Today is International Workers Memorial Day, and local trade unionists were in Terminus Road urging local people to remember those who have died at work or as a result of their job. Dozens of Eastbourne residents stopped to sign the giant Remembrance Card, and to take information about the Trades Council's safety campaigns.
Workers’ Memorial Day is not just symbolic- it is a time to remember real working people in our local area who have died as a result of accidents or illnesses caused at work.
We urge you to remember:-
ROY TRUNDELL (Eastbourne Buses employee- killed in a workplace accident in 2008)
CLIVE BECK (former Eastbourne schoolteacher- died of Mesothelioma. The shelves in his school cupboard were made of asbestos.)
BOB TOLLY (Eastbourne gas fitter- died 2006, also of Mesotheleoma. Exposed to asbestos during his working life. )
SIMON JONES (Student killed by a crane at Shoreham Port, on his first day.)
SIMON JONES (Student killed by a crane at Shoreham Port, on his first day.)
GEOFF WICKER and BRIAN WEMBRIDGE (East Sussex firefighters killed in action fighting a blaze at a firework factory in Lewes)
AND ALL THE OTHER LOCAL WORKING PEOPLE KILLED AT WORK. REMEMBER THE DEAD… FIGHT FOR THE LIVING !
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