A recent proclamation was signed by Mayor Debra Button, proclaiming April 28, a Day of Mourning for the City of Weyburn. April 28 was proclaimed "Day of Mourning" by an Act of parliament on February 1, 1991. It is in recognition of the more than 1000 Canadian workers who are killed on the job, thousands more who are permanently disabled and hundreds of thousands who are injured and thousands of others who die from cancer, lung disease, and other ailments caused by exposure to toxic substances at their workplaces.
The Canadian Labour Congress chose April 28 as a day of mourning as an opportunity to remember the maximum sacrifice workers have been forced to make in order to make a living, a day to renew approaches to governments for tougher occupational health and safety standards and more effective compensation and as a day to rededicate ourselves to the goal of making Canada's workplaces safer.
The Weyburn Labour District Council will host a Memorial Ceremony at the TC Douglas Calvary Centre on April 28 at 6:30 p.m.
"We read the names, we light the candles on their behalf and just generally remember them, remember all workers who were injured on the job and rededicate ourselves to trying to make our workplaces safer" said council president, Wanda Bartlett.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
