INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ MEMORIAL DAY 2025

Our ref: HSR

Head Office Circular: NP/59/25

2^nd April 2025

To: The Secretary

ALL BRANCHES

REGIONAL COUNCILS

 

Dear Colleague

INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ MEMORIAL DAY 2025

 

Every year on 28^th April all over the world, trade unions, workers, and families hold remembrance events to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day because work continues to kill millions globally every year. 

 

The Hazards Campaign brought Workers Memorial Day to the UK in 1990s with twin aims, to Remember the Dead and also to Fight for the Living. Workers across the UK are requested to join workers across the world to take action on 28^thApril and to share your event on  https://www.tuc.org.uk/IWMD/international-workers-memorial-day-events.

 

Each year the day has a different theme, which this year is digitalisation and AI (Artificial Intelligence). 

 

The day is also used as an opportunity to get reps active into workplaces to raise the profile of workplace health and safety.  Whatever you/your reps do for Workers’ Memorial Day, whether it is an inspection, holding a workplace health and safety meeting, safety workshop or briefing for your members - please let us know about this by emailing: healthandsafety@rmt.org.uk and we will send you a RMT safety rep’s clip board and HV vest.

 

Events already organised for International Workers’ Memorial Day 2025 include:

1. TUC One day conference: Asbestos, Time to get rid of it.

TUC Congress House, London, WC1, Monday 28^th April, 10am

 

The TUC is hosting a one-day conference on asbestos, which will centre on driving forward their campaign for removal.

The afternoon will also include workshops for health and safety reps, run by TUC tutors.

 

To register: see Eventbrite link as in the attached. 

 

2. Scotland-wide events

Unusually, and due to other calendar issues, this year STUC (Scottish Trade Union Congress) will start on 28^th April. Given this Scotland- wide events are being organised. The full list of events which will take place between 25^th and 28^th April is still being collated by STUC.  But already organised are:

 

Glasgow

The Glasgow event which is organised by the STUC will take place at 12 noon on Friday 25^th April at the IWMD memorial near the People’s Palace. If you wish to order a floral tribute for your branch/regional council , please use the form for Glasgow IWMD.

 

Dundee

For those attending STUC Congress, Congress will break at 12 noon on Monday.  A thirty-minute ceremony will be held in City Square, Dundee on Monday 28^thApril.  If you wish to order a floral tribute for this event for your branch/regional council, please use the form for Dundee IWDM.

 

Please bring this circular to the attention of all relevant members.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

Eddie Dempsey

General Secretary