National Day Of Mourning April 28th 2010
Many thousands of workers loose time from the job, others their lives, due to unsafe work conditions every year. This does not include ones that are unreported or due to occupational disease's. On Christmas Eve 2009 4 workers fell 13 floors to their death and another was seriously injured when the swing stage they were on collapsed. This brought the workplace death toll to approximately 400 in Ontario for the year.
During a sixteen year period (ending in 2008) an average of 887 workers per year lost their lives due to work related injuries source The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Saftey (CCOHS)
On April 28th, 2010 The Toronto and York region Labour council are hosting two events for The National Day of Mourning.
One is 12:00 (noon) at Nathan Phillips Square at 100 Queen St W while the other is being held in Woodbridge at 11:00am, 5020 Highway#7 and Islington Ave.
For an Ontario event near you ..... List Of National Day of Mourning Events In Ontario
Now Recognized in about 80 countries around the world the National Day of mourning was first recognized by the Canadian Labour Congress in 1984, on the 70th anniversary of Ontario's Workers Compensation Act, and officially acknowledge by the Canadian Parliament by way of legislation in February of 1991
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Kathy,
It's beyond imagination when workers die on the job....especially if it is due to lack of proper training or unsafe working conditions. It's particularly tragic when it's young people who are just entering the work force.
I'm glad to see attention being brought to this matter and recognition given to those who have died while working.
Jo
Jo - When Barrie worked in construction it was always at the back of our minds as it is one of the industries that suffers a lot of fatalities and serious injuries. Many workers go for years with debilitating or killer health issues that are work related such as asbestosis without any assistance as it is hard to prove that your health issues were caused by your work environment.