International Workers’ Memorial Day – 28 April
“Remember the Dead – Fight for the Living”
ITUC says “Make safe and healthy work a fundamental right this International Workers’ Memorial Day
1230hrs – 1330hrs Wreath-laying Ceremony
by the Memorial Tree, outside Sheffield Town Hall, Pinstone Street
Opened by the
Deputy Lord Mayor, Cllr Sioned-Mair Richards
&
Presided over by Sheffield TUC President Bob Jeffery
Speakers:
Sheffield Labour MP (Paul Blomfield MP invited)
Gareth Lewis, Yorks and Humber TUC
Nev Stevenson – SARAG Asbestos and Mesothelioma campaign
Cllr. Terry Fox, Sheffield City Council Leader
Jesse Palmer, Union Organiser for Sheffield Needs a Pay Rise
John Dale – Sheffield Occupational Health Advisory Service (SOHAS)
Jawad Qasrawi – Hazards Magazine
Holly Johnston – GMB S35 Health Branch, NHS activist
Jack Czauderna -Doctors in UNITE
Stuart Hill – UNITE Construction
Brian Lawton- Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign
There will be a minute’s silence at 1pm
Closing remarks: Martin Mayer, Secretary STUC