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The IWMD organisers made up of MAVs and CWU representatives, in Liverpool have discussed events for this year's International Worker's Memorial Day on 28th April next week which will include the lighting up of the iconic Liverpool Royal Liver Building in the colour purple to commemorate all those who have lost their lives at work.
Jamie approached CWU's North West Regional Secretary, Carl Webb about the idea of including all North West famous buildings in the initiative as well as Hilda Palmer from Greater Manchester Hazards Centre; both of whom though it to be a great idea. The campaign has grown momentum on social networks supporting the original initiative in Liverpool and to extend it to include lighting up of all North West iconic buildings. Within the H&S community in the North West, there is once again considerable support for the idea, and through contacts with local authority figures from across the region. CWU North West Regional Secretary, Car Webb is again campaigning for the Blackpool Tower to bei lit up in purple for IWMD 2023 on 28th April, as it was last year. He is also campaigning for all iconic buildings in the North West to be lit up every year on 28th April in order to remember and pay tribute to thosse workwers killed by work. Many workers who contract mesothelioma at work for example, suffer long and life-changing illness before finally passing away. The same for those suffering from work-related cancers, and injuries that cut short their lives. We must also remember the increasing numbers of workers lost to workplace related suicides.
Meanwhile, CWU Grter Mersey Amal Area Safety Rep, Jamie McGovern has been busy lobbying local council officials and his contacts within the H&S Community around Merseyside, seeking to get more buildings in the Merseyside region lit up on the day: As per usual, Unionsafety will be covering this year's events in Liverpool and through contributions from CWUI members attending the events across the NW Region. If you would like to report on your local event, please send your article (no matter how small) and photos to: Webeditor@unionsafety.eu We should never forget that the death toll from work is down to criminal and negligent employers, and we should never forget those who have paid the ultimate price, along with their families, whose lives are forever changed and who suffer too for the loss of their loved ones for the rest of their days.
For all previous years IWMD event reports, see Unionsafety's International Workers Memorial Day Archive page. You can also follow Unionsafety's Twitter feed: @unionsafety for the latest H&S news and info on this year's #IWMD2023 Source: Unionsafety / CWU North West H&S Forum / Carl Webb / Mark Holt / Jamie McGovern / John Flanagan, MAVS
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John Flanagan, MAVS (Merseyside Asbestos Victims Support Group) and Jamie McGovern, (CWU) Grter Mersey Amal, last year wrote to local officials as part of their IWMD 2022 event campaign and once again this year's campaign to get as many of the North Wests iconic public buildings and landmarks to be lit again. 
These victims of bad working conditions and stressful work are ignored by the HSE and not inlcuded in the official statistics issued yearly by the organisation which was set up to protect workers and prosecute employers who cause the death of their workers through engiligence and non-dherence to Health & Safety regulations.