Decades of struggle by workers and their unions have resulted in significant improvements in working conditions. But the toll of workplace injuries, illnesses and deaths remains enormous. Each year, thousands of workers are killed and millions more are injured or diseased because of their jobs. AFSCME Local 965 and the unions of the AFL-CIO remember these workers on April 28, Workers Memorial Day.
The first Workers Memorial Day was observed in 1989. April 28 was chosen because it is the anniversary of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the day of a similar remembrance in Canada. Every year, people in hundreds of communities and at worksites recognize workers who have been killed or injured on the job. Trade unionists around the world now mark April 28 as an International Day of Mourning.
Workers Memorial Day 2008 Materials
- Read the 2008 edition of Death on the Job or download the complete 2008 report (PDF);
- Workers Memorial Day flier;
- Workers Memorial Day poster;
- Workers Memorial Day clip art in English and Spanish—
- Mourn for the Dead, Fight for the Living and
- Good Jobs, Safe Jobs—It's Time;
- Workers Memorial Day events form;
- Workers Memorial Day proclamation;
- Safety & health update (February 2008);
- Facts about worker safety and health;
- State-by-state profile of safety and health;
- Workers Memorial Day talking points;
- Sample media advisory;
- Sample letter to the editor;
- Sample newsletter article;
- Workers Memorial Day background;
- Fact sheet on Sen. John McCain's voting record on safety and health; and
- Order Workers Memorial Day materials from The Union Shop Online.™
Here are some other ways we honor workers who have been killed or injured on the job:
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