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2010 Workers Memorial Day Events
San Francisco
Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 7:00 PM
At ILWU Local 34 Hall - 2nd St. & Embarcadero, SF
Los Angeles
Thursday, April 29, 2010, 4:30 PM
At Independence Park - 12334 Bellflower Blvd,
City of Downey 90242
Sacramento
Tuesday, April 27, 2010, 12:00 Noon
At District Attorney Kitching's office
906 G Street in Sacramento in Sacramento
Stand Up For Injured Workers And Workers Killed On The Job
LA Area Downey
April 19, 2009
Workers Memorial Day Events
Press Conference
at Downey Kaiser Hospital April 19, 3:00 PM
Location: 9449 E. Imperial Highway, Downey California 90242Injured Workers Speak-Out
April 19, 4:30 PM
Location: Independence Park 12334 Bellflower Blvd, City Of Downey 90242
Injured movie industry and hospital workers along with other injured workers and their families will speak out about health and safety.Downey Kaiser Hospital complex has been built on one of the most toxic sites in the Los Angeles area and hundreds of workers have been sickened as a a result of the failure of the developer Stuart Lichter to properly clean up the site and also the failure of Federal and state regulatory agencies to properly regulate health and safety protection along with enforcing fraud violations because of workers comp cost shifting by the developer and companies.
Join with injured workers from the Downey site and throughout Southern California who will speak out at a press conference on Sunday April 19, 2009 at the Kaiser Downey Hospital which is located at 9449 E Imperial Hwy Downey, CA 90242. Following the press conference in front of the hospital there will be a speak-out of injured workers from the Downey site and other Los Angeles injured workers and their families.
Speakers will include injured IATSE Local 44 member Leonard Martin, injured Kaiser worker Gail Shephard http://downey.kaiserpapers.info/cdcniosh/gail.html
injured nurse practioner Barb Clark
http://www.barbclark.org and others.For more info:
CCWMD, P.O. Box 720027, San Francisco CA 94172
lvpsf(at)labornet.org
(415) 867-0628, (562) 863-3097---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
San Francisco Area
April 28, 2009
Workers Memorial day EventsPress Conference
Tuesday April 28, 2009 3:00 PM
at: front of Pfizer Research Facility - 455 Mission Bay Boulevard South at 3rd St., SF, next to the New UCSF Biotech China
Basin building.Speak-Out
Tuesday, April 28, 7:00 PM
Location: ILWU Local 34 Hall
2nd St/Embarcadero on the North side of AT&T Park
Free Parking at ILUW Local 34Speakers including:
Shiela Davis, Executive Director Silicon Valley Toxic Coalition
Daniel Berman, author of Death on The Job
Becky McClain, injured Pfizer molecular biologist
Dina Padilla injured Kaiser worker
Carl Bryant, NALC Local 214
Mike Daley, Iron Workers Local 377 on 9/11 NYC First Responders Representatives from the ILWU and other unions, injured workers and their families.Workers Memorial Day was established to commemorate and defend workers injured and killed on the job. This year, the California Coalition For Workers Memorial Day (CCWMD) will also focus on the need for health and safety protection, regulation and standards for new industries such as biotechnology and nanotechnology. These industries are not properly regulated with strong health and safety standards. The CCWMD is calling for national Congressional hearings on these issues and also for the defense of injured workers who face a deregulated workers comp system in which seriously injured workers are not able to get proper healthcare and compensation. We need to get the insurance industry out of healthcare, so all workers can get healthcare.
The elimination of all doctors at Ca-Osha is another dangerous threat that threatens the health and safety of 17 million workers of California particularly those facing the use of new technology in the workplace. Many dangerous toxic sites in Northern California and around the country have been privatized and labeled “Brownfield” sites. Workers, veterans and community people have also been sickened by the failure to clean these sites.
For more info:
CCWMD, P.O. Box 720027, San Francisco CA 94172
lvpsf(at)labornet.org
(415) 867-0628
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Past Events
April 27, 2008 at Davis, California
Injured workers, their families and health and safety advocates spoke out on April 27, 2008 in Davis, California.
One of the focuses was on the biotech industry and biotech worker David Bell. Bell was infected at Agraquest laboratory and the owner Pam Marrone refused to take responsibility for his injuries.
This Workers Memorial Day was initiated by California Coalition For Workers Memorial Day (CCWMD)
Workers Memorial Day San Francisco '09
Becky McClain
April 28, 2007 at Sacramento, California
PART 1 PART 2 On April 28, 2007, Workers Memorial Day in Sacramento, injured workers and their family members spoke out about workers who have been killed or injured on the job, and workers who face a nightmare trying to get medical care, post SB899. Workers also discussed the need to have anti-bullying legislation statewide. Bullying in the workplace is a growing problem and many workers have had their lives destroyed through this type of workplace environment. The memorial event was organized by a coalition of organizations and was part of the California Coalition For Workers Memorial Day.