UPDATED April
22, 2008
Press Release In Advance
of the
Federation's Seventh Annual Provincial Day of
Mourning Ceremony
Pictured: The Day of Mourning Monument and
some of the 3 dozen roses that were laid at this year's ceremony by family and friends of workers
who lost their lives on Island jobsites .
Charlottetown, PE... On April 28/08 the PEI Federation of Labour will
hold its seventh annual provincial Day of Mourning ceremony for workers
who have been killed or injured on the job at Province House at 7:00
p.m. A reception will follow provided by the Province - the
public is invited.
We will come together to honour their memory, mourn their loss and
dedicate ourselves anew to improve workplace health and
safety. This year’s theme is “Mourn the Dead, Fight for the
Living - Now more than ever.”
We will re-dedicate ourselves to work harder with renewed vigour to try
and gain enforcement of existing occupational health and safety
laws. Improving workplace safety will remain our number one
priority. Whether a worker belongs to a union or not, it is
incumbent upon every worker to look out for themselves and their peers
so that no one suffers an injury on the job or loses their
lives. Having said that, such responsibility does not solely
lie with workers either. Provincial Government, employers and
unions all have a role to play in ensuring the safety of our
workforce. As a labour movement we denounce those who place
profit before workers health and safety. We want to see
enforcement of penalties for all infractions of occupational health and
safety legislation.
Employers and workers must know that creating an unsafe work
environment will not be tolerated in P.E.I. It is
all our responsibility to ensure safe working conditions not only now
but in the future. We must learn ourselves and put into
practice what we’ve learned so we can educate the next generation of
Island workers.
“On this day our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those
whom lost their lives on the job. We mourn their
loss. We will continue to fight for the living - now more
than ever.”
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