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Workers Memorial Day: Remember the Dead; Fight Like Hell for the Living

On April 28, CWAers will join with other workers to honor those who have lost their lives while on the job. International Workers Memorial Day was established in 1989 by the AFL-CIO and is a solemn commemoration observed around the world.

Every worker wants a work environment free from unnecessary dangers. However, the Trump administration is continuing its assault on worker safety, further weakening the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's heat standards. Click here to read a statement from AFL-CIO President Liz Schuler on the latest directive and its impacts on workers.

The Workers Memorial Day theme for this year is "Hold the Line for Safe Jobs." The AFL-CIO has posted a Workers Memorial Day toolkit with resources you can use as you raise awareness and commemorate the lives of those we have lost. In addition, you can download their "Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect" annual report here.

CWA, along with other labor unions and organizations, continues to fight for worker safety against unnecessary and destructive cuts that will inevitably lead to increased worker-related injuries, illnesses, and deaths.

Our job is never finished when it comes to worker health and safety protections. We must safeguard the rights we have won and keep fighting for safer working conditions in every workplace, industry, and sector. That is why on Workers Memorial Day we mourn the dead and fight for the living.

Click here to learn more about CWA's Health and Safety Department.