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May 6, 2016 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS
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T
welve truck drivers, four
loggers, and three farmers
were among 41 workers who
died in job-related accidents in
Oregon last year. All were re-
membered at Workers Memo-
rial Day ceremonies held in
Portland and Salem April 25 and
28 by the Northwest Oregon La-
bor Council (NOLC) and Ore-
gon AFL-CIO, respectively.
“Achieving prosperity in
Oregon should include all work-
ers returning home safely at the
end of their shifts,” Oregon Gov.
Kate Brown said in a press state-
ment prior to the ceremony at
the Fallen Workers Memorial
outside the Labor and Industries
Building in Salem. Brown also
issued a proclamation declaring
April 28 Workers Memorial
Day in Oregon.
In Portland, as the names of
the deceased workers were read,
a bell rang and an American flag
was raised in their honor. (See
photo above.)
“The list is dramatically
shorter than it was 20 years ago,
or 30 years ago, or 50 years ago.
That’s a success. That’s worth
being proud of,” Oregon-OSHA
Administrator Michael Woods
said at the NOLC gathering.
“But it’s not worth declaring job
done. This mission isn’t accom-
plished.”
Woods called on union work-
ers to look to the future with a
good deal of impatience.
“Demand more from govern-
ment regulators. Demand more
from one another. And demand
more from yourselves,” he said.
“It is too easy to fall into a pat-
tern of only worrying about the
fatalities when they happen, and
that’s simply too late.”
Workers Memorial Day
serves as an annual nationwide
day of remembrance. It recog-
nizes the thousands of U.S.
workers who die each year on
the job and the more than 1 mil-
lion who are injured each year at
work. The observance is tradi-
tionally held on April 28 because
Congress passed the Occupa-
tional Safety and Health Act on
that date in 1970.
In Washington state, 84
workers were remembered at
ceremonies held in several cities
on April 28.