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Honor Workers Killed on the Job, Commemorations Across Wisconsin April 26-28, 2017

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From the WI AFL-CIO:

Each and every day in this country, an average of 13 workers die on the job as a result of workplace injuries—women and men who go to work, never to return home to their families and loved ones. In 2015, more than 4,800 workers were killed on the job. But that is only a part of the deadly toll. Each year, between 50,000 and 60,000 workers die from occupational diseases caused by exposures to toxic chemicals and other health hazards. That’s a total of 150 workers dying each and every day.

On April 28, Workers Memorial Day, throughout the world we remember those who were hurt or killed on the job and renew our struggle for safe workplaces. Join us in cities, towns, union halls, and at worksites and memorials in community after community as we gather together to remember our brothers and sisters who have lost their lives and to pledge to continue to fight for safe workplaces and good jobs for all workers.

Commemorations in Wisconsin

Madison
Construction Workers 2017 Memorial
Wednesday, April 26
2:00 p.m. Hard hat procession from Monona Terrace to St Patrick’s Church
3:00 p.m. Non-denominational memorial service at St. Patrick’s Church, 404 E. Main Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53703

Rhinelander
Thursday, April 27
5pm-5:30pm
Pioneer Park, Oneida Ave., Rhinelander
There will be observance of fallen workers through poetry, song, and a bell ceremony. Bring a chair.

Madison
Friday, April 28
12:00 p.m.
Wisconsin State Capitol, Assembly Parlor
Press conference to honor area workers killed on the job and to call for better safety regulations to help protect future generations of workers

Milwaukee
Friday, April 28
4:00 p.m.  Memorial Service at Our Lady of Lourdes, 3722 S. 58th Street, 53220
5:00 p.m. Dinner at the Milwaukee Area Labor Council, 633 S. Hawley Rd., 53213. Dinner tickets are $6 at the door with proceeds benefiting WisCOSH and the Workers Memorial Day Fund
Eau Claire
Workers Memorial Day Observance Event
Friday, April 28, 2017
4 pm – 6:30 pm — Social Hour, Supper and Solidarity (Hot beef, brown beans, cheesy potato casserole, chips, salads provided – Please bring a dessert to share)
6:15 pm – 6:30 pm: Speaking Program
Labor Temple
2233 Birch Street
Eau Claire, WI 54703
La Crosse
Workers Memorial Day Observance Event
Friday, April 28
5:00 PM
Green Island Park
2312 7th Street South
La Crosse, WI 54601

Wausau
Friday, April 28
5:30pm
Workers’ Memorial Site*: 388 River Dr., Wausau
Local legislators, unions and family members of the deceased have been invited to speak.
*Rain site is at Wausau Labor Temple: 318 S. 3rd Ave., Wausau

Since job safety laws were passed more than four decades ago, we’ve made great progress in making workplaces safer and protecting workers on the job. This progress didn’t just happen because laws were passed. It happened because workers and their unions organized, fought and demanded action from employers and their government.

Virtually every safety and health protection on the books today is there because working men and women joined together in unions to win these protections. It is working people, through their unions, who demanded and won stronger standards to protect workers from asbestos, benzene and other hazards.

This Workers Memorial Day, honor those who never came home from work and who suffered fatal exposure to workplace chemicals and disease.
In Solidarity,

Phil Neuenfeldt, President

Stephanie Bloomingdale, Secretary-Treasurer

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