WORKERS' MEMORIAL DAY (No. 4)
EDM number 1934 in 2008-09, proposed by John Mann on 20/07/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Industrial health and safety.
That this House notes a desire to remember those who are injured or killed in the workplace; supports measures that reduce the number of workplace fatalities and campaigns which advance improved working conditions for the living; recognises substantial union support for an official commemoration of workplace injuries and fatalities; notes that the Workers' Memorial Day, officially celebrated around the world on 28 April, is a major event on the trade union calendar; notes that it provides an opportunity to reflect on workplace illness, injury, death and their causes; and calls on the Government to recognise Workers' Memorial Day as a public holiday.
This motion has been signed by a total of 38 MPs.
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