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International Workers Memorial Day 28 April 2009 Worldwide demonstrations and Memorial Events
They die because an employer decided their safety just wasn’t that important a priority. This is the stark message issued for Worker Memorial Day 2009 by hilda Palmer of GM Hazards. Below is some of the details in that leaflet highlighting the annual memorial event: Marking WMD 2008 worldwide there were over 10,000 union events in over 100 countries involving over 6 million workers. Make WMD 2009 bigger yet! WMD 2009 UK Over 25,000 purple forget-me-knots will be worn and 20,000 Posters displayed. Events are being organised all over the country– form London to Glasgow and Edinburgh, from Penzance to Manchester and Newcastle. Find out if there is one near you from your union, or the TUC listing. In the North West (see www.gmhazards.org.uk for more details) there will be a joint union event and There are many other workplace and local events, see www.hazards.org/wmd and www.tuc.org.uk workers memorial day for full listings. If you did nothing in 2008, make sure you are organised for WMD 2009 see safety Reps guide for ideas! Wear a purple ribbon for Workers Memorial Day Download Manchester event flyer here Source: GM Hazards
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For over 20 years, unions and campaigning groups have held WMD events to ‘Remember the Dead’ but also to ‘Fight for the Living’ by making clear the link between deaths and illness caused by work , non compliant to criminal employers, poor H&S laws and lax enforcement. Most people do not die of mystery ailments, or in tragic ‘accidents’.