• Other California events
• Davis, CA - April 27, 2008
•  Click here and click here for more information

• Ukiah, CA - April 28, 2008 - 5:30 pm
  North Bay Central Labor Council
  Alex Thomas Jr Plaza
  School & Clay Streets
  Ukiah
• Click here for the leaflet and click here for the letter about the event

• San Jose, CA - April 29, 2008 - 1 pm
  Rally for a Safe Workplace
  with
  Cintas laundry workers, community and labor allies
  CIntas' San Jose Laundry
  2231 Will Wool Drive
  San Jose, CA
• Click here for the leaflet and information about the violent death of a Cintas worker in Tulsa, OK
• Click here for more information about the Cintas campaign
• Click here for a report from the Committee on Education and Labor of the US House of Representatives, chaired by Congressman George Miller discussing Worker Safety at Cintas

NATIONWIDE EVENTS

• Click here  for AFL-CIO information on WORKERS' MEMORIAL DAY
• Click here for the 14th annual Death on the Job Report 2008 edition
• Read the 2007 edition of Death on the Job or download complete 2007 report (PDF, 1.14 MB) (the 2008 edition will be available in April)
• Workers Memorial Day flier
• Workers Memorial Day poster
• Workers Memorial Day clip art in English and Spanish
• Mourn for the Dead, Fight for the Living and
• Good Jobs, Safe Jobs? It's Time
• Workers Memorial Day events form
• Order Workers Memorial Day materials from The Union Shop Online
• Workers Memorial Day proclamation
• Safety & Health Update (February 2008)

Here are some other ways we honor workers who have been killed or injured on the job:

• A Collection of Workers' Memorials and
• Workers Memorial Day poems and tributes
  
  

WORLDWIDE EVENTS

• Click here to hook up with Workers' Memorial Day activities throughout the world - "Rory O'Neill has once again created Workers Memorial Day central at the Hazards Magazine website, with a country by country listing of Workers' Memorial Day activities, links to related websites, documents and briefings on International Workers' Memorial Day, and best of all, a huge collection of great Workers Memorial Day artwork from this and past years."  from Jordan's blog

• Remember the dead and ban asbestos
  This International Workers? Memorial Day, April 28, the IMF calls for a ban on the use of asbestos, particularly in countries in Asia.
  
  GLOBAL: The International Metalworkers? Federation wrote to the embassies and consulates of China, India, Indonesia, Japan Pakistan, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam in Geneva this month calling for a ban on the use of asbestos and compensation for workers harmed by asbestos.
  
  Asbestos is the biggest industrial killer of all time and kills thousands from cancer every single week, at least one death every five minutes. In 2003, Asian countries accounted for nearly 50 per cent of global asbestos consumption with China (491,954 tonnes), India (192,033 tonnes), Thailand (132,983 tonnes), Vietnam (39,382 tonnes) and Indonesia (32,284 tonnes) being the largest users. Within the region, only Japan has stopped the use of asbestos, with Korea planning to implement a ban in 2009.
  
  In addition to calling on governments in the region to ban asbestos, the IMF has sent to all affiliated trade unions in Asia a copy of Killing the Future; Asbestos Use in Asia, which was published by the International Ban Asbestos Secretariat (IBAS) in 2007.
  
  Killing the Future; Asbestos Use in Asia documents the wide-spread use of deadly chrysotile asbestos in a range of industries across Asia, including shipbreaking in India and Bangladesh.
  
  This IMF action is in recognition of April 28, the day when trade unions around the world organise events to commemorate International Workers? Memorial Day. The purpose of the day is to highlight the preventable nature of workplace accidents and ill health, and to promote campaigns and union organisation to improve health and safety at work. It is also a day to remember all those who have died because of their job.
  
  Click here for a copy of the report Killing the Future, available on the IMF website in English.

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