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Workers Memorial Day

On April 28th, the anniversary of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Day of Mourning in Canada, BAC will join with other unions to remember workers who have suffered and died on the job. Each year in the U.S. alone, 60,000 workers die from occupational illness and nearly 6,000 are killed on the job. “We believe that every worker has the right to return home in the same shape as when they left,” says Executive Vice President Jerry O’Malley. “This is a basic right that BAC is willing to fight for.”

Although unions have made great strides to establish life saving protections on the job, this progress is in jeopardy. During the past three years, the Bush Administration has worked relentlessly to overturn existing regulations and stop work on new directives that are urgently needed.

On Workers Memorial Day, take a moment to remember those workers who lost their lives or became ill because of preventable workplace accidents and exposures, and place a call to your members of Congress to voice your support for stronger OSHA protections.
For more information, visit the AFL-CIO website at www.aflcio.org/yourjobeconomy/safety/memorial or the CLC website at www.clc-ctc.ca.