WORKERS' MEMORIAL DAY - TUESDAY 28 APRIL

Workers' Memorial Day

It's seven weeks to go until Workers' Memorial Day (Tuesday 28 April). Below is some information for reps.

 

Map of events

Search on our map for a WMD event near you, or you can upload details if you're organising something yourself.
View the events map.

 

Online memorial wall

Some of these testimonies can be powerful to read out, as examples of union members who lost their lives to work causes. You can also add to the wall.
View the memorial wall.

 

Health and Safety at work timeline

Some history on workplace health and safety in Britain. See the timeline.

 

Graphics

Print the poster for your union noticeboards, or include the banner in your email signature! Find them here.

 

Memorial Day in Parliament

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Occupational Safety and Health will be holding a memorial service on the morning of Tuesday 28 April 09:00 - 10:00, inviting MPs and peers to observe a minute silence together, and collect a memorial ribbon to wear for the day. Union members can encourage their MPs to attend the event.

 

Representing over 30,000 Prison, Correctional and Secure Psychiatric Workers, the POA is the largest UK Union in this sector, able to trace its roots back more than 100 years.