Workers Memorial Day Archives

KILLED ON THE JOB IN OREGON IN 2021

Apr 20, 2022

Last year more than 69 Oregonians died from injuries sustained while working, not including the 169 who died after workplace COVID outbreaks.

Workers Memorial Day 2021

Apr 14, 2021

Workers Memorial Day, April 28, is a day to honor workers who have died on the job, and recommit to fight for a safe work environment.

Remembering those killed on the job

May 1, 2019

Workers Memorial Day ceremonies were held throughout the world the week of April 28 to remember workers killed on the job.

Remembering workers who died on the job

May 1, 2018

Attending the NW Oregon Labor Council’s Workers Memorial Day service were nearly 50 family members of a road construction flagger who was struck and killed by a drunk driver May 23, 2017.

Union ceremony remembers workers who died on the job

May 2, 2017

Sixty-six Oregon workers lost their lives to preventable accidents in 2016.

Remembering fallen workers

Apr 30, 2014

Thirty-nine workers died in job-related accidents in Oregon in 2013.

No profit is worth the cost of our lives

Apr 16, 2014

We must recommit to making our workplaces safer

Unions remember fallen workers

Apr 15, 2014

Thirty-nine workers died in job-related accidents in Oregon in 2013.

Unions to remember fallen workers

Apr 16, 2013

Oregon workers who died on the job last year will be remembered at ceremonies in Portland and Salem