Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Workers' Memorial Day

Each year, 6,000 people are killed at work. Another 50,000 workers die from occupational diseases and millions more are injured.

Yet the Bush administration has done nothing to address these and other important workplace hazards. Not one significant standard has been issued to protect workers since the Bush administration took office, and none are planned.

Friday is Workers' Memorial Day, a time for Teamsters to remember and honor those who have lost their lives in the workplace, and to stand up to protect those on the job today.

April 28 was chosen because it is the anniversary of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the day of similar remembrance in Canada. Trade unionists around the world now mark April 28 as an International Day of Mourning.

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