Tuesday, 28 April 2015

Today is Workers' Memorial Day

Every year more people are killed at work than in wars. Most don't die of mystery ailments, or in tragic "accidents". They die because an employer, a contractor or even a manufacturer decided their safety just wasn't that important a priority. Today, Workers’ Memorial Day commemorates those workers.  Find out more by clicking here

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. On 28th April- we urge you to remember:-
  • ROY TRUNDELL (Eastbourne Buses employee- killed in a workplace accident in 2008)
  • CLIVE BECK (former Ratton School teacher- died of Mesothelioma. The shelves in his school cupboard were made of asbestos.)
  • BOB TOLLY (Eastbourne gas fitter- died 2006, also of Mes...otheleoma. Exposed to asbestos during his working life.)
  • SIMON JONES (Student killed by a Crane at Shoreham Port, on his first day.)
  • DANIEL HAFFENDEN (Eastbourne tyre fitter, killed in a work accident in 2012)
  • GEOFF WICKER and BRIAN WEMBRIDGE (East Sussex firefighters killed in action fighting a blaze at a firework factory- Lewes)
 and all the other local people killed whilst doing their job.
 
 MOURN FOR THE DEAD… FIGHT FOR THE LIVING !

1 comment:

  1. Can`t help wondering how many school caretakers have died, or will die, from asbestosis. The stuff was everywhere when I started working in schools in the late 70s. The rolling program of removal didn`t start until a decade, at least, after that. I wonder how many unionized local work places do not have H&S reps.

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