Worker Memorial Day 2021
The University of Washington Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences annual Worker Memorial Day event is a special ceremony that raises awareness about how we can strengthen our commitment to make jobs safer and save lives in Washington State. The 2021 event was made possible in collaboration with UW Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, the Northwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 925, Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE) Local 1488 / American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 28, SEIU Healthcare 1199NW, and Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) Local 4121.
Keynote Address: Healing in Crisis: Honesty, Solidarity, and Transformational Change
April Sims, Secretary Treasurer, Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO
This year's ceremony will honor workers in King County, WA, who lost their lives on the job in 2020. Following a year of the COVID-19 pandemic, and rekindled movements for racial justice, we will highlight how we can confront inequality through solidarity and transformational change in the workplace and beyond.
RESOURCES:
Visit the AFL-CIO Worker Memorial Day Website
View/Download the 2021 Ceremony Flyer
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