Today is International Workers Memorial Day and this afternoon we remembered all those who have been killed at work or died of work related diseases at the beautiful “Clasping Hands” sculpture and memorial in Three Mills Green, Newham, East London.
Workers Memorial Day: Wednesday 28 April 2021
Workers Memorial Day Wednesday 28 April 2021. Remembering all those killed while at work or who have died of work related diseases. It is also a campaigning day to fight for the living.
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A Newham Greenways & Waterways Circular Walk
Yesterday Gill and I went on a wonderful 3 mile circular walk in Newham, starting in West Ham Memorial Recreation Park E15 (once the home of West Ham FC). We walked through the Park to join the Greenway footpath (in the footsteps of Gandhi) then turne…Read more…
Workers Memorial Day 2020 – A one minutes silence of pictures
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Workers Memorial Day – Tuesday 28 April 2020 Theme: Coronavirus
For a number of years my trade union branch (UNISON Greater London Housing Associations) and West Ham Labour Party have supported Workers Memorial Day with a ceremony at the “Clasping Hands” statute in Stratford.
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Workers’ Memorial Day – Saturday 28 April 2018 10.45-11.15am at Clasping Hands Statue, 3 Mills Green, E3 3DU
This is a really important event in the Labour movement calendar and takes place, I think, at the most significant but unknown example of historic working class art in East London. I hope that as many members of the Labour Movement family can attend as…Read more…
Workers Memorial Day at 3 Mills Green E3 – 11am Saturday 28 April 2018
“The purpose behind Workers’ Memorial Day has always been to “remember the dead: fight for the living” and unions are asked to focus on both areas, by considering events or memorial to remember all those killed through work but at the same time ensurin…Read more…
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” Worker Memorial Day 2017
Today is Workers Memorial Day, and across the world trade unionists remember the 20,000 British and the 2.3 million deaths of workers worldwide who die prematurely every year in work related accidents or from occupational disease.
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