By The PA. AFL-CIO

– President Bloomingdale and Secretary-Treasurer Snyder encourage you to participate in our many Workers’ Memorial Day events and encourage all of your members and co-workers to participate in one or more of these observances if possible.

Area Labor Federations, Central Labor Councils and Local Unions will be hosting these events, along with friends. The events are listed on our calendar, CLICK HERE. Observances will include prayer services, memorial marches, candlelight vigils, the laying of wreaths, as well as the reading of names of deceased workers and the tolling of bells. Once again our unions and volunteers will be making these events a solemn and lasting reminder of the need to continue to fight for safe jobs and improved working conditions for every working man and woman.

Every day 12 Workers are killed on the job and thousands of workers are injured or die due to unsafe working conditions and exposure to hazardous substances.

“Job safety has always been a top priority for working men and women and until every job and every workplace is safe we will continue working and fighting to improve protections and safety. Workers’ Memorial Day is our opportunity to underscore our commitment to each other to be sure that safety is always placed ahead of corporate profits,” Bloomingdale said.

“One life lost is one too many. A union contract and a strong union presence in our economic and political life are still just as important to safe jobs today as they were in previous generations. Our commitment and energy to protect workers from unsafe jobs will not subside until every worker can go to work and return home safe and healthy at the end of the day,” Snyder said.

Source: http://www.paaflcio.org/?p=5920