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Decades of struggle by workers and their unions have resulted in significant improvements in working conditions. But the toll of workplace injuries, illnesses and deaths remains enormous. Each year, thousands of workers are killed and millions more are injured or diseased because of their jobs. The unions of the AFL-CIO remember these workers on April 28, Workers Memorial Day.

The first Workers Memorial Day was observed in 1989. April 28 was chosen because it is the anniversary of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the day of a similar remembrance in Canada. Every year, people in hundreds of communities and at worksites recognize workers who have been killed or injured on the job. Trade unionists around the world now mark April 28 as an International Day of Mourning.

Workers Memorial Day 2010 Materials

• Read the 2010 edition of Death on the Job.
• Workers Memorial Day flier;
• Workers Memorial Day poster; 
• Workers Memorial Day clip art —
  • Mourn for the Dead, Fight for the Living and
  • Good Jobs, Safe Jobs. Now;
• Workers Memorial Day stickers;
• Workers Memorial Day events;
• Workers Memorial Day order form;
• Protecting America's Workers Act factsheet.
• Workers Memorial Day Talking Points
• Sample Letters to the Editor
• Sample Media Advisory
• Facts About Safety and Health 2010
• Profile of Safety and Health in the United States
• Order Workers Memorial Day materials at The Union Shop Online;™ 
• Workers Memorial Day proclamation; and
• National Labor College Workers Memorial Brochures
  • Individual Brick Remembrance
  • Granite Bench Remembrance

Here are some other ways we honor workers who have been killed or injured on the job:

• A Collection of Workers' Memorials and
• Workers Memorial Day poems and tributes.