Workers’ Memorial Day will be marked around the world
Whether it’s called Workers' Memorial Day, International Workers' Memorial Day or International Commemoration Day (ICD) for Dead and Injured or Day of Mourning, April 28 will be dedicated – in all corners of the globe - to remembering workers who’ve killed, disabled, injured or sickened by their work.
Its slogan, Remember the dead – Fight for the living, is derived from a quote attributed to early labor organizer Mary Harris “Mother" Jones, who famously said: “Pray for the dead, and fight like hell for the living.” The diminutive yet ferocious Jones did, in fact, “fight like hell” for workers – especially coal miners – and her battles with powerful corporate titans and political figures got her repeatedly arrested and jailed.