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Workers Memorial Day
Every year on April 28, we observe Workers Memorial Day to remember those who have suffered and died on the job from workplace injuries and diseases. It is our opportunity to renew our efforts for safe workplaces and bring together workers, their families, community-based worker centers, unions, environmentalists, and other health and safety advocates in a unified effort to alert the public and the government to our outrage and our demands for action that leads to better workplace health and safety.
Four decades ago, Congress passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act, promising every worker the right to a safe job. COSH groups and our allies have fought hard to make that promise a reality—winning protections that have made jobs safer, saved hundreds of thousands of lives and prevented millions of workplace injuries and illnesses.
But our work is not done. Many job hazards are unregulated and uncontrolled. Some employers cut corners and violate the law, putting workers in serious danger and costing lives. Each year thousands of workers are killed and millions more injured or diseased because of their jobs.
For access to a Workers Memorial Day factsheet please scroll below.
Workers Memorial Day Reports
AFL-CIO Death on the Job Report 2012:
http://www.aflcio.org/Issues/Job-Safety/Death-on-the-Job-Report
California Dying at Work Report 2012:
http://socalcosh.org/documents/Dying-at-Work-in-CA-2012.pdf (English)
http://socalcosh.org/documents/Resumen-Ejecutivo.pdf (Executive Summary in Spanish)
2012 Dying for Work in Massachusetts Report:
http://www.mediafire.com/?3os7hrkgzldhldy
2012 North Carolina Workers: Dying For a Job:
Workers Memorial Day Events
California
Southern California COSH (SoCalCOSH)
Workers Memorial Day Commemoration
Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 10am
UCLA Downtown Labor Center
675 S. Park View St. Los Angeles, CA 90057
To RSVP and for more info please visit www.socalworkersmemorialday.org
Co-Sponsors: UCLA-LOSH
Northern California] Worksafe
Workers Memorial Day Commemoration and Reception
Friday, April 27, 2012 | 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m.
Oakland Asian Cultural Center
388 9th Street, Suite 290 | Oakland, CA 94607
To RSVP and for more information, please visit: http://bit.ly/Memorial-2012
Special Guests & Speakers
Numerous workers and their representatives
Jordan Barab, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA
Marty Morgenstern, Secretary of the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency
Christine Baker, Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations
Ellen Widess, Chief of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health
California State Assemblymember Michael Allen (D-Sonoma County)
Illinois
Workers Memorial Day Commemoration
Monday April 23, 5:30 PM
Worker’s Memorial Monument , City Hall
Address: 419 Fulton St, Peoria IL
For more info contact: Mike Everett 309-673-3691 or Steve Mitchell 309-397-9081
Sponsored by the Labor Council of West Central Illinois
Kentucky
Workers Memorial Day Commemoration
Saturday, April 28, 1:00 PM
Address: 4001 Athens Boonesboro Rd (Jacobson Park), Lexington, KY
For more info contact: Tammy Miser 859-338-9144 tammy@usmwf.org
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Massachusetts
Massachusetts COSH (MassCOSH)
Workers Memorial Breakfast and Public Commemoration
Thursday, April 26, 2012
11:00am Breakfast 12:00pm Commemoration
Massachusetts State House
437 B, 24 Beacon Street Boston, MA 02133
For more information please contact: Jeff Newton, (617) 825-7233 x14, jeff.newton@masscosh.org
Co-Sponsors: Mass. AFL-CIO, Greater Boston Labor Council
MassCOSH plans to issue a joint report on workplace fatalities in Massachusetts.
Workers Memorial Day Commemoration [Western MassCOSH]
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Safety Expo Training 1-4 PM 141
TEAMSTERS HALL LOCAL 404 115 Progress Ave, Springfield, MA
For more information please contact: mikeflorio@comcast.net
Nebraska
Workers Memorial Day Commemoration and Training
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Safety Expo Training 1-4 PM 141 N 9th St, Lincoln NE
Nebraska's Third Annual Workers' Memorial Day Vigil
Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at the State Capitol of Nebraska
To RSVP and for more information please contact: Tonya Ford 402-326-3107 fordtonya@gmail.com
Co-Sponsors: USMWF
New Hampshire
New Hampshire COSH (NH COSH)
Workers Memorial Day Commemoration
Thursday, April 26, 2012
5:30am - 8:30pm – Buffet Dinner Provided
Plumbers and Steamfitters Hall
161 Londonderry Turnpike
Hooksett, NH 03106
To RSVP and for more information please contact: Sandi at (603) 232-4406 or schabot@nhcosh.org
Co-Sponsors: NH AFL-CIO and Manchester Central Labor Council
New York
Capital District Area Labor Federation AFL-CIO
Workers Memorial Day Commemoration
Saturday, April 28, 2012
10:30am
James Connelly Monument
Riverfront Park, Front St Troy
To RSVP and for more information please contact: Jackie Vanacore coordinator@cdalf.org
Workers Memorial Day Commemoration
St. Patrick’s Cathedral (Fifth Avenue between 50th and 51st streets) NYC
2 PM.
New York City Building Construction Trades Council & the New York Building Trades Employers' Association
Workers Memorial Day Commemoration
Monday April 30th
5:30 PM
St Patrick’s Church
5th Ave and Main St, Bayshore, NY.
North Carolina
Workers Memorial Day Commemoration and Press Event
Friday April 27, 12:00 noon
Department of Labor Office
Address 4 W. Edenton St., Raleigh, Raleigh, NC
For more info contact: Tom O'Connor
Sponsored by the Triangle Area Jobs with Justice Organizing Committee and National COSH
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Area Project on Occupational Safety and Health (Philaposh)
Workers Memorial Day Breakfast and Commemoration
Friday, April 27, 2012 at 8:30am
Sheet Metal Workers Hall
1301 S. Columbus Blvd., Philadelphia 19147
Seating at Breakfast: $50.00 per individual/$500.00 per table of ten
For more information call (215) 386-7000 or email bjlogue@yahoo.com
Co-Sponsors: Philadelphia County Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO
The Allegheny Labor Council
Workers Memorial Day Commemoration
Friday, April 27, at 12:00 PM
Market Square Pittsburgh
Texas
Workers Memorial Day Commemoration
Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 10 AM – 11:30 AM
South West Multi Service Center, Houston
1301 S. Columbus Blvd., Philadelphia 19147
For more information call Laura Perez-Boston 832-755-7013
Co-Sponsors: Houston COSH, HIWJ, USMWF, Harris County AFL-CIO Labor Council
Washington
UW Environmental Health and Safety Department, and the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies Workers Memorial Day Commemoration
Friday, April 27, 2012 at 11:30am
Sylvan Theater, UW Seattle WA
http://depts.washington.edu/frcg
Co-Sponsors: WFSE Local 1488/AFSCME Council 28, UAW Local 4121, ML King County Labor Council, WSNA, SEIU 925, UW United Students Against Sweatshops.
Washington State Department of Labor & Industries Worker Memorial Day ceremony
Thursday, April 26 2 p.m.
Labor and industry Central Building in Tumwater, Wash.
For more information contact: Hector Castro (360) 902-6043
Wisconsin
WisCOSH Workers Memorial Day Commemoration
Saturday, April 28 2012 at 10 AM -12:00 PM followed by Noon Rally
American Postal Worker's Union Hall 417 N. 3rd St., Milwaukee
For more information call : Jim Schultz (414) 933-2338
Co-Sponsors: Milwaukee Area Labor Council
Additional Workers Memorial Day Events
In addition to the National COSH, a number of other organizations also sponsor Workers Memorial Day events. You can learn more about them by clicking on these links below.
United Support and Memorial For Workplace Fatalities
Updates will be posted on the National COSH Website. Please let us know of additional events.
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