A very powerful video from UNISON. This year since WMD is on a Sunday my branch will be organising our annual wreath laying event on the Friday before (Friday 26 April at 1pm) outside the “Clasping Hands” Statute in Three Mill Green, Stratford, E3This …Read more…
UniteLive stories of the year – ‘This can’t continue’
Every day over the Christmas period, UniteLive is running a different story from our top stories of 2023. Today, we look back at our International Workers’ Memorial Day story, where we highlight the issue of suicide in construction and how Unite is making a big difference. — The construction sector has made significant strides in […]
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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…
Newham Voices – September 2022 (Three Mills Tragedy)
Just read the latest edition of the excellent Community newsletter https://newhamvoices.co.uk/. The article on page 11 on the “tragic story of heroism at the Three Mills Distillery” was really informative. The “Helping Hands Memorial” at the…Read more…
Workers Memorial Day 2022: UNISON Community Activists Remember the Dead and Fight for the Living
This morning at 11am in Three Mills Green, Stratford, London, E3 at the “Clasping Hands” statue, we remembered those who had died at work due to accidents and work related ill heath. More deaths each year than resulting from war.
The UNISO…Read more…
Workers Memorial Day – Thursday 28 April 2022
Every year on the 28 April in 19 countries across the world, workers remember all those who have died in an accident at work or from occupational illnesses and diseases such as exposure to asbestos. Sadly, more people are killed at work each year…Read more…
Walk the wall
On International Workers’ Memorial Day on Wednesday (April 28), Unite general secretary Len McCluskey joined bereaved families who lost their loved ones to Covid-19 at the National Covid…Read more…
West Ham Leaflet & East Ham Canvass for Team Labour: Sadiq, Unmesh, Elly, Bob & Farah
Yesterday was a big day for me. I went (Covid safe) leafleting and door knocking for the first time in over a year. I have really missed such contact with residents.
After the Workers Memorial Day event during the day, in the evening I we…Read more…
UniteLive’s stories of the year – bereaved Covid families demand public inquiry
Every day for the ‘twelve days of Christmas’ this year, UniteLive is running a different story from our top stories of 2021.Today, we look back at International Workers Memorial Day (IWMD) in April,…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.
Deeply disturbing
Agriculture has long been considered the most dangerous sector in the UK, with fatality rates 18 times the national average.
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UniteLive’s stories of the year – chefs demand better
Every day for the ‘twelve days of Christmas’ this year, UniteLive is running a different story from our top stories of 2021. Today, we hear from Unite rep and chef Kevin Reynolds, who tells of the…Read more…
Remembered and honoured
Tomorrow (Wednesday 28 April) on International Workers’ Memorial Day, Unite general secretary, Len McCluskey, will join Unite families who have lost loved ones to Covid-19 to walk the memorial wall…Read more…
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…
Newham Council joins minutes silence in honour of fallen key workers
Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz today led councillors, staff and officers of Newham Council in observing a minute’s silence.Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz today led councillors, staff and officers of Newham Council in observing a minute’s silence to honour the frontline NHS …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…
We will remember them
From Edinburgh to the Eden Project, from Aberystwyth to Aldeburgh there will be no outdoor memorials – the squares where annually workers come to honour and commemorate their lost friends will be…Read more…
‘Remember the dead, flight for the living’
Unite members across the UK came together to mark International Worker’s Memorial Day (IWMD) at the weekend on Sunday, April 28, to pay tribute to those who have died in work. Unite…Read more…
Lyn Brown MP speech at Workers’ Memorial Day event 2019 – Remembering Lyra McKee as well as Godfrey Nicholson, Frederick Elliot, Robert Underhill and Thomas Pickett
“Thanks so much to John for organising this as he does every year, and to everyone who has attended today. It is always a powerful demonstration of how much the labour movement and our heritage means to us today.
On Worker’s Memorial Day every year w…Read more…
Workers’ Memorial Day 2019 – UNISON Wreaths at Clasping Hands Statue, Three Mills Green, Newham
Today we remembered four local workers who in 1901 selflessly lost their lives, while trying to rescue a colleague who had collapsed from poisonous fumes, whilst inspecting a ventilation shaft in what is now “Three Mills Green park”.
This annual…Read more…