Workers Memorial Day

Tuesday, 28 April 2009

I joined UCATT's Workers Memorial Day in Liverpool today for a moving ceremony to remember all those killed at work.The UCATT monument on Hunter Street is modelled on a worker killed in the streets own development, and can be seen here www.johndavies.org/pic-hod-MEMORIAL.jpg

Alongside a delegation of primary school children was the deputy Lord Mayor of the city, and the Lord Mayor of Flint, both former construction workers themselves. PCS banners were also present, and a large contingent of teenage college students who I guess had some connection to the UCU Liverpool Community College branch, whose banner was also present.

Events like this highlight both how little value capitalism places on peoples lifes, and the real value of unions in defending the rights, and indeed the lives, of working people.Congratulations to the organisers for this.

For some reason both the GMB and Unite organised their own events, the latters press release making it to the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/8022451.stm