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Workers
Memorial Day 2008
USMWF.ORG
USMWF
has a page with a brief history and some poems from families located here.
HAZARDS
There
are a few other good sources for information and one of my favorites is:
Hazards
carry the mega list of WMD evens from around the world, they have a
section just for WMD here
and plenty of fliers and images for you to chose from for WMD here.
A few other great organizations
Hazards are affiliated with are: TUC
28
April webpages, Families
against corporate killers FACK,
and CCA-
Centre
for Corporate
Accountability.
AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO
has released there WMD Materials which include: Fliers,
Posters,
Clip Art (English/Spanish),
Proclamation,
S&H
Updates, Death
on the job and annual study, Workers
Memorials, and Poems
&Tributes.
TIG
WIRED is a group that
plays, Blues, Jazz and Rock and all there songs are located on myspace,
facebook
and they have a web page
all geared toward the working man/woman.
Workers
Memorial Day Events
2008
Workers' Memorial Day
WORKERS'
MEMORIAL DAY - Saturday - April 26, 2008 - 8:30 am
- Downtown Los Angeles and Contra Costa County - sponsored
by SoCalCOSH, UCLA LOSH, LOHP and Worksafe - click
here for the Event Flyer(pdf) (click here for the same flyer in
Spanish)
On
WMD, Stand Up For Injured Workers &
Workers Killed On The Job
Workers Memorial Day Rally and Speak-Out
Sunday April 27, 2008 12:00 Noon
Central Park at 4th St. and "C" St. Davis California
Pace
is the new peril
California Coalition For Workers Memorial Day CCWMD
Endorsed By San Francisco Labor Council
Injured
workers in California are under assault. As a result of deregulation of
workers compensation, their permanent disability has been slashed more
than 50%. They face one obstacle after another with company doctors
in medical review boards stalling their healthcare and some injured
workers have been retaliated against for filing workers compensation
claims by district attorneys who at the same time refuse to prosecute
insurance companies for fraud.
There are more fish and game inspectors in California than OSHA-Inspectors
and the last doctor of Cal-OSHA Larry Rose has not been replaced since he
retired. The destruction of Ca-OSHA is a threat to every worker and their
family in California.
In Davis, California biotech worker David Bell was working at
Agraquest and despite requests for proper health and safety protection,
the company refused to even put up hazard signs. He was infected by
microorganisms and is still fighting for his life. The company which is
owned by Pam Marrone who used to work for Monsanto has refused to pay for
his healthcare and he has been forced to go on social security insurance
with costs of over $300,000. WE NEED TO GET THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY OUT OF
HEALTHCARE AND GET SINGLE PAYER.
His mother Sandi Trend also discovered that there were patents by company
scientists for the very materials that was found in her son’s body but
this company has still blocked and stalled taking responsibility for these
injuries putting his life in greater danger.
Join SEIU-UHW, Unite-HERE, UFCW, SEIU 1000, NALC and UBC workers in
speaking out about these travesties and demanding health and safety on the
job and healthcare and benefits for workers who are injured. Also speaking
will be Davis resident Dan Berman, author of Death On The Job.
For
more information, to endorse, transportation or make a contribution
contact:
California Coalition For Workers Memorial Day
P.O. Box 720027
San Francisco, CA 94172
(415)867-0628
www.workersmemorialday.com
Georgia
2008
Agenda Latino Construction Workers Day 2008
on
Sunday, June 1, 2008
-10am - 7pm
- Duluth Town Green
- Duluth, GA
HONORING
GEORGIA’S FALLEN WORKERS OF 2007
El
Constructor Latino Magzine, a bilingual construction magazine in the
southeast, is organizing the 2nd Annual Latino Construction Workers
Day on June 1, 2008. One of the purposes of the event is
to honor all of the construction
workers killed in Georgia during
2007, regardless of heritage. The magazine would like to
contact the families of those construction workers who died to let them
know about the event and specifically the memorial, which will
take place at 2:30 PM on Sunday, June 1, 2008 at the Duluth Town Green in
Duluth, GA. Preliminary figures from OSHA show that 36 construction
workers lost their lives in Georgia during 2007. If you know any
family members of fallen workers please contact the magazine as
soon as possible. El Constructor Latino magazine can be
reached at (770) 476-7678.
Latino
Construction Workers Day is in partnership with OSHA, Georgia Tech
and the Mexican Consulate. For more information, go to www.eclmgz.com
or call (770) 476-7678.
11:00am-2:00pm: Safety Classes
- 2:00pm:
Memorial
- 2:30 - 7:00pm:
Music/Entertainment
Sponsorships
available…El Constructor Latino, phone: 770 476-7678 or www.eclmgz.com.
South
Carolina
Carolina
Workers Memorial Foundation
First annual
Worker Memorial Day on April 28, 2008 at Riverfront Park in N. Charleston,
SC at 6 PM.
Special
Guest: The Mayor of N.
Charleston Keith, Sandra Lee a certified Councilor
, Christy Waltz singing Amazing Grace while
families go onstage to light a candle in honor of their loved ones.
Workers
memorial aims to be comfort for complex grief
Massachusetts
(Coit Smith will be
speaking)
Mourn
for the Dead, Fight for the Living
While
everyone is looking forward to spring and the warmer weather that comes
with it, MassCOSH recognizes that yet another year has passed. And
although we’ve made great strides toward ensuring that all jobs are safe
and healthy, sadly we must remember and commemorate those who were injured
and who lost their lives while at work in 2007.
Please
join us on Tuesday,
April 29 at the Massachusetts State House, 24 Beacon Street in Boston.
At 12:00 noon we will gather outside, on the stairs, for a special
Workers’ Memorial Day Ceremony to honor Massachusetts workers who lost
their lives in 2007 and the beginning of 2008. MassCOSH will also host a
special commemorative breakfast in Room 511 of the State House at 10:30am
specifically for families that have lost a loved one due to a workplace
incident.
At
the event a special report, Dying
for Work in Massachusetts, will be released, highlighting that fact
that workers continue to be killed and maimed on the job in record
numbers.
MassCOSH
is collecting stories of workers who were injured or killed on the job to
share in the report and at the event. If you would like to submit a short
story about your loved one and the workplace incident that s/he was
involved in, please click
here.
Download
flyer | Download
registration form
Pennsylvania,
Delaware and New Jersey (Melissa King will be speaking)
Worker's
Memorial Day
Friday,
April 25th, 2008
Sheet Metal Workers Hall
1301 S. Columbus Blvd., Philadelphia 19147
(for more information, call Philaposh at 215-386-7000)
Pennsylvania (Donna
Puleio Spadaro, MD)
Workers'
Memorial Day Pittsburgh 4/28/2008
Allegheny
Labor Council
Monday,
April 28, 200812:00pm - 1:00pmPittsburgh, PA Market Square 412-562-2585 donnaspadaro@hotmail.com
Wisconsin
April
28, 2008 : Workers Memorial Day
WisCOSH,
MCLC, WI AFL-CIO and everyday workers of all occupations and communities
will gather at Zeidler
Union Square in downtown Milwaukee, WI to remember those workers lost
to workplace injury and illness in 2007. Just how safe and healthy is our
own workplace and that of our loved ones and neighbors? What needs to be
done to prevent the next workplace tragedy? Join WisCOSH, the Milwaukee
County Labor Council, guest speakers and many workers. There will be a
reading of the names of those workers killed on the job or died due to
occupational illnesses in Wisconsin during 2007 as well as those service
men and women who've died in combat followed by a period of reflection and
remembrance.
There
will be a dinner, Larry Penn will perform and Donald Coit Smith will speak
at the APWUA Hall
and all are invited to attend! The APWU
Hall is just down the block and around the corner from Zeidler Union
Square. There will be a processional from the park to the hall where we
will continue the discussion of what workers can and should do next to
make thier workplaces safer and healthier. Check back for updates.
The
menu will be a Mexican Burrito Dinner with choice of beef, chicken or
bean. Also side dishes and homemade desserts will be served along with
drinks. Walk-ins are welcome for the dinner, but to ensure enough food is
prepared, and save some money as well, make
a reservation and send payment to WisCOSH.
The cost of the dinner is :
-
free
to WisCOSH
Supporting Memberships.
-
$12.50
paid in advance, $15.00 at the door
-
a
table of 6 costs $50.00 - a savings of at least $24.00!
Please
send a check or money order, payable to WisCOSH, Inc. and put WMD 2007
Dinner in the comment area, to WisCOSH, 734 N. 26th St., Milwaukee, WI
53233. WisCOSH does not accept credit cards for payment. There is no cost
to attend the event at the AWPU Hall only if you wish to join us for
dinner.
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