IWMD 2010 - UNISON Events

UNISON members, staff, branches, and regions across the UK will be marking IWMD 2010 - the first year the Day has been officially recognised.

Join us by "Remembering the Dead, and Fighting for the Living!"

Sickness absence

UNISON is committed to fighting for sickness absence agreements that are fair, non discriminatory and compassionate.

Workers Memorial Day 2010 - Remember the Dead, Fight for the Living.

Remember the dead and fight for the living on International Workers Memorial Day (IWMD), and join UNISON in one minutes' silence at 12 midday on Wednesday 28 April 2010.

UNISON believes that there needs to be a cultural change in the way work related deaths, injuries, and ill-health are viewed. They are not just part of the job, or just unfortunate. In most cases they are also avoidable.

Recent official recognition of the Day does not mean that the job is done. IWMD and official recognition are a means to an end – this being to raise awareness of the importance of health and safety and to campaign for safer and healthier work. Similarly, remembering those who have died, been injured, or made ill is an important part of the Day.

However, equally important is to fight for the living by ensuring that the Day is used to campaign, organise, and recruit on health and safety at branch level. Unions make work safer, and make it most safe when there is a large, active, and involved membership.