April 28 marks a solemn day each year. Depending on where
you live, it is known as Workers’ Memorial Day, Day of Mourning, or
International Workers’ Memorial Day, and it remembers and honors those workers
who were killed, disabled, injured, or made
unwell by their work.
On this Workers’ Memorial Day, our thoughts turn to healthcare and emergency workers, the heroes on the frontline of a global pandemic. Nearly every day, a news report reminds us that one of these heroes has died from COVID-19, and the truth is, we may never know how many of them died as the result of a workplace exposure. Six months ago, we could not have imagined that a virus would cause so many work-related fatalities.
We also want to recognize the “essential workers,” who continue to make PPE and other products to keep our our workers protected and our essential industries running, provide … Read more...
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