consolidate the Croatian Government's 19 February decision to declare 28 April as the 'National Day of Occupational Safety and Health.' [pdf]
Contact Dijana Šobota

CMKOS Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions (CMKOS) is organising a candlelit ceremony and a seminar on work safety to mark International Workers' Memorial Day. This year's theme is 'prevention for all'. Health and safety experts from affiliated unions, representatives of CMKOS, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and other institutions are expected to participate. The event will take place at the CMKOS headquarters. with health and safety experts of affiliated unions from all regions of the country.

Miroslav Kosina, CMKOS Health and Safety Centre

LO, FTF and affiliates The Danish trade union movement has decided to dedicate 28 April 2009 to special activities under the motto; "Safe and healthy work for all". The day is celebrated with activities all over the country. Among others, conferences and meetings will be held and, in many places, there will be street activities focusing on health and safety at work.
This year, the trade union movement will underline that, at the national level, there is still a lot to be done to secure a safe and healthy working environment.
Further details [pdf] Contact Poul Schøning

WMD Posters, flyers and press releases

FENTICOMMC Taller Tripartito sobre salud laboral
Contacto Carlos Salguero

FEDESOMEC Talle sobre prevención de riesgos laborales en Maquinaria Pesada de la Construcción
Contacto Carlos Salguero

América Latina Les envío un saludo muy especial desde el Instituto Laboral Andino (ILA) de Lima, Perú. Felicitaciones por esta iniciativa. "Unidos en defensa de la seguridad y la salud en el trabajo".
Desde el ILA venimos desarrollando iniciativas a favor de la salud laboral y el medio ambiente para las centrales y confederaciones que forman parte del CCLA y que son de Bolivia: COB; Ecuador: CEDOCUT, CTE y CEOSL; Colombia: CUT, CGT y CTC; Perú: CGTP, CATP, CTP y CUT y Venezuela: CTG, CUTV, CTV, CODESA, UNT. Los invitamos a ver nuestra sección dedicada al 28 de abril: http://www.ila.org.pe/especiales/28abril/index.htm

SOICSCES Taller sobre prevención de riesgos laborales en la industria de la construcción.
Contacto Carlos Salguero

Ethiopia Ethiopia has marked Workers' Memorial Day with tripartite events since 2004. This year's theme is 'health and life at work, a basic human right' with the aim of creating a safety culture and encouraging government, employers and workers at large to incorporate OSH issues in every work activity. The planned events include a mass 3 km walk/rally on April 26th started by ministers and other officials and supported by a marching band. It is hoped there will be 1,000 participants. The march will end with a speech. Promotional materials such as posters, brochures, banners, shirt and caps will be produced and distributed. Other activities include a short play displayed on large screens, a panel discussion and an exhibition.
Further details: Demis Wondaferew

Confederation Force Ouvrière The Confederation Force Ouvrière is fully committed to the International Commemoration Day for Dead and Injured Workers this 28 April 2009. more • en francais

SINCSG Reuniones Tripartitas para elevar una disposición Ministerial a un estatutos de ley Nacional el día 28 de abril como día de la Salud Laboral.
Contacto Carlos Salguero

Asian Asbestos Conference 2009 Asia Monitor Resource Centre (AMRC) is hosting the 25 April Asian Asbestos Conference in association with International Ban Asbestos Secretariat, Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, Building and Woodworkers International, International Metalworkers’ Federation, and Association for the Rights of Accident Victims
• more details
• Facebook page
• poster
• concept paper [pdf]
• Chinese

MSZOSZ The National Confederation of Hungarian Trade Unions / MSZOSZ is organising on 28 April 2009 a national conference in Budapest "Safe and healthy work for all."

Around 250 participants - OSH representatives, union officers, employers - will commemorate the international day and will have a chance to discuss actual issues of bettering the occupational safety and health situation in different industries. The programme foresees a comprehensive approach - assessing the work and responsibilities of the authorities, employers, workers, trade unions. Special emphasis will be put on the Hungarian and the EU OSH strategies.

Contact Károly György

Delhi Asangathit Nirman Mazdoor Union (DANMU), Mahanagar Asagathit Mazdoor Union (MAMU) and Nirman Mazdoor Panchayat Sangam (NMPS) which are associated with Building and Wood Workers International (BWI), jointly organized various events in the remembrance of such counterparts and organised different events at different work sites.

Public meeting, condolence meetings followed by candle light vigil were observed at Commonwealth Games Village Construction work site, near Akshardhaam Temple, New Delhi. Hundreds of workers attended these events and took the oath to follow the safety precautions while working at the work site.

Related information [pdf]

Israel Institute for Occupational Safety and Hygiene IIOSH considers activities dedicated to 28 April to represent a high point in a whole range of activities not limited to one date but spread throughout the whole month of April. 28 April summarises a year's hard work of promotion of various aspects of the safety and health at work with  emphasis changing from year to year.
Further information [pdf] • Contact Israel Shreibman

MOSHA The Macedonian Occupational Safety
and Health Association is planning a chain of events such as round table discussions on "Methods of recording data on accidents at work and professional diseases" supported by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Training on Managing OHS systems (OHSAS 18001) in cooperation with International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group. On 28 April MOSHA will coordinate the signing of the 'National protocol' between various stakeholders - trade unions, the Ministry of Labour and Social Politics, the Confederation of Employers and others - on sharing and dissemination of the relevant OSH information with the Macedonian CIS - ILO Collaborative Centre.
Contact Milan Petkovski • more • MOSHA website

National Institute Of Occupational Safety and Health (Malaysia) NIOSH has published a poster advertising its Workers' Memorial Day activities. 
 more • NIOSH

General Workers’ Union An April 28 seminar for health and safety representatives and members of 11 Maltese trade unions is being organised by the General Workers’ Union (GWU) of Malta. The theme of the seminar is the evaluation of risk assessment At the close of the seminar, His Excellency, the Archbishop of Malta, Mons. Paul Cremona, will conduct a religious service at the premises of the GWU. For more information, visit the GWU website

General Workers' Union of Malta As in previous years the Institute for Health and Safety - Turu Micallef of the General Workers' Union of Malta is going to commemorate the day of remembrance for the dead and injured workers by organising the following activities:

• 28 April - A seminar for health and safety representatives and members of eleven Maltese trade unions in Malta. The theme of this Seminar is 'The evaluation of risk assessment.'

• After the Seminar, His Excellency, the Archbishop of Malta, Mons. Paul Cremona will conduct a religious service at the premises of the GWU.

More on GWU • Further details Saviour Sammut

Confederation of Mongolian Trade Unions To mark International Workers' Memorial Day the Confederation of Mongolian Trade Union (CMTU) is organising a one month campaign for Workers’ Memorial Day between 10 April to 10 May, 2009 including tripartite meetings, trade union forums, a week long legal advice centre, television programmes and more.
WMD campaign report
Further details: Amarsanaa Enebish

CUPPEC and CAWUN Central Union of Painters, Plumber, Electro and Construction Workers (CUPPEC) and Construction and Allied Workers Union (CAWUN) will be holding a joint mass meeting on occupational cancer.
Contact Fiona Murie BWI

NZCTU New Zealand Council of Trade Unions (NZCTU) states that "Workers’ Memorial Day is the day when we “mourn for the dead, but fight for the living”, drawing attention to the plight of the hundreds of New Zealand workers who still die every year as a result of their work."

"The memorial day also serves as a reminder that the workplace can be a hostile environment towards a worker’s health and safety. It should also remind us that there can never be enough laws and safeguards protecting workers’ health and safety and that we need to continue the fight to strengthen those laws. "

Contact Renee Habluetzel

NZCTU listing of New Zealand events

NZCTU 28 April press release

PGFTU PGFTU is holding a national conference to commemorate International Workers' Memorial Day. The conference will be attended by workers' representatives and other social  partners. On 29 April PGFTU is organising a health and safety workshop.

2009 poster [pdf]

General Secreatary Shaher Saeed 28 April address:

Contact: Azza Hammad
PGFTU General Secretary Office
Nablus-Palestine- AL Rahbat St
P.O.Box:1216
Tel: +972  9  2385136
Fax: +972 9  2384374
Email: azzah@pgftu.org
Website:www.pgftu.org

SUNTRACS Reunión con discapacitados  y familiares de los fallecidos por accidentes en la industria de la construcción y una conferencia de prensa para denunciar la situación de la salud laboral y el incumplimiento por parte de los Empresarios y Gobierno en el cumplimiento de las leyes y reglamentos de Salud Laboral.
Contacto Carlos Salguero

FETRACOMP Taller de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales
Contacto Carlos Salguero

FENATIMAR un Taller sobre la prevención de riesgos en el sector forestal de Ucayali
Contacto Carlos Salguero

América Latina Les envío un saludo muy especial desde el Instituto Laboral Andino (ILA) de Lima, Perú. Felicitaciones por esta iniciativa. "Unidos en defensa de la seguridad y la salud en el trabajo".
Desde el ILA venimos desarrollando iniciativas a favor de la salud laboral y el medio ambiente para las centrales y confederaciones que forman parte del CCLA y que son de Bolivia: COB; Ecuador: CEDOCUT, CTE y CEOSL; Colombia: CUT, CGT y CTC; Perú: CGTP, CATP, CTP y CUT y Venezuela: CTG, CUTV, CTV, CODESA, UNT. Los invitamos a ver nuestra sección dedicada al 28 de abril: http://www.ila.org.pe/especiales/28abril/index.htm

Instituto Laboral Andino"28 de abril" - Día Internacional de la Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo

Con motivo del Día Internacional de la Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo que se desarrolla el 28 de Abril, el Instituto Laboral Andino (ILA) pone a su disposición material desarrollado por diversas organizaciones sindicales.

Véase el Saludo de los Coordinadores de Salud Laboral y Medio Ambiente del CCLA

Véase el Saludo de Eduardo Alcívar, Ex vicepresidente de la Confederación de Trabajadores del Ecuador- CTE y Representante al Consejo Consultivo Laboral Andino - CCLA

Véase la Nota de la Confederación Sindical de Trabajadores/as de las Américas (CSA) por el Día Internacional de la Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo

Trade Union Congress of the Philippines 'Press conference and inter-agency consultation on the development of a national program for the elimination of asbestos-related diseases (NPEAD).' The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) in partnership with the Associated Labor Unions (ALU-TUCP), and Building and Woodworkers International (BWI) will hold a joint consultation with government agencies to develop a national program for the elimination of asbestos-related diseases based on the ILO/WHO outline. A minute of prayerful silence for dead and injured workers will start the Commemoration. More

Report of TUCP’s WMD activity [pdf]

National Union of Building and Construction Workers National Union of Building and Construction Workers (NUBCW) has announced its activities for International Workers' Memorial Day. On 26 April it will hold a forum on health and safety issues. Also on 26 April there will be a mobilisation of around 500 workers from Hanjin and the surrounding communities. On 28 April candle lighting ceremonies will be held at a number of ports. Contact Fiona Murie BWI

Institute for Occupational Health and Safety Development Institute for Occupational Health and Safety Development (IOHSAD) is holding a lecture to commemorate International Workers' Memorial Day:

International Workers' Memorial Day in Poland A total of two million people have suffered injuries at work over the last 20 years in Poland, and 12,000 cases of death have been registered in as many years. Chief Labour Inspector Tadeusz Zajac has said that accidents at work are an increasingly severe issue. He believes that many accidents may be attributed to common consent to faulty practices that may lead to tragedy at the workplace. more

Confédération Nationale Syndicale Members of Romania’s industrial unions, particularly those in the metallurgical and mining sectors where most workplace accidents occur, will light candles and observe a moment of silence on 28 April in memory of workers who have lost their lives on the job.

The Confédération Nationale Syndicale (Cartel ALFA), le Bloc National Syndical, la Confédération des Syndicats Démocratiques de Roumanie et la Confédération Nationale des Syndicats Libres – „Fratia”, affiliées à la CSI, will also hold a press conference on 27 April to encourage employers and governments to make workplace safety a priority.

Scottish WMD events Communication Workers' Union CWU has published a list of Scottish events that it will be participating in.

Please note there is some overlap with the listing published above by STUC.

Bathgate - International Workers Memorial, Bathgate Sports Park.
12.30pm - 1pm
Speakers to be confirmed.
An Occupational Health and Safety Seminar will be held in Bathgate Sports Seminar Centre beforehand. Details from liz.liddell@westlothian.gov.uk , Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis)

Clydebank - Saturday 25 April - Solidarity Plaza, Clydebank. Assemble at 11.00am
Speakers include:
Ian Tasker, STUC Health & Safety Officer
Denis Agnew, Provost, West Dunbartonshire Council
Dougie Gordon, Unison Scotland Health and Safety Officer

Dundee - Friday 24 April - Dundee City Chambers. Annual Memorial Day Lecture. 12.30pm
Dr Martin Donaghy, Clinical Director, Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health

Dundee - Tuesday, 28 April - Memorial Day Commemoration Tree, Riverside Drive, (beside Discovery Point). Assemble at 1pm
Speakers (to be confirmed)

Edinburgh - Tuesday, 28 April - Workers Memorial Day Tree, West Princes Street Gardens, near to the Ross Band Stand. 12 noon - 1pm
Speakers include:
Professor Andrew Watterson University of Stirling

Glasgow - Tuesday, 28 April - Burns Statue, George Square. 1.00pm - 2.00pm
Speakers include:
Dave Moxham STUC Deputy General Secretary
Frank Maguire Thompsons Solicitors
George Boyle, Glasgow City Council

Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire - Tuesday, 28 April - Summerlee Industrial Museum, Coatbridge. 12 Noon.
Speakers
Grahame Smith STUC General Secretary
Dorothy Wright Families Against Corporate Killers (FACK)
Christine McKelvie MSP
Elaine Smith MSP
Tom Clarke MP

Greenock- Tuesday, 28 April - Clyde square. 11:00 a.m.
There will be a memorial event in Greenock on 28th April starting around
11:00 a.m. in Clyde square with a short service by local clergy and a
minute's silence, followed by a wreath laying ceremony.

Tripartite conference organised in Sénégal for 28 April
A national conference is being organized on 28 April in Dakar, Sénégal, by l'Intersyndicale Santé et Sécurité au Travail to discuss how to improve workplace health and safety in the country. more

KOZ SR (Confederation of Trade Unions of Slovakia) KOZ SR (Confederation of Trade Unions of Slovakia) is organising its Workers' Commemoration Day on 29th April 2009 focused on OSH issues. Participation of media and government agencies representatives is expected.

Contact Erik Macak

UGT - União Geral de Trabalhadores

"Report: 2009 ICD - 28April

1 National Information Campaign with this material:
   28 Abril  April 28 [pdf] and
   Cartaz_28 Abril [pdf]
2 Conference in the National Parliament with the    Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity.
3 Information at the UGT Homepage

Best regards, José Cordeiro - UGT"

COSATU The international trade union movement marked the International Commemoration Day for Dead and Injured Workers with more than 14 million people took part in 10,000 activities across the world. It is the day when we remember the over 2 million workers who die, the more than 1.2 million who are injured, and the more than 160 million who fall ill each year due to unsafe, unhealthy, or unsustainable work and workplaces. In South Africa the day was commemorated on Friday 8 May 2009. more

Department of Labour The South African Department of Labour in partnership with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and other social partners are
commemorating International Workers' Memorial Day
on Friday, 8 May 2009 at 9:00, conducting an event titled ' Health and Life at Work: A Fundamental Human Right'

Venue: Mangaung Outdoor Sport Centre, Bloemfontein
RSVP before 17 April 2009
email: nozi.maphoto@labour.gov.za
Tel: (012) 309 4399/4408/4407

FPU To mark International Workers' Memorial Day, the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine (Федерація профспілок України or FPU) is calling on national, regional, local and primary trade unions to take active part in the organisation and implementation of events during Labour Safety Week, 22-28 April, 2009, under the theme “Life and health at work is a basic human right”. more

TUC The TUC coordinates activities across the country, publishing a comprehensive listing of events and suggestions. more

Le Trade Union Congress (TUC) du Royaume Uni a mis en place une nouvelle fois un site web pour organiser et faire connaître les activités de
28 avril à travers le Royaume-Uni. Un bulletin a été mis en place sur le site du TUC. Celui-ci dirige les membres vers une page sur le 28 avril qui compte avec des informations, des matériaux, ainsi que des messages sur les événements au niveau national et dans chacune des régions du Royaume-Uni. Voir

El Congreso de Sindicatos Británicos (TUC) ha puesto en marcha un nuevo sitio web, para organizar y dar a conocer las actividades del 28 de abril a través del Reino Unido. Un informe aparece en el sitio web de la TUC, que reenvía a los afiliados a una página sobre el 28 de abril con información, materiales, y mensajes acerca de los eventos a nivel nacional y en todas las regiones del Reino Unido. Véase

AFL-CIO Workers' Memorial Day resources, posters, stickers, background, clip art, leaflets and more •
Facebook WMD event page

AFL-CIO Now Blog update

AFL-CIO memorandum AFL-CIO safety and health director Peg Seminario has issued a memorandum to US unions, state federations, central labor councils and others participating in Workers Memorial Day that lists excellent materials to assist their activities. more

Labor secretary to honor fallen workers on Workers Memorial Day Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, who has made worker safety and health a priority, will join workers, union leaders, elected officials and college staff to commemorate Workers Memorial Day by helping break ground for a new national workers memorial at the National Labor College (NLC) campus in Silver Spring, Maryland. AFL-CIO Now Blog Apr 21, 2009

AFL-CIO, USA En el día 28 de abril, las uniones de la AFL-CIO observan el Día de Recordar a los Trabajadores para rendirle tributo a aquellos que han sufrido y perecido en el trabajo y para renovar la lucha a favor de sitios de trabajo saludables y seguros.

Descargue copia de la hoja de datos sobre el Día de Recordar a los Trabajadores [pdf] • Mas

OSHA US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Workers' Memorial Day press release more

USMWF United Support and Memorial For Workplace Fatalities lists an impressive number of USA WMD actions. more • further details

And view USMWF's excellent video

On worker deaths, Patrice Woeppel To mark International Workers' Memorial Day Patrice has asked Hazards to reproduce her article On worker deaths. He reports the devastating, continuing, and almost hidden, national tragedy in the US. Additional information on the situation is on her website and in her book: Depraved Indifference: the Workers' Compensation System.

Southern California Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health (SoCalCOSH) SoCalCOSH has publisehd a media advisory publicising their Saturday 25 April Workers' Memorial Day event.Local working families will gather to commemorate Workers’ Memorial Day in honor of workers like Sheri Sanji and Pablo Antonio Garcia who where killed on the job. The commemoration includes a procession of more than 30 automobiles displaying banners with information on work-related injuries and fatalities as well as photos of local workers whose lives were tragically lost in preventable accidents at work.
Media advisory [pdf] • More from Pete Greyshock

SoCalCOSH
1000 N Alameda Street Suite 240
Los Angeles,
CA 90012, USA
Tel: + 1 213 346 3277

FETRAMQUIPES Taller sobre Negociación Colectiva y Salud Laboral en la Construcción.
Contacto Carlos Salguero

América Latina Les envío un saludo muy especial desde el Instituto Laboral Andino (ILA) de Lima, Perú. Felicitaciones por esta iniciativa. "Unidos en defensa de la seguridad y la salud en el trabajo".
Desde el ILA venimos desarrollando iniciativas a favor de la salud laboral y el medio ambiente para las centrales y confederaciones que forman parte del CCLA y que son de Bolivia: COB; Ecuador: CEDOCUT, CTE y CEOSL; Colombia: CUT, CGT y CTC; Perú: CGTP, CATP, CTP y CUT y Venezuela: CTG, CUTV, CTV, CODESA, UNT. Los invitamos a ver nuestra sección dedicada al 28 de abril: http://www.ila.org.pe/especiales/28abril/index.htm

WALES
Bridgend College - Tuesday, 28 April. Bridgend College, Cowbridge Road, Bridgend, CF31 3DF, Wales

The unveiling of a Welsh slate WMD plaque dedicated to workers who have lost their lives will take place at the trade union studies centre.

All Welcome. Further information from:
Email ryoung@bridgend.ac.uk Phone 01656-302511

Building and Wood Workers' International Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI) calls on affiliates to organise for International Workers' Memorial Day more

Building and Wood Workers' International Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI) has started preparations for 28 April 2009 with a website that reminds readers “Your job should provide you with a living - not cause your death.” The slogan for this year’s commemoration is: Organise! Cancer no thanks! more

IUF - African unions mobilise In Africa, IUF's affiliates who are taking part in the Global occupational heath and safety programme have committed to marking Workers Memorial Day by calling on their government to ratify ILO Convention 184 on safety and health in agriculture as a first step to implementing programmes to improve workers' health and safety. more

Read the ICEM statement Asbestos Redux: The Canadian Government’s Shameful Hypocrisy more

ICEM Campaigns for ILO Convention 176 more

The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) Unions say no to violence! ITF will hold its Action Day on 28 April 2009. The main theme for this event will focus on violence in public transport. The ITF Railway Workers' Section Conference in December 2008 unanimously endorsed this campaign day and agreed to invite ITF unions who represent bus and taxi workers, where relevant and appropriate. It is no coincidence that this global event takes place on the Workers' Memorial Day.

Many ITF unions have already highlighted the issues related to harassment and violence at work in the past and we are hoping that an international focus will further deliver the union message firmly to transport users, fellow colleagues, media, policy-makers and politicians.

More details • No to violence

ITF WMD reports of activities organised for the Action Day:

• Breaking News No. 1 (11:00 GMT, 28 April)
• Breaking News No. 2 (15:00 GMT, 28 April)
• Breaking News No. 3 (17:00 GMT, 28 April)
• Breaking News No. 4 (23:00 GMT, 28 April)
• Breaking News No. 5 (22:00 GMT, 29 April)
  

UK affiliate ASLEF's coordinated UK wide actions

Campaign Guidelines - Unions Say No to Violence, Join your Union!

Building and Wood Workers' International Global Union Federation BWI affiliates in Brazil, Chile, Paraguay,  Argentina,  Uruguay, Guatemala, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Panama, Peru,  Colombia, Ecuador  and Venezuela have confirmed they will be undertaking activities to mark 28 April, Workers' Memorial Day. The union organisations involved are FETRACOMP, CONTICOM-CUT, SOLIDARIDADE, CTF, UECARA, UOCRA, SUNCA, SINCSG, SOICSCES, FENTICOMMC, SUNTRACS, FENATIMAP, FECOTECMAC, FEDESOMEC and FETRAMAQUIPES.

Contact: Fiona Murie, BWI or Carlos Salguero, BWI

América Latina Les envío un saludo muy especial desde el Instituto Laboral Andino (ILA) de Lima, Perú. Felicitaciones por esta iniciativa. "Unidos en defensa de la seguridad y la salud en el trabajo".
Desde el ILA venimos desarrollando iniciativas a favor de la salud laboral y el medio ambiente para las centrales y confederaciones que forman parte del CCLA y que son de Bolivia: COB; Ecuador: CEDOCUT, CTE y CEOSL; Colombia: CUT, CGT y CTC; Perú: CGTP, CATP, CTP y CUT y Venezuela: CTG, CUTV, CTV, CODESA, UNT. Los invitamos a ver nuestra sección dedicada al 28 de abril: http://www.ila.org.pe/especiales/28abril/index.htm

EU-OSHA The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work headquartered in Bilbao, Spain will continue to carry its 2008 theme of “Good Occupational Health for All Workers” into the activities it promotes for International Workers' Memorial Day 2009.

The Agency is continuing this focus because the rate of occupational disease, injury and death is not subsiding. Every three and a half minutes somebody in the EU dies from work-related causes; more than 150,000 deaths a year are caused by either work-related accidents (8,900) or occupational diseases (142,000).

Latest European figures on workplace fatalities

Prevention through anticipation [pdf] espanol

Prevention through anticipation: A key to success in occupational risk prevention [pdf] • European Agency

More on EU-OSHA

Further details: Jukka Takala

PAHO/WHO/NIOSH Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) & 2009 the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

Protect the Health and Safety of Health Care Workers 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM At PAHO/WHO Headquarters, (Room B), 525 23rd Street NW, Washington, DC
(3 blocks south of the Foggy Bottom Metro).

Save the Date! Tuesday, 28 April 2009

Featuring
Dr. Bonnie Rogers - Professor and Director, Occupational Safety, Health, Education, and Research Center and Occupational Health Nursing Program, University of North Carolina Keeping Health Care Workers Safe and Healthy at Work
Dr. Karen Daley - Member, Board of Directors, American Nurses Association Sharps Injury Prevention: Safeguarding Workers' Health and Safety

A light lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to Manisha Pahwa at pahwaman@paho.org or 202-974-3313

This event will be transmitted via WEB in English and Spanish