Mourn for the Dead. Fight for the Living.
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28 Apr Mourn for the Dead. Fight for the Living.

Posted at 05:00h in Health & Safety, Legislation/OSHA, Workers Memorial Day by

The important worker safety and health gains that the BCTGM and the American labor movement have fought for and won are now threatened. The Trump administration has launched an all-out assault on regulations. The president has ordered that for every new protection, two existing safeguards must be removed from the books. At the same time, Republicans in Congress have moved quickly to overturn new rules issued by the Obama administration. Agency budgets and enforcement programs are on the chopping block. The safety and health of workers and the public are in danger.

The Occupational Safety and Health Act promise workers the right to a safe job. Unions and our allies have fought hard to make that promise a realityโ€”winning protections that have made jobs safer, saved hundreds of thousands of lives and prevented millions of workplace injuries and illnesses.TW_MotherJones

We must fight back. We cannot and will not let them turn back the clock and destroy the progress we have made to make jobs safer and save lives.

Today,ย April 28, the BCTGM together with the unions of the AFL-CIO observe Workers Memorial Day to remember those who have suffered and died on the job and to renew our fight for safe jobs. This year we will come together to defend hard-won victories by working people from attacks by right-wing Republicans and business groups. We commit to fighting until all workers have safe jobs and the freedom to form unions.

 

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