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 decided their safety just wasn't that important a
priority. Workers’ Memorial Day (WMD) commemorates those workers.
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Eastbourne TUC's new
Workers Memorial Day banner
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Workers' Memorial Day is held on 28 April every year, all over
the world workers and their representatives conduct events, demonstrations,
vigils and a whole host of other activities to mark the day.
The day is also intended to serve as a rallying cry to “remember the
dead, but fight for the living”.
In 2017 International Workers’ Memorial Day will have the theme Good health
and safety for all workers whoever they are and will focus on
inequalities in occupational health and the role unions play in narrowing the
inequalities gap. The TUC will particularly want to focus on the hidden and new
GIG economies, the risks faced by migrant workers and the issues of gender and
class.
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 Mesotheleoma.
Exposed to asbestos during his working life. )
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- Lewes)
AND
ALL THE OTHER LOCAL PEOPLE KILLED AT WORK.
REMEMBER THE DEAD… FIGHT FOR THE LIVING !
Eastbourne will have our Workers’ Memorial Day banner and information at the May Day March.
