This year marks the 23rd Annual Workers’ Memorial Day (WMD), which will take place on April 28th, 2012. Workers’ Memorial Day gives us an opportunity to remember the workers we have lost, and to bring together those who are still with us, their families, unions, and health and safety advocates to fight for better workplace safety and health. Workers’ Memorial Day was created by the Occupational Health and Safety Act, passed in 1970, which promises every worker the right to a safe job.

ADAO agrees with the AFL/CIO statement that, “The Obama administration has moved forward to strengthen protections with tougher enforcement on serious violators and proposed new safeguards for workplace hazards.  But business groups and the Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives are attacking these stronger measures, falsely claiming they kill jobs. They are pushing legislation to make it difficult, if not impossible, to issue needed safeguards to protect workers and the public.”

In the United States, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will commemorate WMD on April 27th in North Kansas City, MO, at the Builder’s Association Education and Training Center. But around the world, workers will come together on April 28th to fight for their right to a hazard-free and safe workplace environment. Resources are available online at http://www.workersmemorialday.org/AFL/CIO, and OSHA.

Remember and honor those who have been killed or injured in work-related accidents by lighting a candle on Workers’ Memorial Day on April 28th, 2012.

In Unity,

Linda

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