WMW Resources

Workers' Memorial Week 2020
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HOW TO PARTICIPATE
We invite you to organize an action or event to commemorate fallen workers and build awareness to promote healthy and safe workplaces. Got an event planned? Share your Workers' Memorial Week Action here. 

WORKERS' MEMORIAL WEEK RESOURCES:

• 2020 WMW Webinar and slides
• Telling Our Stories -- Tips to Writing a Workers' Memorial Week Report
• Information Sources on Fatalities for Workers' Memorial Day Reports
• US Worker Fatality Database
• Video: "Our Loved Ones Died in Unsafe Workplaces"
• Family Resource Guide
• Guía de Recursos para la Familia
• Photos from Workers' Memorial Week events
• AFL-CIO Workers' Memorial Day Materials
• AFL-CIO Workers' Memorial Day Toolkit
• Workers' Memorial Week 2019 Webinar
• Prayers for Workers' Memorial Day 

WORKERS' MEMORIAL WEEK – REPORTS AND RESOLUTIONS

• National COSH: 2019 "Dirty Dozen" Report and infographics
• National COSH: 2018 "Dirty Dozen" Report and infographics
• National COSH: 2017 "Dirty Dozen" Report and Infographics
• AFL-CIO 2019 "Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect" Report
• AFL-CIO 2018 "Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect" Report
• AFL-CIO 2017 "Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect" Report
• Local COSH Groups: Workers’ Memorial Week Reports
• Sample WMW Resolutions 
  
  • State AFL-CIO Resolution -- Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
  • Central Labor Council Resolution -- San Francisco Labor Council

WORKERS’ MEMORIAL WEEK -- MEDIA OUTREACH TOOLS

• National COSH Media Advisory Template (send about a week before your event, then again day or two before event) 
• National COSH Press Release Template (send day of event/action)
• National COSH Tips for Writing Letters to the Editor and Op-Eds (send several days in advance of event/action to try to have it run day of the event/action)

NEED IDEAS FOR AN ACTION? HERE ARE SOME TO GET YOU STARTED…

• Hold a memorial breakfast, rally, or candlelight vigil to honor the dead and fight for the living
• Visit your elected officials and tell them that safe work saves lives.
• Hold a training, teach-in, informative talk, or discussion group at your school, workplace, or union about worker fatalities and how to make workplaces safer.
• Write an op-ed or letter to the editor for your local paper, highlighting local workplace fatalities and prevention strategies.
• Make a Workers' Memorial Week banner, and hang it where it can be widely seen!
• Reach out to family members who lost loved ones; include their stories in public education programs.
• These are just some suggestions, but feel free to be creative!

Workers' Memorial Week Archive

Questions? Need support organizing an event?  

Please contact Peter Dooley, peter@nationalcosh.org