Submitted by massjwj on Thu, 2008-03-06 13:11.
Workers’ Memorial Day.
Please join MassCOSH, the Massachusetts AFL-CIO and the Greater Boston
Central Labor Council at the Massachusetts State House, 24 Beacon Street in Boston
at 12:00 PM for a special Workers’ Memorial Day Ceremony to honor Massachusetts workers
who lost their lives in 2007. We will gather outside, on the stairs, and
remember those injured, killed and made ill on the job and re-commit
ourselves to the fight for safe jobs. We 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, produced by MassCOSH and the Massachusetts
AFL-CIO 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 have questions or would like to submit a short story
about your loved one and the workplace incident that s/he was involved in,
please contact Whitney Soenksen at whitney.soenksen@masscosh.org
or 617-825-7233 x14