The need to reduce work-related fatalities

19.5.2026 B100244/3

Amendment 3

Gabriele Bischoff, Estelle Ceulemans, Marianne Vind

on behalf of the S&D Group

Motion for a resolution B100244/2026

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

The need to reduce work-related fatalities

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
1. Calls for the establishment of a European Day in Remembrance of the Victims of Accidents at Work and for the Protection and Dignity of Workers, to be marked each year on 8 August, in memory of the tragedy at the Bois du Cazier mine in Marcinelle, which, owing to its intrinsically European nature – in that it involved workers from several countries that are now Member States of the EU – represents a common symbol of the struggles for decent work and the need for a common approach to the protection of health and safety at work;	1. Calls for the establishment of a European Day in Remembrance of the Victims of Accidents at Work and for the Protection and Dignity of Workers, to be marked each year on 28 April to coincide with the ILO World Day for Safety and Health at Work, in memory of historic tragedies such as the tragedy at the Bois du Cazier mine in Marcinelle, which, owing to its intrinsically European nature – in that it involved workers from several countries that are now Member States of the EU – represents a common symbol of the struggles for decent work and the need for a common approach to the protection of health and safety at work;

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