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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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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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Unite’s London and Eastern region has organised a history walk to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day (April 28) this year. Last year, the region ran a highly successful series of working-class history walks that helped members discover past struggles and the lessons trade unions today can learn from them. The walks were led by a […]
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International Workers’ Memorial Day (IMWD), held on April 28 every year, brings together workers and their representatives from all over the world to ‘remember the dead and fight for the living’. Unite branches are organising events in towns and cities across the UK and making use of a host of resources to promote IWMD in […]
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Scores of Unite members gathered in Liverpool at the Hod Carrier statue, the UK’s first ever worker’s memorial, to pay tribute to fallen workers on International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD) this…Read more…
Construction union Unite is demanding that leading construction clients and principal contractors ensure that all workers on their projects are fully protected by death and injury insurance – or be…Read more…
Unite is calling on councils and employers to mark today’s (April 28) International Workers’ Memorial Day by backing the union’s Get Me Home Safely campaign. Unite wants the hundreds of councils and…Read more…
On International Workers Memorial Day (IWMD), Doctors in Unite (DiU) held a special event at the Covid Memorial Wall in London to call for all health and social care workers (HSCWs) to be issued with…Read more…
The call for all health and social care workers (HSCWs) to be issued with special equipment – respiratory protective equipment (RPE) – as the Covid crisis continues will be highlighted tomorrow…Read more…
When my great uncle died at work in the mines in 1933, he left behind three children and a family to feed. The employer paid out a paltry sum and that was that. But for those left behind, the failure…Read more…
Yesterday (April 28) was Workers’ Memorial Day. As part of the union’s observation of this date when we remember all those who have lost their lives at work, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey and…Read more…
Today is International Workers Memorial Day and this afternoon we remembered all those who have been killed at work or died of work related diseases at the beautiful “Clasping Hands” sculpture and memorial in Three Mills Green, Newham, East London.
IWMD is on Wednesday 28 April and UNISON is asking everyone to observe a minute’s silence at 12 noon for all those who have died from COVID-19.Read more…
“It was incredibly moving to see the entire nation fall silent and pay its respects”
The article Remembering our key workers first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Unite has always put the safety and welfare of our members first, including their mental health. Our challenge has been to meet the requirements and needs of all the 20 industrial sectors Unite…Read more…
wherever you are – at home or at work – please join us in a moment of silence. To say thank you. To remember. To show our solidarity. To remember the dead, but also on International Workers Memorial…Read more…
Keeping our members safe at work is one of the most important tasks that trade unions can do. Today, let’s remember how far we’ve come in that fight – and how much more there is to do.
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Unite activists gathered at Tower Hill in London on Saturday (April 28), International Workers’ Memorial Day, to pay tribute to those who’ve been killed or injured at work. …Read more…
Unite members from across Yorkshire gathered at ceremonies to mark International Workers Memorial Day (IWMD) on Saturday (April 28). In Sheffield around 100 people gathered as a wreath was…Read more…