“Remember the Dead, Fight for the Living”The Greater London UNISON Housing Associations branch will be marking again, International Worker’s Memorial Day, with a wreath laying event at the “Clasping Hands” Statue in 3 Mills Green, Stratford, Newh…Read more…
Workers Memorial Day 2025: Clasping hands statue in Stratford, Newham
Last week my UNISON branch organised the annual Workers Memorial Day event at the “Clasping Hands” statute in Three Mills Green, Bow, Newham. This is the site of an historic “accident” where 3 workers died, one after each other, trying to pu…Read more…
Workers Memorial Day Monday 28 April – 1pm Clasping Hands Statute,Three Mills Green E15
This year’s event will take place at 1pm next Monday 28 April 2025. All welcome. Remember the dead and fight for the living. Read more…
Worker’s Memorial Day 2024: “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends”.
Today we remembered workers who died in the course of their duties and also those who died trying valiantly to save them. Workers Memorial Day is on Sunday (28 April) this year but we decided to hold our annual event today. The venue was bes…Read more…
International Workers Memorial Day 2023: UNISON & Safety Advisors Honour the Dead & Work together for the Living
Today we held a simple but powerful remembrance ceremony to mark International Workers Memorial Day (IWMD 28 April). IWMD is supported by trade unions and responsible employers across the world to remember those who have died of accidents at work…Read more…
Workers Memorial Day: This Friday 28 April – UNISON wreath laying at 1pm at “Clasping hands” statute, Bow, E3
This year UNISON
Housing Association Branch will be remembering those who have died at work due
to accidents at work or from work related ill health & diseases. It is also
a campaigning day to fight for the living at work and their health and…Read more…
International Workers’ Memorial Day in West Ham (& also remembering Uncle Harry)
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.
Check out this physical and FaceBook live comme…Read more…
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
Pictures from trades unions via TUC and from last year’s Newham/ UNISON eventRead more…
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.
Workers Memorial Day is an internation…Read more…
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.
In Three Mills …Read more…