Construction workers commemorate Workers Memorial Day in Saint Paul

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.workdayminnesota.org/articles/construction-workers-commemorate-workers-memorial-day-saint-paul

By Steve Share, Minneapolis Labor Review
April 28, 2015

ST. PAUL
Still wearing hardhats and bright neon safety vests, hundreds of construction workers walked from their jobs building the new Senate Office Building and renovating the State Capitol to attend Tuesday’s Workers Memorial Day ceremony at the Capitol complex’s Workers Memorial Garden.

Workers Memorial Day, observed nationwide April 28 each year, honors workers who died in workplace accidents or from work-related injuries and emphasizes the need for strong workplace safety practices and regulations.

“It’s a somber occasion,” said Dan McConnell, business manager of the Minneapolis Building and Construction Trades Council, addressing the crowd of construction workers and other attendees.

Four Building Trades workers stood in front of the wall of the Workers Memorial Garden with crosses bearing the names of four workers who died from workplace-related accidents or illnesses in the past year:

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Published on Apr 28, 2015
http://www.workdayminnesota.org
St. Paul, MN, April 28, 2015
Minnesota Building and Construction Trades 2015 Workers Memorial Day Ceremony.