Denmark: Past Candle-lighting Becomes Torch-bearing for Trade Unions

In past commemorations of 28 April Workers’ Memorial Day, Danish trade unions – like many others across the world – have done customary candle lighting ceremonies to honour the dead and injured. This year, the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO), in combination with the Confederation of Salaried Employees and Civil Servants (FTF), are asking trade unions to mount torches outside union offices to honour the memories of workers killed while on the job or from job-related diseases.

The two labour federations have adopted the motto “Safe and Healthy Work for All – Welfare Centred on Health and Safety” for 28 April 2007. Activities are planned across Denmark, including conference, meetings, and street actions to call attention to health and safety at work.

         

Part of that focus will ask people of Denmark to examine global development, and how globalisation puts pressure on workers’ rights, including the right to a safe and hazard-free workplace. To look at materials and posters developed by the two labour federations, please visit www.lo.dk, or www.ftf.dk/28april.