{"id":7329,"date":"2023-05-01T14:50:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T18:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/?p=7329"},"modified":"2023-05-01T14:50:31","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T18:50:31","slug":"2023-workers-memorial-day-every-worker-is-more-than-a-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2023\/05\/01\/2023-workers-memorial-day-every-worker-is-more-than-a-number\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Workers Memorial Day: Every Worker is More than a Number"},"content":{"rendered":"

Workers Memorial Day, as you’re all aware, is a day to mourn for those killed in the workplace<\/a> and fight for the living. Events were held all over the country this year.\u00a0 Below is a list of Workers Memorial Day articles. I’m sure I’ve missed many, so feel free to add them to the comment section below.<\/p>\n

I especially want to encourage you to watch the US Department of Labor’s Workers Memorial Day ceremony<\/a> here.\u00a0 From the very moving words of OSHA’s new Family Liaison Tonya Ford at the beginning, to OSHA and MSHA directors, Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su and AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, and Wanda Engracia who lost her husband, to the wreath laying<\/a> that concluded the ceremony.<\/p>\n

But if you can’t watch the whole thing, at least watch the ten-minute video below that was presented during the program, of families describing the children and spouses and parents they’ve lost. But really, watch the whole thing. But bring some tissues. I defy you to watch this video — or Tonya Ford’s introduction<\/a> starting at minute 3:00 —\u00a0 without crying. None of the hundreds in the audience was successful.<\/p>\n

But really, try to watch the whole thing. It’s a great use of an hour of your day.\u00a0 You won’t regret it.<\/p>\n