[IER] International Workers’ Memorial Day 2024: tackling climate risks for workers

Fri Apr 26 13:49:20 BST 2024

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International Workers’ Memorial Day 2024: tackling climate risks for workers

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There is an urgent need for emergency preparedness to be integrated into workplace safety policies, in democratic consultation with workers’ trade unions, say the ITUC. 

The World Health Organization’s statement in December 2023 highlighted an alarming surge in climate-related disasters, underlining the grave implications for workers’ health and job security.

Workers in agriculture, construction, postal delivery and other sectors have been particularly affected, with a marked increase in heat-related illnesses and fatalities. The threat is not just from heat; storms, hurricanes, floods, blizzards, lightning, tornadoes, wildfires and strong winds are a growing danger to the workplace.

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“I thought we had more time”

A simple sentence written by Anthea on her husband Peter’s first missed birthday. But words  which wrap within them a whole world of pain - FACK Statement: International Workers' Memorial Day 28 April 2024 

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TUC create online Workers Memorial Wall to remember those killed at work

Members of the public are welcome to share information and tributes to their own loved ones. 

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Workers Memorial Day: a timeline

This timeline details some of the events in British labour history where employer and government failures led to the preventable deaths of workers. 

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More than 70 per cent of managers support Labour’s changes to employment law

Poll finds most managers back Labour’s New Deal for Working People 

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Update of the IER's briefing on Minimum Service Levels legislation

Prof Keith Ewing and Lord John Hendy have updated the IER briefing on the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act to take into account latest developments 

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Miners' Strike 40 Years On: State Repression, Solidarity & Civil Defence

A panel discussion exploring the role of the law, the state and communities in the 1984-5 Miners' Strike. Lord John Hendy KC on the role of the law and the state. Heather Wood on Women Against Pit Closures. Ann Field in the Chair. The 8th May 19.00 at the Marx Memorial Library  

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