Algeria

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*	All social partners including the Union Generale des Travailleurs Algerien (UGTA) Tripartite meeting on occupational accident and disease reduction more

Angola

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*	UCSA 28 April commemoration and week of struggle for a unionised, safe workplace and call for a global asbestos ban. more

Argentina

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*	UOCRA, UECARA, USIMRA, BWI 28 April campaign protests about occupational carcinogens including asbestos more
*	Ministry of Employment and Social Security Conference on occupational health and safety, HIV/AIDS more
*	Confederación General Del Trabajo De La Republica Argentina (CGT) Commemoration ceremony more

Austria

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*	ÖGB The Austrian Trade Union Federation to hold workplace candle-light ceremonies on 28 April more

Australia

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*	VTHC Trades Hall honours fallen workers on Workers Memorial Day. VTHC news release
*	SA Unions Federal law lets employers get away with murder. SA Unions news release
*	Unions NSW International Day of Mourning dedicated to the Tasmanian miners. Unions NSW news release
*	ACTU Australian workers mourn lives lost in workplaces. ACTU news release and events webpage
*	Victorian Trades Hall Council Workers' Memorial Day 2006 webpage
*	ACTU, affiliated union organisations, labour council/trades hall, and other events more
*	ACTU 28 April wreath laying ceremony to commemorate asbestos and work accident victims more
*	ACTU Australian Council of Trades Unions more

Bangladesh

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*	GTWL Compensation call for victims of factory tragedies more
*	Union organisations in Bangladesh will highlight the issues of asbestos, occupational health and safety and HIV/AIDS. more

Belgium

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*	Belgian trade unions plan action for 28 April to mark work-related catastrophes more

Bermuda

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*	Bermuda Industrial Union (BIU) Ceremony and headlights action more

Brazil

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*	FUNDACENTRO Major Latin American asbestos symposium and commemoration more
*	CONTICOM-CUT, FETICOM-RS, FETICOM-SP, SOLIDARIDAD 28 April campaign against asbestos hazards more
*	ABREA - Fernanda Giannasi lists the actions against asbestos hazards to be taken by ABREA over Workers' Memorial Day more

Bulgaria

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*	Bulgarian trade unions plan 28 April events and a major tripartite conference on asbestos. more

Burkina Faso

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*	FTBBF, FNTCS 28 April campaign against asbestos hazards. more

*	Meeting and call for permanent G8 working group on HIV/AIDS Meeting and call for permanent G8 working group on HIV/AIDS more

Canada

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*	CAW April 28 - Day of Mourning. Message
*	CLC Workers Remember those killed on the job/Les travailleurs et travailleuses se souviennent des morts au travail. more
*	CCOHS Day of Mourning statistics for Canada more
*	BC Carpenters Union Fight for the living, mourn for the dead. more
*	CAW make the focus of their day of mourning activities participation in the CAW Ban Asbestos Campaign. [pdf]
*	Labour Councils in Ontario: Over a Hundred 28 April Events Planned in Canada’s Province of Ontario more
*	UTU Canada a prime target for 28 April asbestos ban campaign more Unbridgeable differences: Day of mourning more • message
*	CUPE Organize now for April 28 in your community more

*	Costa Rican trade unions call on Italy to support permanent G8 working group on HIV/AIDS more

*	Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia (UATUC), other unions Call for improved health insurance, maternity rights more

Czech Republic

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*	Trade Unions in Czech Republic organise candlelight ceremony, health and safety conference for 28 April more

*	Confederation Democratique du Travail (CDT) Call for permanent G8 working group on HIV/AIDS more

Denmark

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Hong Kong

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India

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*	Silicosis Victims Association Fast and commemoration of workplace dust victims more
*	Society for Working Life Ceremony and street play on workplace safety, workshop on HIV/AIDS more • Workers’ Memorial Day webpages
*	Construction unions 28 April campaign against asbestos hazards more
*	BWI Building and Wood Workers International report on affiliates' activities in India more

Indonesia

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*	F-Kui Manifesto calling for a global asbestos ban more

International

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*	IMF Call for a global ban on asbestos, criticism of employers' organisation IOE more
*	IUF Asbestos is the world's biggest industrial killer - Ban it now! more
*	IUF 28 April Activities to draw attention to employer responsibility for worker deaths more
*	International Asbestos Memorial to be unveiled more
*	International Ban Asbestos Secretariat (IBAS) 28 April petition calling for global asbestos ban more
*	ITF Call to get on board G8 letter-writing campaign on HIV/AIDS more
*	UNI "Entreprises organisées – Entreprises sûres!," 28 Avril 2006
*	UNI "Union workplaces–Safer workplaces!" 28 April guide
*	ICEM Remembering the 20th anniversary of Chernobyl more
*	ICEM Global Chemical Union Calls On Members To Join 28 April Efforts more
*	ITGLWF Textile Workers’ federation urges member organizations to join in 28 April Workers' Memorial Day more
*	ICFTU listing of regional and national summary reports of Workers' Memorial Day activities [pdf]
*	BWI Building and Wood Workers International focuses 28 April activities on world-wide asbestos ban campaign more • press release
*	PSI Public Services International (PSI) urges members to join 28 April activities more

Ireland

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*	SIPTU marks International Memorial Day for Workers - April 28 more

Israel

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*	Histadrut Safety workshop, commemoration and bulletin more

Italy

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*	CISL 28 April asbestos victims’ conference more
*	AEAFZG Asbestos campaign and advocacy organisation Associazione Esposti Amianto Friuli Venezia Giulia will organise a 28 April asbestos demonstration in front of the Canadian Consulate in Padova, calling for a global asbestos ban. more

Japan

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*	Ban Asbestos Network Japan (BANJAN) Campaign activities in support of a global asbestos ban more
*	JTUC-RENGO Rally for a total asbestos ban, occupational health and safety, and to highlight the issue of HIV/AIDS more
*	Government National health and safety week more

Kenya

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*	Kenya Quarry, Kenya Printing and paper, Kenya Building and Construction 28 April campaign against asbestos hazards more
*	KPAWU call for G8 to set up permanent HIV/AIDS working group more

Laos

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*	ILO, with participation of social partners Safety meeting more

Latin America

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*	BWI, Latin American unions, asbestos campaign organisations Demand for an immediate asbestos ban in Brazil more

Lebanon

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*	ILO activities with tripartite involvement Tripartite meeting covering safe work, asbestos, child labour and HIV/AIDS more

Liberia

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*	Delegation and rally to call for permanent G8 working group on HIV/AIDS more

Lithuania

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*	Lithuanian trade unionists plan health & safety conference for 28 April more

Madagascar

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*	ILO 28 April activities and report more

Malawi

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*	BCCEAWU 28 April campaign against asbestos hazards more
*	MCTU The Malawi Congress of Trade Unions plans for WMD

Malaysia

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*	UECI Conference calling for a global asbestos ban more

Mali

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*	FENNIBABCOM 28 April campaign against asbestos hazards more

Malta

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*	GWU The General Workers' Union Institute for Health and Safety of Malta is organizing a number of activities to mark 28 April 2006. more

Mauritius

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*	CFMEU 28 April campaign against asbestos hazards more

Mozambique

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*	SINTICIM 28 April campaign against asbestos hazards more

Nepal

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New Zealand

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*	NZCTU Launches Campaign for Asbestos Victims. NZCTU news release
*	NZCTU Unions Talking Health and Safety - March 2006 newsletter on Workers' Memorial Day briefing [pdf]
*	NZCTU Workers' Memorial Day webpages featuring activities, resources and news more
*	RMTU Workers' Memorial Day every year [pdf]
*	National Occupation Health and Safety Advisory Committee reports 1,000 New Zealanders die every year from the “silent killer” more

*	SYNBBAROUTES 28 April campaign against asbestos hazards more

*	NUCECFWW 28 April campaign against asbestos hazards more
*	Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) The Nigeria Labour Congress plans several activites to commemorate 28 April more

North America

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*	LHSFNA April 28: Workers’ Memorial Day more

Pakistan

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*	APFTU and EFP 28 April bipartite events more
*	PRWSWO Rural workers call for action on HIV/AIDS. more

Palestine

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*	PGFTU Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas to address Nablus conference commemorating dead and injured workers. more

Panama

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*	FENATRACOMAP, SUNTRACS 28 April campaign against asbestos hazards more

Paraguay

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*	FETTRACOMP 28 April campaign against asbestos hazards more

Peru

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*	ILO/government Semana de la seguridad y salud en el trabajo/Safety and health at work week, international seminar more
*	FTCCP, FENATIMAP 28 April campaign against asbestos hazards more

Poland

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*	Solidarnosc Call for a global asbestos ban, seminar on workplace safety, regional activities and ceremonies more

Portugal

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*	União Geral de Trabalhadores (UGT), government Segurança, Higiene e Saúde no Trabalho “Um ano de prevenção: Que balanço?”/28 April commemoration, publication and seminars more

Romania

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*	CNSLR-FRATIA Conference on workplace safety, regional activities and ceremonies more

Russian Federation

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*	ILO Decent work –safe work, HIV/AIDS more

Senegal

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*	ITGLWF affiliates in Senegal press for G8 Action on HIV/AIDS. more
*	SAT-SDE Call for national asbestos ban and just transition more
*	SYNACO, SNTBBTPP 28 April campaign against asbestos hazards more
*	Senegal’s trade union centre asks government of France to support a permanent G8 working group on HIV/AIDS more

South Africa

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*	COSATU Seminars, demonstrations and marches on safety in agriculture and HIV/AIDs more
*	BCAWU, NUM, CEEPPAWU under the banner of Ministry of Labour, NACTU/COSATU and BWI 28 April campaign against asbestos hazards more

South Korea

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*	FKTU Commemoration and accident prevention awards more
*	Korean Federation of Trade Union (KCTU), Solidarity for Workers' Health and Korean non-governmental organisations "Killer companies awards", protests events and exhibition more
*	KFCITU 28 April campaign against asbestos hazards more

Spain

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*	CC.OO Se manifiesta ante el congreso de los diputados para exigir atencion a las victimas del amianto/Trade union activities supporting asbestos victims. more
*	Spanish unions, CC.OO and UGT issue joint 28 April declaration focusing on workplace health and safety and the dangers of asbestos. more

Swaziland

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*	SAAPAWU 28 April campaign against asbestos hazards more

Sweden

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*	LO Sweden, other agencies Minnesdag för arbetslivets offer/Conferences measures to improve political co-operation on safety and job satisfaction, training and gender issues more
*	ILO, Arbetslivsinstitutet (National Institute for Working Life), Arbetsmiljöverkets (Swedish Working Environment Authority) and unions Seminar on collaboration of safety “in a global perspective” more

Tanzania

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*	Government, unions, employers Press conference, commemorations more
*	TAMICO 28 April campaign against asbestos hazards more
*	TUCTA Call for permanent G8 working group on HIV/AIDS more

Thailand

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*	OHSEI The Occupational Health, Safety and Environment Institute in Bangkok has lined up a series of activities to mark the upcoming Workers' Memorial Day more

Togo

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*	SYNBARCOT, SYNTRAGAVO 28 April campaign against asbestos hazards more

Turkey

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*	Turkish Occupational Health and Safety Centre (ISGUM) Launch of new construction safety project more

UK

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*	Usdaw backs International Workers Memorial Day in remembrance of people killed in work-related accidents. News release
*	GMB calls for National Holiday on Workers' Memorial Day 28th April more
*	Scottish Hazards Workers’ Memorial Day webpages more
*	TUC Workers' Memorial Day pages more TUC listing of UK union events more
*	Hazards Campaign's listing of union and grassroots events more
*	Community more
*	Amicus - background, activities and resources more
*	CWU is encouraging it members across the UK to participate in local events to mark Workers' Memorial Day (WMD). more
*	TGWU - background, activities and resources more
*	TSSA - statement on Workers' Memorial Day more
*	UNISON Union workplaces equal safer workplaces more • further resources
*	UNISON SCOTLAND Remember the dead, fight for the living more

Uganda

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*	UBCCECAWU 28 April campaign against asbestos hazards more
*	National Organisation of Trade Unions (NOTU) Urgent call for a permanent G8 working party on HIV/AIDS more
*	Ugandan Centre for Occupational Safety and Health Banners, media coverage and publicity more

Uraguay

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*	SUNCA 28 April campaign against asbestos hazards more

USA

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*	National Council on Occupational Safety and Health Workplace health and safety: Dirty dozen report, [pdf]
*	UAW Workers Memorial Day Materials more
*	ADAO Asbestos Awareness Day event lays groundwork for a month of continued educational effort [pdf]
*	California Coalition For Workers Memorial Day more
*	Confined Space US Workers' Memorial Day updates
*	Confined Space Workers Memorial Day is coming: People get ready Confined Space briefing
*	AFL-CIO 2006 "Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect" report more
*	AFL-CIO Remembering those killed and hurt at work, focus on mining tragedies more
*	AFL-CIO Honoring workers webpages more
*	AFSCME Workers' Memorial Day activities more
*	USMWF United Support and Memorial for Workplace Fatalities (USMWF) more
*	USW more

Venezuela

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*	Fetraconstruccion, Fetramaquipes 28 April campaign against asbestos hazards more

Zambia

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*	NUGEGW 28 April campaign against asbestos hazards more
*	ZCTU Rally and call for permanent G8 working group on HIV/AIDS more

Zimbabwe

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*	GAPWUZ, ZFTATU, ZCATWU, ZEEWU, CSEA 28 April campaign against asbestos hazards more