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14 March, 2001Health and safety in the workplace is the focus for April 28.
SPAIN: April 28 marks the "International Day to Commemorate Dead and Injured Workers". Trade unions worldwide have begun making plans to remember those workers who have either died or been injured in the course of their professional activity.
Leading up to actions related to April 28, the trade unions in Spain have announced their intention to hold a national general strike on April 27. The one-hour strike will take place from 12 noon to 1 p.m. during which there will be a moment of silence as well as a public reading about the increase in fatality rates at the workplace. Major themes for events, which are being organised by the trade union confederations CC.OO. and UGT, will be deaths and injuries related to temporary work, subcontracting, immigrant labour as well as age and gender factors.
According to the Trade Union Occupational Health, Safety and Environment Working Party, the first countries to officially adopt some form of national commemoration day related to workers' health and safety are Spain, Canada and Thailand. The Spanish government approved a decree three years ago for the observance of April 28.
Spain currently has an average of five workers die EVERY DAY as a result of unsustainable forms of production.
Leading up to actions related to April 28, the trade unions in Spain have announced their intention to hold a national general strike on April 27. The one-hour strike will take place from 12 noon to 1 p.m. during which there will be a moment of silence as well as a public reading about the increase in fatality rates at the workplace. Major themes for events, which are being organised by the trade union confederations CC.OO. and UGT, will be deaths and injuries related to temporary work, subcontracting, immigrant labour as well as age and gender factors.
According to the Trade Union Occupational Health, Safety and Environment Working Party, the first countries to officially adopt some form of national commemoration day related to workers' health and safety are Spain, Canada and Thailand. The Spanish government approved a decree three years ago for the observance of April 28.
Spain currently has an average of five workers die EVERY DAY as a result of unsustainable forms of production.