Workers Memorial Day 2008 Features

Despite the rain, over 100 family members, workers, labor leaders and community members came out on Tuesday, April 29 and gathered outside of the State House for the 20th annual observance of Workers Memorial Day.

Read our Workers Memorial Day report

Read the Workers Memorial Day press release

Television

Memorial day to honor fallen workers- NECN

More Workers Dying of Job-Related Injuries- WCVB Channel 5

Print & Online Articles

80 people in Massachusetts died of workplace injury in 2007

By: Associated Press (as seen in the Herald and Worcester Gazette)

Work-related deaths rise in Massachusetts

By: Maria Sacchetti, Boston Globe

Mass. workplace deaths highest total since 2003

By: Tony Lee, Boston Metro

Fishermen top list of on-the-job fatalities

By: Scott Van Voorhis, Boston Herald

Workers Memorial Day Ceremony Honors Massachusetts Workers Who Died on the Job in 2007

By: Massachusetts AFL-CIO

Ceremony to honor workers killed, injured, sickened on job

By: SouthCoastToday.com

Lynn man's tragic death is part of worker safety report

By: David Liscio, The Daily Item

Report: Massachusetts Worker Deaths Hit Four-Year High

By: Occupational Health & Safety Online (www.ohsonline.com)

Finding solutions to workplace safety issues is everybody's job

By: Gloucester Daily Times Online

Report: Massachusetts Workplace Deaths On the Rise

By: Laura Walter, Occupational Hazards Magazine

Lest We Forget: Death at Work

By: Ted Comick, IUE/CWA Local 201

Those who died on the job remembered

By: Joao Ferreira, SouthCoastToday.com