National Workers' Memorial Day 2024

Reason to celebrate: April 28, 2024 is National Workers' Memorial Day.

Workers’ Memorial Day remember individuals who died at the office and to allow it to be safer for that living, and also to promote safer working conditions.This date was selected since it is the anniversary from the Work Safety and health Act in the united states and remember your day of the construction accident in Connecticut that stated 28 lives.

On Workers' Memorial Day 2015, an appeal to control toxic substances

The Center for Public Integrity will be covering worker safety throughout the year and we need your help. Head over to our Facebook Community to join a conversation around this topic.​. Each year in advance of Workers' Memorial Day — April 28 — a ...

Visclosky seeking 17th term in Congress

US Representative Pete Visclosky talks to attendees of the 2015 Workers Memorial Day ceremony held at USW Local 1010 in Hammond in April. Visclosky has filed for reelection to a 17th term in Congress. 2016-01-08T14:45:00Z 2016-01-14T16:29:14Z ...

2015 Workers' Memorial Day recognizes 62 Massachusetts residents killed on the job

SPRINGFIELD — Labor leaders read 62 names during Workers' Memorial Day observances Friday – 62 people killed somewhere in Massachusetts while at work in the past 16 months. That works out to just more than one death a week, and the vast majority ...

Workers Memorial Day ceremony honors Oregon workers who died on the job

The annual Workers Memorial Day observance will take place at the Fallen Workers Memorial outside the Labor and Industries Building on the Capitol Mall. The public is invited to attend. The memorial service, coordinated by the Oregon AFL-CIO, will ...

Workers' Memorial Day honors those killed at work

Jane Ifland, of Casper, wipes away tears as Wyoming Governor Matt Mead speaks about the importance of workplace safety during Workers' Memorial Day on Tuesday at the Wyoming Capitol building in Cheyenne. Ifland's brother, Roger Ifland, was killed in a ...

On Workers Memorial Day, Remembering the Words of Dead Workers

Crosses commemorating workers killed at a BP oil refinery fire. Marathon, the current owner of the refinery, casually discarded the crosses after workers erected them. To give voice to 35 workers killed on the job over the past 35 years at a massive ...

April 28, 2024 is also International Astronomy Day, Blueberry Pie Day