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Construction workers gathered at Unite’s annual International Workers’ Memorial Day commemoration at Tower Hill by the Building Worker statue in London this week. In a year that saw deaths in the construction industry climb, speakers recognised the role trade union health and safety reps play in making workplaces safer, and demanded better access to all […]
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From Friday through the weekend, Unite members across the union’s regions marked International Workers’ Memorial Day to ‘honour the dead and fight for the living’. You can view highlights from the commemorations in photos below: Angus Council – Scotland East Ayreshire – Scotland Aberdeen – Scotland Doncaster Leeds Sheffield Wolverhampton Tower Hill, London – photo […]
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Construction workers from Hinkley Point C (HPC) in Somerset gathered around the Unite Workers’ Memorial in Bridgwaters’ Blake Gardens to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day on Friday (April 26). They were joined by Unite officers along with representatives from trades councils and other workplace unions to lay wreaths and hear speeches. In total over 60 […]
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Unite members joined other trade unionists at an International Workers’ Memorial Day event in Liverpool on Sunday (April 28) to ‘honour the dead and fight for the living’. They observed a minute of silence to pay tribute to all workers who have died or have been injured in work in the UK and across the […]
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In the week ahead of International Workers’ Memorial Day on Sunday (April 28), UniteLive turns its attention to this year’s IWMD theme – workers’ health and the climate crisis. Earlier this week in our IWMD series, we looked at the affect of rising temperatures on farming and forestry workers, who are toiling in increasingly unsafe […]
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It’s International Workers’ Memorial Day on Sunday (April 28), where workers and their trade unions get together to honour those who have died or have been injured in work, and to fight for better health and safety in all our workplaces. Nothing sums IWMD better than ‘Remember the dead, fight for the living’. Unite is […]
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Every year on April 28, trade unions and their members unite to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD). Events are held across the world to remember those who have lost their lives at work, or from work-related injury and diseases. IWMD has turned its attention to ‘climate change and workers’ health’ this year. In today’s […]
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In the lead up to International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD) on Sunday (April 28), UniteLive will explore this year’s IWMD theme – the climate crisis and workers’ health. Today, we highlight the untimely death of Unite member Matthew Campbell (pictured), who was killed because his employer failed to protect him in work during a storm. […]
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