International Workers Memorial Day

 

I was again honoured and privileged to attend the International Workers Memorial Day Ceremony in Inverness. This event, held on the 28th April every year, brings together workers and their representatives from all over the world to remember the dead and fight for the living. The theme this year was Occupational Health and Safety: a fundamental right at work. As we all know too many people are still being injured, harmed or in the most severe cases losing their lives because their health and safety was not prioritised. I am proud to be a member of the Labour movement that has done more than any other party to work towards removing risk from the workplace. This international day is organised by the Trade Union movement and locally the Inverness Trades Council. It remembers all workers who lost their lives to workplace injury or illness and  recommits us all to fighting to keep workers safe.