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Wolverhampton Workers' Memorial Day
28 April each year is when trade unionists remember those who die or are injured through their work and highlight how we fight for the living.
Remember the Dead, Fight for the Living
speakers confirmed:
Linda Woods UNISON West Midlands H&S Committee
Marie Taylor Wolverhampton TUC President
Warinder Juss GMB Executive & Labour candidate for MP Wolverhampton West
Sureena Brackenridge Labour candidate for MP Wolverhampton North East
John Welsby Black Country Urban Industrial Mission chaplain
and wreath laying at the Workers Memorial Day Tree
~ everyone welcome ~
free - all welcome
starts 12-30pm ends 1-15pm
Wages are paid in exchange for your labour, not your health.
Yet every day 6,000 workers die worldwide as a result of work-related accidents and diseases.
Workers suffer hundreds of millions of accidents and incidents of work-related illnesses each year.
Health and safety improvements have come about only because of pressure to improve standards.
Trade Unions and the Safety Reps they elect and train, have played a key part in these changes an
Workers’ Memorial Day Tree, Cenotaph, St Peters Square, Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV1 1TS
Sun 28 April