Labor College Marks Workers Memorial Day Today

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
The National Labor College commemorates Workers Memorial Day today starting at 1P with a panel discussion on workers made ill during the World Trade Center clean-up, a candlelight ceremony and ground-breaking for a permanent Workers Memorial honoring fallen workers, and ending with a reception. Community and union members from around the world will participate in hundreds of events today to remember local workers and draw attention to the problem of unaddressed workplace hazards.