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International Workers Memorial Day (IWMD) on 28th April commemorates those workers who have been killed through their work. The CWU is calling upon ALL CWU Branches, Regions, Reps and Members to please support your local IWMD events and come together to remember those who have lost their lives to work, been injured or disabled and to further renew our trade union commitment to fight for the safety and health of the living and make workplaces and working methods safer. The information below was sent to the Union's Branches in both Postal and T&FS Constituencies via Letter To Branches (LTB080/25): International workers memorial day events | TUC Scottish TUC List of Local Events International Workers Memorial Day | STUC Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) WMD Event TUC Cymru have also organised a Wales’ National Workers’ Memorial Day event in Cardiff on Monday 28th April 2025 – 10:00 to 12:00 Many more events will take place on International Workers Memorial Day 2025 which may not be officially listed. We therefore advise branches to make enquiries with local Trades Councils and other Trade Unions, Local Authorities, Hazards and other Campaign organisations for details of local IWMD events that Branches and Reps may further wish to support. CWU 2025 International Workers Memorial Day Poster A CWU Workplace poster draws attention to this year’s them of; Occupational health and safety: A fundamental right at work. This year, there will be an explicit additional focus on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and digitisation of occupational health and safety. The HSE has indicated it wants to reach a point where AI risk is ‘no longer novel’ and is managed in the same way as any other risk. To download and print out the poster in PDF A3 size or by re-sizing it to A4; click the poster image below:
The link below is to a recent report from the Labour Research Department (LRD) which has been produced especially in time for IWMD 2025. Counter intelligence? Artificial intelligence and workers’ health and safety | LRD 'Light up Purple’ CWU campaign for IWMD The CWU Northwest Region started the ‘light up purple’ campaign in the name of the CWU in 2022 by asking for landmarks, buildings, bridges to ‘light up for IWMD’ to remember the estimated 2.7 million workers who die globally each year because of occupational accidents or work-related diseases. A few of the many landmarks, buildings, bridges that will be lighting up purple on the 28th April 2025 are listed below: Fairfield General Hospital Bury, BL9 7TD More information on the ‘Light up Purple for IWMD’ campaign
If you are interested in more information on the Global IWMD events campaigns and further guides and news items, you can visit the 28April.org website which contains details of the hugely valuable work undertaken by Hazards magazine and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). 28 April | Remember the dead, fight like hell for the living Finally, we are raising awareness of TUC endorsed Big Zoom solidarity meeting & Memorial Call to action in memory of Zane Gbangbola on International Workers Memorial Day 28th April 6 pm to 6.20 pm Eleven years ago, 7-year-old Zane Gbangbola tragically died when the basement of his home in Chertsey was flooded with water from the Thames. There is very strong evidence that this allowed hydrogen cyanide gas from a former landfill site nearby to seep into the house. Hydrogen Cyanide is a colorless gas, which has in the past been linked to historic landfill sites. Andy Burnham has been a high-profile supporter of the family campaign for several years and he will be speaking at this online event. Big Zoom in solidarity with the family of Zane Gbangbola | TUC Source: CWU / Dave Ward / JamieMcGovern / Unionsafety See also: International Workers' Memoria lDay News Archive
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