Workers Memorial Day Events
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Alabama Event(s)
Arkansas Event(s)
Event: Workers Memorial Ceremony
Date: Friday, April 26, 2024
Time: 10:00 a.m. CT
Location: 900 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 400
Little Rock, AR 72201
Description: Workers' Memorial Ceremony in support of the fallen workers families in Arkansas.
Host: Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing
Contact Name: Clark Thomas, Consultation Project Manager
Contact Email: clark.thomas@arkansas.gov
Arizona Event(s)
Name: Workers Memorial Day
Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Time: 8:00 a.m. MT
Location:
Phoenix, Arizona
Description: This event will recognize the efforts the Consulate and OSHA have made to support their alliance and serve to call attention to the fatality rate amongst Hispanic workers. This is open to the public and OSHA materials will be provided.
Host: Mexican Consulate of Arizona
Contact Name(s): Zachary Barnett
Contact Email: barnett.zachary@dol.gov
California Event(s)
Name: Workers Memorial Day
Date: Friday, April 26, 2024
Time: 9 a.m. PT
Location:
USS Midway
910 North Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92101
Description: This is a public event which will include remarks and a ceremony to honor fallen workers.
Host: San Diego Shipyard Repair Alliance
Contact Name(s): Brandon Phillips
Contact Email: brandon.phillips@continentaltide.com
Event: San Diego Worker's Memorial Event on the USS Midway
Date: Friday, April 26, 2024
Time: 9:00 a.m. PT
Location:
USS Midway
910 N Harbor Dr
San Diego, CA 92101
Description: Meet at the foot of the brow at 8:45 Duration: 9-10 a.m. Attendees will be escorted onboard by Len Santiago (Chief Engineer) Dominick Boccia (Midway Safety Director). We will gather on the flight deck overlooking the bay to remember the fallen.
Website: https://extendedstudies.ucsd.edu/osha/home
Host: University of California San Diego OSHA Training Institute Education Center
Event Contact: Stephanie MacGilfrey
Event Email: smacgilfrey@ucsd.edu
Name: Workers Memorial Day
Date: Friday, April 26, 2024
Time: 12:00 p.m. PT
Location:
Port of Oakland
Oakland, CA
Description: USDOL-OSHA (Oakland Area Office) will be meeting outdoors with longshoremen from ILWU Local 10 to discuss Workers Memorial Day, safety and health statistics, trends, worker rights to a safe and healthful workplace, and provide outreach on heat illness prevention, mental health, and violence in the workplace. Outreach on maritime whistleblower statutes is also being provided.
Host: USDOL-OSHA (Oakland Area Office - Enforcement Programs)
Contact Name(s): Lisa Trecartin
Contact Email: trecartin.lisa@dol.gov
Name: Workers Memorial Day with Cal/OSHA and the Hispanic Arborist Association
Date: Sunday, April 28, 2024
Time: 11:30 a.m. PT
Location:
301 N Baldwin Ave.
Arcadia, CA 91007
Description: Workers Memorial Day is an annual event that honors and remembers those who have lost their lives due to work-related injuries and illnesses. The Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and its Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) will honor the California workers who have lost their lives due to work-related injuries and illnesses at events on April 28 and 29. Cal/OSHA will be joined by partners OSHA, Ironworkers Local 229, Hispanic Arborists Association, Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park, the Golden Gate Bridge, and WorkSafe.
Host: Cal/OSHA
Contact Name(s): Lourdes Cruz
Contact Email: Clcruz@dir.ca.gov
Name: Hispanic Arborist Association
Date: Sunday, April 28, 2024
Time: 11:30 a.m. PT
Location:
301 N Baldwin Ave.
Arcadia, CA 91007
Description: Workers Memorial Day is an annual event that serves as a reminder to honor and remember those who have lost their lives due to work-related injuries and illnesses. It also highlights the crucial importance of workplace safety and commemorates the creation of OSHA that occurred on April 28, 1971. Cal/OSHA is joining hands with OSHA, Ironworkers, Hispanic Arborists, Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park, and the Golden Gate Bridge to pay tribute to the women and men who lost their lives while on the job.
Host: Cal/OSHA
Contact Name(s): Lourdes Cruz
Contact Email: Clcruz@dir.ca.gov
Name: Workers Memorial Day with Cal/OSHA and DCIW
Date: Monday, April 29, 2024
Time: 10:00 a.m. PT
Location:
https://form.jotform.com/240724803589160
Description: Workers Memorial Day is an annual event that honors and remembers those who have lost their lives due to work-related injuries and illnesses. The Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and its Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) will honor the California workers who have lost their lives due to work-related injuries and illnesses at events on April 28 and 29. Cal/OSHA will be joined by partners OSHA, District Council of Iron Workers of the State of California & Vicinity, Hispanic Arborists Association, Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park, the Golden Gate Bridge, and WorkSafe.
Host: Cal/OSHA
Contact Name(s): Lourdes Cruz
Contact Email: Clcruz@dir.ca.gov
Name: Workers Memorial Day
Date: Monday, April 29, 2024
Time: 10:00 a.m. PT
Location:
3888 Beech Street
San Diego, CA 92105
Description: The Cal/OSHA Alliance with District Council of Iron Workers and Hispanic Arborists Association event will include remarks and a ceremony honoring the lives of workers who have died on the job.
Host: Cal/OSHA, District Council of Iron Workers and Hispanic Arborists Association
Contact Name(s): Brandon Hart
Contact Email: bhart@dir.ca.gov
Name: Workers Memorial Day Commemoration
Date: Monday, April 29, 2024
Time: 12:00 p.m. PT
Location:
Rosie the Riveter National Historic Site
1414 Harbor Way South, Suite 3000/Oil House
Richmond, CA 94804
Description: This event is open to the public and will include remarks, commemoration of fallen workers, and display tables sharing relevant information in conjunction with Cal/OSHA and National Park Service.
Host: OSHA, Cal/OSHA and National Park Service
Contact Name(s): Matthew Kuzemchak
Contact Email: kuzemchak.matthew.m@dol.gov
Name: Workers Memorial Day at the Golden Gate Bridge
Date: Monday, April 29, 2024
Time: 12:00 p.m. PT
Location:
Golden Gate Bridge Plaza
US Highway 101
San Francisco, CA 94129
Description: This event is open to the public and will include a commemoration of fallen workers and sharing of information in conjunction with Cal/OSHA and Golden Gate Bridge District.
Host: OSHA, Cal/OSHA and Golden Gate Bridge District
Contact Name(s): Matthew Kuzemchak
Contact Email: kuzemchak.matthew.m@dol.gov
Colorado Event(s)
Name: Workers Memorial Day Ceremony
Date: Monday, April 29, 2024
Time: 1:00 p.m. MT
Location: College Hill Library, 2nd Floor
3645 W. 112th Ave.
Westminster, CO 80031
Room L-211
Description: Region VIII Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Front Range Community College, an official host training organization for the Mountain West OSHA Education Center will host a Workers Memorial Ceremony to remember and honor workers who lost their lives due to work-related incidents.
Family members, employee representatives, industry professionals and the public are invited to attend. The ceremony will include remarks by OSHA officials and others as well as a reading of the names of fallen workers.
Host: OSHA and Mountain West Education Center
Contact Name(s): Megan Meagher
Contact Email: meagher.megan@dol.gov
Connecticut Event(s)
District of Columbia Event(s)
Title: Workers Memorial Day Ceremony
Date: Thursday, April 24, 2025
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET
Location: U.S. Department of Labor
Frances Perkins Building
200 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20210
Description: We will come together to honor, remember and recognize the men and women who have lost their lives due to a work-related incident, illness or disease and those they have left behind.
Host: U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Mine Safety and Health Administration
Contact: Tonya Ford, ford.tonya.e@dol.gov
Georgia Event(s)
Event: Workers Memorial Observance
Date: Sunday, April 28, 2024
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET
Location: Arrowhead Park
2800 Arrowhead Dr.
Lizella, GA 31052
Description: On Sunday, April 28, 2024, workers from across the state of Georgia will come together to celebrate the lives of our fellow union members & co-workers who lost their lives performing the jobs they loved and serving the communities & businesses they cared for.
Host: GA AFL-CIO
Contact Name: Yvonne Brooks, GA AFL-CIO president
Contact Email: yrobinson@georgiaunions.org, 404-862-0496
Florida Event(s)
Name: Workers Memorial Day Ceremony
Date: Sunday, April 28, 2024
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET
Location:
Bethlehem Rose Garden
8th Avenue & Union Blvd.
Bethlehem, PA
Description: Lehigh Valley Labor Council; AFL-CIO will be hosting a Workers Memorial Day Ceremony to remember those who were fatally injured on the job. The names of more than 700 individuals will be read, followed by the tolling of a brass bell.
The memorial will take place in front of a bronze statue of a blue-collar worker toiling inside of a 10-foot circle; the worker is bent in burden and pushing on the circle.
Website: http://lehighvalleyclc.org/default.htm
Host: Lehigh Valley Labor Council, AFL-CIO
Contact Name(s): Adam Hamrick
Contact Email: hamrick.adam@dol.gov
Name: Workers Memorial Day Ceremony
Date: Sunday, April 28, 2024
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET
Location: Perry Square West
Downtown Erie, PA
Description: Erie-Crawford Central Labor Council will come together this Workers Memorial Day to acknowledge and commemorate those who lost their lives during their line of work and to call attention to the work being done to promote workplace safety.
Host: Erie-Crawford Central Labor Council
Contact Name(s): Ken Vybiral
Contact Email: kenvybiral@yahoo.com
Name: Workers Memorial Day Ceremony
Date: Sunday, April 28, 2024
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET
Location: Perry Square West
571-601 State St,
Erie, PA 16501
Description: A ceremony is planned to acknowledge and commemorate those who perished during their line of work and to call attention to the work being done to promote workplace safety.
Host: Erie-Crawford Central Labor Council
Contact Name: Ken Vybiral
Event Contact: kenvybiral@yahoo.com
Name: Workers Memorial Day
Date: Monday, April 29, 2024
Time: 12:00 p.m. ET
Location:
Market Square Pittsburg
431 Market St
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Description: The Allegheny Fayette Central Labor Council will be hosting a Workers Memorial Day. In attendance will be representatives from Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, local Unions, employers, family members of our fallen workers, clergy and politicians.
Website: https://paaflcio.org/alleghenyco
Host: Allegheny Fayette Central Labor Council
Contact Name(s): James Blatnick
Contact Email: James.Blatnick@unitedwayswpa.org
Hawaii Event(s)
Iowa Event(s)
Name: Workers Memorial Day Ceremony
Date: Friday, April 26, 2024
Time: 12:00 p.m. CT
Location:
880 Devils Glen Road
Bettendorf, IA 52722
Description: Quad City Federation of Labor USW Local 105 will honor those that lost their life due to a work-related incident.
Host: Quad City Federation of Labor USW Local 105
Contact Name(s): Peter Hird
Contact Email: peter@iowaaflcio.org
Name: Workers Memorial Day Ceremony
Date: Friday, April 26, 2024
Time: 4:00 p.m. CT
Location:
1205 N Central Ave.
Burlington, IA 52601
Description:IBEW Local 13 will honor workers from the Des Moines and Henry Counties that lost their life in 2023 due to a workplace incident.
Host: IBEW Local 13
Contact Name(s): Peter Hird
Contact Email: peter@iowaaflcio.org
Name: Workers Memorial Day Ceremony
Date: Friday, April 26, 2024
Time: 4:00 p.m. CT
Location:
UFCW Local 222
3038 S Lakeport St
Sioux City, IA 51106
Description:Northwest Iowa Labor Federation - UFCW Local 222 will honor Iowans that lost their life in 2023 due to a workplace incident.
Host: Northwest Iowa Labor Federation - UFCW Local 222
Contact Name(s): Peter Hird
Contact Email: peter@iowaaflcio.org
Name: Workers Memorial Day Ceremony
Date: Sunday, April 28, 2024
Time: 9:00 a.m. CT
Location:
Broadway Christian Church
2658 Ave G
Council Bluffs, IA 51501
Description:Southwest Iowa Labor Federation will honor Iowa employees that lost their life due to a workplace incident in 2023.
Host: Southwest Iowa Labor Federation
Contact Name(s): Peter Hird
Contact Email: peter@iowaaflcio.org
Name: Workers Memorial Day Ceremony
Date: Sunday, April 28, 2024
Time: 10:00 a.m. CT
Location:
Riverside Community of Christ Church
2828 Ave G
Council Bluffs, IA 51501
Description:Southwest Iowa Labor Federation will honor Iowa employees that lost their life due to a workplace incident in 2023.
Host: Southwest Iowa Labor Federation
Contact Name(s): Peter Hird
Contact Email: peter@iowaaflcio.org
Name: Workers Memorial Day Ceremony
Date: Sunday, April 28, 2024
Time: 3:00 p.m. CT
Location:
Black Hawk Labor Temple
1695 Burton Ave.
Waterloo, IA 50703
Description: Black Hawk Union Council will honor those employees that lost their life due to a workplace incident in 2023.
Host: Black Hawk Union Council
Contact Name(s): Peter Hird
Contact Email: peter@iowaaflcio.org
Name: Workers Memorial Day Ceremony
Date: Monday, April 29, 2024
Time: 11:00 a.m. CT
Location:
Iowa State Capitol West Terrace
1007 E Grand Ave.
Des Moines, IA 50309
Description: South Central Iowa Federation of Labor will honor Iowa employees who lost their life due to a workplace incident in 2023.
Host: South Central Iowa Federation of Labor
Contact Name(s): Peter Hird
Contact Email: peter@iowaaflcio.org
Name: Workers Memorial Day Ceremony
Date: Monday, April 29, 2024
Time: 5:30 p.m. CT
Location:
1610 Garfield Ave.
Dubuque, IA 52001
Description: Dubuque Labor Temple will honor the employees that lost their life due to a work-related incident.
Host: Dubuque Labor Temple
Contact Name(s): Peter Hird
Contact Email: peter@iowaaflcio.org
Name: Workers Memorial Day Ceremony
Date: Monday, April 29, 2024
Time: 5:30 p.m. CT
Location:
Iowa City Public Library
Linn Street - Rm A 123 S
Iowa City, IA 52240
Description: Iowa City Federation of Labor will honor those employees that lost their life due to a workplace incident in 2023.
Host: Iowa City Federation of Labor
Contact Name(s): Peter Hird
Contact Email: peter@iowaaflcio.org
Name: Workers Memorial Day Ceremony
Date: Thursday, May 2, 2024
Time: 5:00 p.m. CT
Location:
301 Biondeau St.
Keokuk, IA 52632
Description: Keokuk Labor Temple will honor the employees that lost their life due to a work-related incident.
Host: Keokuk Labor Temple
Contact Name(s): Peter Hird
Contact Email: peter@iowaaflcio.org
Idaho Event(s)
Name: Worker Memorial Day Ceremony
Date: Sunday, April 28, 2024
Time: 12:00 p.m. PT
Location:
Coeur d’Alene City Park at the Workers Memorial Monument
Corner of W. Fort Grounds Dr. and Park Dr.
Description: The North Idaho Central Labor Council will be hosting a Worker’s Memorial Ceremony to remember those workers fatally injured on the job by an incident, injury, or exposure. A lunch will be served to all attendees.
Host: North Idaho Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO
Contact Name(s): Brad Cederblom
Contact Email: Bradcederblom@gmail.com
Illinois Event(s)
Title: Workers Memorial Day Ceremony
Date: Monday, April 28, 2025
Time: 10:00 a.m. CT
Location: Joliet Junior College
1215 Houbolt Road
Joliet, IL 60431
Description: This ceremony will commemorate workers who died from work-related hazards.
Host: Three Rivers Manufacturers’ Association, Joliet Junior College
Contact: Raymond Woodworth, (815) 774-6070, ray.woodworth@trma.org
Kansas Event(s)
Name: Workers Memorial Day Dinner
Date: Thursday, April 25, 2024
Time: 6:00 p.m. CT
Location:
Machinist Hall
3830 South Meridian
Wichita, KS
Description: Wichita/Hutchinson Labor Federation will honor working people and celebrate the role of unions in improving workplace safety.
Host: Wichita/Hutchinson Labor Federation
Contact Name(s): Allen Vinyard
Contact Email: allen.vinyard@ks.gov
Name: Workers Memorial Day
Date: Thursday, April 25, 2024
Time: 6:00 p.m. CT
Location:
IAM - Machinist Hall
3830 S. Meridian
Wichita, KS
Description: AFL-CIO & OSHA will come together for an annual dinner to remember Kansas workers who have lost their lives on the job.
Host: AFL-CIO & OSHA
Contact Name(s): Todd Underwood
Contact Email: underwood.todd@dol.gov
Kentucky Event(s)
Louisiana Event(s)
Event: Workers Memorial Day Commemoration
Date: Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Time: 10:00 a.m. CT
Location:
Alliance Safety Council Gonzales Training Center
1205 W. Edenborne Pkwy.
Gonzales, LA 70737
Description: Workers Memorial Day Commemoration. Please join us at Alliance Safety Council's Gonzales Training Center to remember, recognize, and honor those who lost their lives while on the job in 2023. The Gonzales Training Center is located at 1205 W. Edenborne Pkwy. Gonzales, LA 70737.
Website: https://alliancesafetycouncil.org
Host: Alliance Safety Council
Event Contact: Hillary Sutton
Event Email: hsutton@alliancesafetycouncil.org
Massachusetts Event(s)
Name: Workers Memorial Day
Date: Friday, April 26, 2024
Time: 12:00 p.m. ET
Location:
Massachusetts State House-Steps
24 Beacon St.
Boston, MA 02108
Description: The Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health will honor our fallen workers and those that have been injured, or suffered from illness on the job and press for strong workplace health and safety protections for all workers so that one day this event will no longer be needed. We encourage families to bring enlarged photos of your loved one or send a photo to us and we will enlarge it.
*Please note this event will be taking place rain or shine. Please dress appropriately*
Website: https://masscosh.org/events/workers-memorial-day/
Host: Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health
Contact Name(s): Al Vega
Contact Email: al.vega@masscosh.org
Michigan Event(s)
Minnesota Event(s)
Missouri Event(s)
Name: Workers Memorial Day Ceremony
Date: Friday, April 26, 2024
Time: 12:00 p.m. CT
Location:
Missouri State Capital - Capital Rotunda
201 West Capitol Avenue
Jefferson City, Missouri
Description: Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations will host a Workers Memorial Day Ceremony at the Missouri State Capital to honor Missouri Workers who have lost the lives on the job.
Website: https://labor.mo.gov/remember-workers
Host: Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
Contact Name(s): Daniel Stark
Contact Email: daniel.stark@labor.mo.gov
Name: Workers Memorial Day Ceremony
Date: Monday, April 29, 2024
Time: 11:30 a.m. CT
Location: The Builder Training Center
105 West 12th Avenue
North Kansas City, MO
Room L-211
Description: The Builders, a Chapter of AGC, in partnership with OSHA Region VII Office, and the Kansas City Area, will come together to honor and recognize all workers who have lost their lives in the workplace during the past year. The program will feature a tribute video commemorating the fallen workers and presentation of the State of Missouri and State of Kansas Workers Memorial Day Proclamations.
Host: The Builders, a Chapter of AAGC and OSHA Region VII
Contact Name(s): Rebecca Hart-Schmidt KC Assistant Area Director and Elizabeth Morales, Compliance Assistance Specialist
Contact Email: HartSchmidt.Rebecc@DOL.GOV and morales.elizabeth@dol.gov
Mississippi Event(s)
Montana Event(s)
Name: Worker Memorial Day Ceremony
Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Time: 2:00 p.m. MT
Location:
Montana FWP Wild
2668 Broadwater Avenue
Helena, MT 59602
Description: The American Society of Safety Professionals Big Sky Chapter, in collaboration with the Bureau of Labor Statistics (MT), Mine Safety and Health Administration, Montana Contractors Compensation Fund and community leaders, will host a ceremony to remember fallen workers. The event will also focus on outreach and the continued development of alliances and partnerships on protecting workers’ safety and health on the job.
Host: ASSP Big Sky Chapter
Contact Name(s): Jim Messer
Contact Email: messer.james@dol.gov
North Carolina Event(s)
Event: Workers Memorial Day - Observance Ceremony
Date: Sunday, April 28, 2024
Time: 3:00 p.m. ET
Location:
Bicentennial Plaza
1 E. Edenton Street
Raleigh, NC 27601 US
Description: Workers Memorial Day - Observance Ceremony
Website: https://aflcio.org/about-us/conferences-and-events/workers-memorial-day
Host: AFL-CIO
Event Contact: Marybe McMillan, 919-833-6678 Ext 15
Event Email: marybe@aflcion.org
Nebraska Event(s)
Event: Workers Memorial Day Ceremony
Date: Monday, April 28, 2025
Time: 7:00 p.m. CT
Location: Nebraska State Capitol (North Steps)
1445 K Street
Lincoln, NE 68508
Description: We will come together to honor, remember and recognize the men and women who have lost their lives due to a work-related incident, illness or disease and those they have left behind.
Host: U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Contact: Tonya Ford, ford.tonya.e@dol.gov
New Hampshire Event(s)
New Jersey Event(s)
Event: Workers Memorial Day
Date: Friday, April 26, 2024
Time: 11:00 a.m. ET
Location:
69 Paterson Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Description: Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners will hold a service for Workers Memorial Day to remember those who have been killed or injured in the workplace.
Host: Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners
Event Contact: Patricia Jones, Area Director, OSHA
Event Email: jones.patricia@dol.gov
Event: Middlesex-Somerset AFL-CIO Central Labor Council Workers Memorial Ceremony
Date: Saturday, April 27, 2024
Time: 10:00 a.m. ET
Location:
The Heldrich Hotel
10 Livingston Ave.
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
Description: Middlesex-Somerset AFL-CIO Central Labor Council Workers Memorial Ceremony.
Host: AFL-CIO
Event Contact: Nick Donofrio
Event Email: donofrio.nick@dol.gov
Event: New Labor Organization Workers Memorial Day
Date: Sunday, April 28, 2024
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET
Location:
New Labor Organization
55 Paterson Street
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
Description: New Labor Workers Memorial Day Rally and March.
Host: New Labor Organization
Event Contact: Nick Donofrio
Event Email: donofrio.nick@dol.gov
Event: New Jersey Worker Memorial Day
Date: Monday, April 29, 2024
Time: 10:00 a.m. ET
Location:
Virtual
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Description: New Jersey Worker Memorial Day event that is sponsored by the NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development and the NJ State Industrial Safety Committee.
Host: NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Event Contact: Justin Baker
Event Email: Justin.Baker@dol.nj.gov
Nevada Event(s)
Name: Workers Memorial Day Observance
Date: Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Time: 9 a.m. PT
Location:
823 South 6th Street
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Description: This event will recognize the efforts the Consulate and OSHA have made to support their alliance and serve to call attention to the rising fatality rate amongst Hispanic or Latino workers. This is open to the public.
Host: Mexican Consulate in Las Vegas and OSHA
Contact Name(s): Berly Carrillo
Contact Email: carrillo.berly@dol.gov
New York Event(s)
Name: Workers Memorial Day Ceremony
Date: Thursday, April 25, 2024
Time: 6:00 p.m. ET
Location:
Perry B. Duryea Jr. State Office Bldg.
250 Veterans Memorial Hwy
Hauppauge, NY 11788
Description: Memorial ceremony for fallen workers on Long Island, NY.
Website: https://longislandfed.org/events/workers-memorial-day
Host: Long Island Federation of Labor Workers Memorial
Contact Name: Kevin J Sullivan
Contact Email: sullivan.kevin.j@dol.gov
Name: Worker Memorial Ceremony at Workers Memorial Monument
Date: Friday, April 26, 2024
Time: 5:00 p.m. ET
Location:
Highland Park
180 Reservoir Ave.
Rochester, New York 14620
Description: Annual Worker Memorial Ceremony at the Workers Memorial monument
Website: https://roclaborfed.org/events/workersmemorial24
Organization: Rochester & Genesee Valley Area Labor Federation
Contact Name: Nick Donofrio
Contact Email: donofrio.nick@dol.gov
Event: Worker Memorial Day Mass
Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Time: 3:00 p.m. ET
Location:
Our Lady Queen of the Assumption
498 Watervliet-Shaker Rd
Latham NY 12110
Description: Mass will be held in honor of all the construction workers who were killed or injured on worksites during the last three years.
Host: Local 12 Ironworkers
Event Contact: Rita Young, OSHA
Event Email: young.rita@dol.gov
Name: Workers Memorial Day Mass
Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Time: 4:00 p.m. ET
Location:
Our Lady Queen of the Assumption
498 Watervliet-Shaker Rd
Latham NY 12110
Description: Mass will be held in honor of all the construction workers who were killed or injured on worksites during the last three years.
Host: Local 12 Ironworkers
Contact Name(s): Rita Young
Contact Email: young.rita@dol.gov
Event: Worker Memorial Day Ceremony
Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Time: 6:00 p.m. ET
Location:
Chestnut Ridge Park
Orchard Park, NY 14127
Description: Workers’ Memorial Day is observed each year on April 28th, when we remember those killed, injured or made sick on the job. A ceremony is held annually at the Worker Memorial in Chestnut Ridge Park. State and local government officials, union leaders and safety & health advocates, families and friends gather to remember those lost to workplace fatalities, and to advocate for a safer workplace.
Website: www.wnycosh.org
Host: Westen NY Counsel on Occupational Safety & Health
Event Contact: Michael Scime
Event Email: scime.mike@dol.gov
Name: Worker Memorial Day Mass
Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Time: 4:00 p.m. ET
Location:
Saint Patrick’s Cathedral
460 Madison Ave.
NY, NY 10022
Description: Mass will be held at the St. Patrick’s Cathedral in honor of all the construction workers who were killed or injured on worksite during 2023 and early 2024.
Host: Building and Construction Trades Council (BCTC)
Contact Name(s): Kay Gee
Contact Email: gee.kay@dol.gov
Ohio Event(s)
Title: Workers Memorial Day Ceremony
Date: Monday April 28, 2025
Time: 4:00 p.m. ET
Location: IAMAW Local Lodge 1943
1100 Crawford Street
Middletown, OH 45044
Description: This ceremony will commemorate workers who died from work-related hazards and promote worker safety.
Host: IAMAW Local Lodge 1943
Contact: Wayne Heitfeld, (513) 464-3689, wheitfeld@LL1943.org
Title: Workers Memorial Day Ceremony
Date: Monday, April 28, 2025
Time: 5:30 pm ET
Location: Dayton-Miami Valley AFL-CIO Lodge
6550 Poe Avenue
Dayton, OH 45414
Description: This ceremony will commemorate workers who died from work-related hazards.
Host: Dayton-Miami Valley AFL-CIO
Contact: Diane Walsh, (937) 898-6550 ext. 1, daytonaflcio@yahoo.com
Oklahoma Event(s)
Event: Workers' Memorial Day - A Day of Remembrance
Date: Friday, April 26, 2024
Time: 10:00 a.m. CT
Location:
Oklahoma State Capitol on the 2nd Floor Rotunda
2300 N Lincoln Blvd,
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Description: The 2024 Workers' Memorial Day vigil will be hosted at the Oklahoma State Capitol. We will gather to honor and remember the workers whose lives were lost at work in Oklahoma between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2023. The vigil will include a breakfast for families at 9:30am, guest speakers, color guard, firefighters’ pipe and drums, a reading of the names of our fallen workers, and lighting of candles in remembrance. Also, in commemoration please join us for the Skydance Bridge Lighting to be held on April 26th, 2024, at sundown between 7:45pm and 8:00pm. Known also as the Scissortail pedestrian bridge, it is located over Crosstown Expressway just west of S. Robinson Avenue in Oklahoma City. Family members and friends of the fallen workers, industry professionals, and the public are invited to join the vigil with OSHA Oklahoma staff.
Website: https://www.okworkersmemorialday.com/
Host: U.S. DOL - OSHA Oklahoma Area Office
Event Contact: Steven A. Kirby
Event Email: Kirby.Steven@dol.gov
Oregon Event(s)
Name: Workers Memorial Day
Date: Sunday, April 28, 2024
Time: 12:00 p.m. PT
Location:
Livestream from Salem, Oregon
Description: Livestream of ceremony at www.facebook.com/oregonaflcio.
Website: www.facebook.com/oregonaflcio
Host: Oregon AFL-CIO
Contact Name(s): Hana M. Patterson
Contact Email: hanamichellepatterson@gmail.com
Pennsylvania Event(s)
Name: Workers Memorial Day Ceremony
Date: Sunday, April 28, 2024
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET
Location:
Bethlehem Rose Garden
8th Avenue & Union Blvd.
Bethlehem, PA
Description: Lehigh Valley Labor Council; AFL-CIO will be hosting a Workers Memorial Day Ceremony to remember those who were fatally injured on the job. The names of more than 700 individuals will be read, followed by the tolling of a brass bell.
The memorial will take place in front of a bronze statue of a blue-collar worker toiling inside of a 10-foot circle; the worker is bent in burden and pushing on the circle.
Website: http://lehighvalleyclc.org/default.htm
Host: Lehigh Valley Labor Council, AFL-CIO
Contact Name(s): Adam Hamrick
Contact Email: hamrick.adam@dol.gov
Name: Workers Memorial Day Ceremony
Date: Sunday, April 28, 2024
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET
Location: Perry Square West
Downtown Erie, PA
Description: Erie-Crawford Central Labor Council will come together this Workers Memorial Day to acknowledge and commemorate those who lost their lives during their line of work and to call attention to the work being done to promote workplace safety.
Host: Erie-Crawford Central Labor Council
Contact Name(s): Ken Vybiral
Contact Email: kenvybiral@yahoo.com
Name: Workers Memorial Day Ceremony
Date: Sunday, April 28, 2024
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET
Location: Perry Square West
571-601 State St,
Erie, PA 16501
Description: A ceremony is planned to acknowledge and commemorate those who perished during their line of work and to call attention to the work being done to promote workplace safety.
Host: Erie-Crawford Central Labor Council
Contact Name: Ken Vybiral
Event Contact: kenvybiral@yahoo.com
Name: Workers Memorial Day
Date: Monday, April 29, 2024
Time: 12:00 p.m. ET
Location:
Market Square Pittsburg
431 Market St
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Description: The Allegheny Fayette Central Labor Council will be hosting a Workers Memorial Day. In attendance will be representatives from Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, local Unions, employers, family members of our fallen workers, clergy and politicians.
Website: https://paaflcio.org/alleghenyco
Host: Allegheny Fayette Central Labor Council
Contact Name(s): James Blatnick
Contact Email: James.Blatnick@unitedwayswpa.org
Puerto Rico Event(s)
Rhode Island Event(s)
Name: Workers Memorial Day- Rally for Safety
Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Time: 4:00 p.m. ET
Location:
Parcel 9
55 George M Cohen Blvd
PROV 02903
Next to Our Lady of the Rosary Church/Fox Point
Description: Rhode Island Committee on Occupational Safety & Health sponsors a rally for "Health and Safety On The Job Must Be A Fundamental Workers Right."
Host: RI Committee on Occupational Safety & Health
Contact Name(s): James Celenza
Contact Email: jascelenza@gmail.com
South Dakota Event(s)
Name: Workers Memorial Day Ceremony
Date: Friday, April 26, 2024
Time: 2:00 p.m. CT
Location: POET Headquarters
4615 N Lewis Avenue
Sioux Falls, SD 57103
Description: OSHA, South Dakota Safety Council, Poet Biorefining, City of Sioux Falls, Lloyd Companies, and NATE will come together this Workers Memorial Day to honor those who lost their lives on the job in South Dakota.
Host: OSHA, South Dakota Safety Council, Poet Biorefining, City of Sioux Falls, Lloyd Companies, NATE.
Contact Name(s): Eric S. Wollan
Contact Email: wollan.eric.s@dol.gov
Tennessee Event(s)
Texas Event(s)
Name: Worker Memorial Day Ceremony
Date: Thursday, April 25, 2024
Time: 10:00 a.m. CT
Location:
DelMar College Windward Campus, Workforce Development Center,
401 Brownsville Road
Corpus Christi TX
Description: The OSHA Corpus Christi Area Office will host a ceremony to honor and remember workers who lost their lives on the job. Industry professionals, family members, and the public are invited to join the program with OSHA staff. The event will include remarks by the area office director, an introduction of guests and staff, and a reading of the names of fallen workers followed by the ringing of a bell for each one.
Host: Department of Labor
Contact Name(s): Roosevelt Shavers
Contact Email: Shavers.roosevelt@dol.gov
Event: Workers Memorial Day
Date: Friday, April 26, 2024
Time: 11:30 a.m. CST
Location:
11509 Seagoville Rd.
Balch Springs, TX 75180
Description: Join us for a ceremony in honor and remembrance of all construction workers who have lost their lives at construction job sites. We will have a ceremony reading of the names of construction workers who lost their lives in 2023 in the state of Texas and a moment of silence.
Website: https://m.facebook.com/people/Hispanic-Contractors-Association-de-Tejas/100041220227425/
Host: The Hispanic Contractors Association de Tejas
Contact Name:
Elizabeth Saucedo
Contact Email: esauceda@hcatdetejas.com
Washington Event(s)
Name: Workers Memorial Observance
Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Time: 5:00 p.m. PT
Location:
Mission Building Courtyard
3000 Rockefeller Ave.
(Corner of Wetmore and Pacific Avenues)
Everett, WA 98201
Description: The Snohomish and Island County Labor Council will hold its annual Workers Memorial Observance at the Workers Memorial in the Mission Courtyard at the corner of Wetmore and Pacific in Everett.
Website: https://www.snolabor.org/index.html
Host: The Snohomish and Island County Labor Council
Contact Name(s): Hana M. Patterson
Contact Email: patterson.hana.m@dol.gov
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Name: Workers Memorial Day commemoration
Date: Thursday, April 25, 2024
Time: 11:00 a.m. PT
Location:
Western State Hospital
9601 Steilacoom Blvd SW
Lakewood, WA
Description: The Pierce County labor movement will join the Washington Federation of State Employees, AFSCME Council 28 at its Workers Memorial Day commemoration.
Host: AFSCME Council 28
Contact Name(s): Hana M. Patterson
Contact Email: patterson.hana.m@dol.gov
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Name: Annual Commemoration
Date: Thursday, April 25, 2024
Time: 2:00 p.m. PT
Location:
Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
7273 Linderson Way S.W.
Tumwater, Washington
Description: The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) will conduct its annual commemoration.
Website: https://www.lni.wa.gov/agency/worker-memorial-day/
Host: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
Contact Name(s): Hana M. Patterson
Contact Email: patterson.hana.m@dol.gov
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Name: Worker Memorial Day Ceremony
Date: Thursday, April 25, 2024
Time: 2:00 p.m. PT
Location:
Washington State Department of Labor and Industries Auditorium and Memorial Garden
7273 Linderson Way SW
Tumwater, WA 98501
Description: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries will host a ceremony to honor workers who died in Washington state because of injuries or illnesses suffered on the job last year. Families and friends of fallen workers are invited to attend the program and share stories of their loved ones.
Website: https://www.lni.wa.gov/agency/worker-memorial-day/
Host: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, Division of Occupational Safety and Health
Contact Name(s): Alan Lundeen
Contact Email: alan.lundeen@lni.wa.gov
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Name: 33rd annual Workers Memorial Day Ceremony
Date: Saturday, April 27, 2024
Time: 11:00 a.m. PT
Location:
Mission Park
1208 E. Mission Ave.
SPOKANE Washington 99202
Description: The Spokane Regional Labor Council will host its 33rd annual Workers Memorial Day Ceremony at Spokane’s Mission Park.
Website: https://unionhall.aflcio.org/spokanelabor/events/workers-memorial-ceremony-2
Host: Spokane Regional Labor Council
Contact Name(s): Hana M. Patterson
Contact Email: patterson.hana.m@dol.gov