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Each year, thousands of workers are killed on the job and millions more are injured or become ill because of their jobs.
This April 28, workers in the United States and around the world will honor those killed and injured on the job and call for improved workplace safety on Workers Memorial Day.
Last year, there were 12,000 ceremonies, from memorial services to marches and rallies, in 118 countries. This year, workers, union activists and religious and community leaders and elected officials are expected to take part in a similar number of events.
You can start planning and organizing a Workers Memorial Day event in your workplace or community with materials now available online from the AFL-CIO.
Materials available now include:
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Workers Memorial Day flier;
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Workers Memorial Day poster;
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Clip art (in English or Spanish) that can be used in a local union or other publication;
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Workers Memorial Day proclamation; and
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The latest Safety and Health Update from the AFL-CIO.
Coming in April is the AFL-CIO annual study, Death on the Job, which examines workplace death, injuries and illness by occupation, state and cause. It analyzes trends and examines the federal government’s track record on developing workplace safety standards. It also looks at the enforcement—or lack of it—of current safety laws by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).
There are also links to a collection of workers’ memorials in the United States and around the world and poems and other tributes to workers killed on the job.
The first Workers Memorial Day was observed in 1989. April 28 was chosen because it is the anniversary of the creation of OSHA in 1971 and the day of a similar remembrance in Canada. Trade unionists around the world mark April 28 as an International Day of Mourning for workers killed.
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I am pleased to be the first to comment on this important date! As a Union Member who was injured at work while working under a CBA, and who is now entering the 9th year of litigation in a lawful Workmen’s Compensation Claim, I am thankful that at least there is some understanding that a “Workers Memorial Day” is a needed and necessary event, as workers are Killed and Injured at work every day, and then forgotten!
Nevertheless, I am still at a loss to see that the AFL-CIO fails to use and or outline the words “Workmen’s Compensation” or expose any of the common tactics and violations which take place daily within this environment, that are the basic elements that call for and require this Day of Mourning. How can this huge aspect of a known crime against Working Families continue to be kept SILENT? Why has this foundation element of Worker Safety been removed from the table of basic protections? Where is the one stop location for the information needed to fight this employer conduct against our injured workers if not here at the home of the AFL-CIO?
Please use this important date, this International Day of Mourning for Killed and Injured Workers, as a day to change this SILENCE. This issue will only change with our active participation and our direct involvement. Please feel free to contact me with any thoughts and or ideas. Injured Workers are Encouraged and Welcome to comment and become active in helping to make this difference come to life for all workers!
Act NOW!!
Craig Michie - Injured Worker
NvWCCrime@aol.com
The violations which take place daily against injured workers are but one signal of the level of disrespect Working Families receive that actively destroy the fabric of the American Dream! - Change is up to YOU!