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28 APRIL 2003
INTERNATIONAL WORKERS' MEMORIAL DAY

Argentina • Australia • Bangladesh • Bermuda • Brazil • Bulgaria • Canada • China • Hong Kong • Hungary • Korea • Lithuania • Malaysia •  New Zealand • Peru • Spain • Sweden • Taiwan • Thailand • United Kingdom • USA • Venezuela • International • Americas

ARGENTINA
Conmemoraron el día internacional de los trabajadores fallecidos en su trabajo, Ministry of Labour, Argentina.

AUSTRALIA
Queensland Council of Unions WMD news release.

ACTU The Australian union federation's Workers' Memorial Day briefing

VTHC Workers' Memorial Day
report and flyer

AMWU calls for memorial to workers killed at work on the eve of the International Day of Mourning.

BANGLADESH
BFTUC Events in Bangladesh to commemorate Workers' Memorial Day and brief report of events.

BERMUDA
Bermuda Industrial Union is to observe the international commemoration day for dead and injured workers.

BRAZIL
FUNDACENTRO 28 April is to commemorated for the first time in Brazil this year.

Brazilian asbestos victims demonstrate on Workers' Memorial Day.

BULGARIA
CITUB 28 April in Bulgaria.

CANADA
Ontario federation of labour April 28 - Why we need a day of mourning.


CLC WMD briefing and list of events

CAW Day of Mourning: April 28

CHINA
China Labour Bulletin Details of the International Workers' Memorial Day initiative. Also see: Risks 102, 19 April 2003

CZECH REPUBLIC
CMKOS 28 April in Czech Republic.

HUNGARY
MSZOSZ Workers' Memorial Day activities in Hungary.

HONG KONG
ARIAV Click here for a larger image of the Hong Kong Association for the Rights of Industrial Accident Victims poster.

KOREA
FKTU holds various events to commemorate the 113th Mayday and the Workers Memorial Day.

LITHUANIA
LPSK Brief report on WMD activities from the Lithuanian Trade Union Confederation.

MALAYSIA
An average of one thousand deaths occur every year in Malaysian workplaces, according to the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (Penang Division).

NEW ZEALAND
NZCTU Workers stop and remember the dead.

NZCTU Workers’ Memorial Day briefing and poster [pdf]

EPMU Workers' Memorial Day activities.

RMU Trains halt to honour killed workers.

PERU
Sindicato Unitario de Trabajadores De Telefónica del Perú Hoy 28 de abril dia mundial de la seguridad y salud en el trabajo.

SPAIN
Comisiones Obreras El 28 de Abril, día internacional de la Seguridad y Salud de los trabajadores y de recuerdo a la víctimas.

SWEDEN
LO Sweden Workers' Memorial Day briefing and resources.

TAIWAN
Taiwan Association for Victims of Occupational Injuries (TAVOI) is to use the image of the kapok flower as the 28 April logo.

THAILAND
OHSEI The Asian Workers Occupational Health, safety and environment institute has compiled a list of activities in Thailand for WMD.

UK

Remembering what happened on Workers' Memorial Day TUC has published a detailed online report on UK activities on Workers' Memorial Day 2003. The 28 April 2003 event was marked by a record number of national and local events. The report was prepared by TUC WMD 2003 coordinator Hilda Palmer, of Greater Manchester Hazards Centre.

Hazards Deadly business webpage Including TUC/Hazards guide for WMD 2003

Hazards International Workers' Memorial Day poster from issue 78 [pdf]

Round-up Workers' Memorial Day 2003, Risks 104, 3 May 2003.

TUC Workers' Memorial Day: Book of Remembrance.

TUC General secretary elect Personal WMD message from Brendan Barber.

TUC Updated events listing.

TUC Briefing A Workers' Memorial Day 2003 briefing from British union federation TUC for unions and safety activists.
TUC briefing, 22 December 2003 and wmd listing

TUC Press release TUC wants global employers held accountable for two million work-related deaths a year

Send a postcard to Tony Blair to ask where is the corporate manslaughter law he promised Britain five years ago?

Corporate responsibility The TUC wants real corporate accountability and responsibility for workers’ health and safety to be the theme for Workers’ Memorial Day 2003.

London Hazards Centre Briefing document with examples of past action and further contact details.
Also: A web based memorial of construction workers killed in the City of London.

TUC proposals for Workers' Memorial Day 2003 Briefing document calling for real corporate social responsibility for workers' health and safety

TUC A list of the most recently posted documents on International Workers'Memorial Day including news, resources, action alerts and briefings.

SCOTLAND International Workers Memorial Day 28th April 2003 briefing from West Lothian Trade Union Council.

AMICUS Amicus/AEEU WMD call on 'corporate killing'.

GPMU briefing Background, union demands for WMD and a call for action.

TGWU A hard day's work never killed anyone - negligent bosses did. WMD materials and poster [pdf]

TUC Article for journals and newsletters.

TUC Background factsheet for UK unions,

UNISON Health & Safety Bulletin briefing

GMB is calling time on corporate crime

Hazards Campaign Campaign poster and links

Workers' Memorial Day purple ribbons Contact GMHC or visit the Hazards Campaign site for further details.

USA
AFL-CIO resources Briefing, clip art, posters and materials order form.

AFL-CIO A list of memorials that have been dedicated to workers. Many of these memorials have been erected in response to and dedicated on Workers Memorial Day.

AFL-CIO WMD 2003 news release and resources.

AFSCME You can order WMD materials and report events online.

USA: Huck/Konopacki WMD labor cartoons

CWA Workers' Memorial Day sticker

BAC International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craft Workers advice and information.

UAW A feature honouring UAW workers killed on the job. and a Workers Memorial Day animated tribute.

VENEZUELA
ORIT Conmemoración 28 de abril.

INTERNATIONAL

GLOBAL The fight for safer work: Trade unions in over 100 countries are organising 28 April events to mark Workers’ Memorial Day.

ITF Workers' Memorial Day statement

IFBWW Workers' Memorial Day report from Fiona Murie, of the construction, forestry and building global union federation IFBWW.

IFBWW Workers' Memorial Day background document.

ICFTU Workers' Memorial Day briefing 2003 and news release

ICFTU Workers' Memorial Day press release 2003.

ICFTU/ETUC Workers' Memorial Day ceremony, Brussels, 28 April 2003.

ILO world day for safety and health at work page.

TUC International book of remembrance.

TUC Workers' Memorial Day: Book of Remembrance for UK workers.

AMERICAS
Las Américas Según cifras globales, en las Américas ocurren 36 accidentes de trabajo por minuto.

Americas Occupational injuries affect 36 people each minute, figures in the Americas show.