Workers' Memorial Day 2012 - Sat 28th April. Memorial at the small memorial plaques at the back of Bradford City Hall at 12 noon. All welcome. Please rally from around 11.45. There will be a minutes silence, laying of wreaths, some words to remember the dead and fight light hell for the living and then a short piece of street theatre entitled 'Red Tape Saves Lives' . See flyer for details and some worrying statistics (page2).
Arthur Scargill from the Socialist Labour Party and Hilda Palmer from the Hazards campaign lead a public meeting obout the death of health and safety at work, held at Bradford Central Library on the 15th of June 2011.
Workers' Memorial Day 28th April 2011
Members of Bradford Area Safety Reps Association, Trades Union members, and families and friends of local people who have died or been injured and or made ill by their work rallied together on the 28th April for International Workers Memorial Day .
There was a minutes silence and placing of wreaths and flowers followed by speeches from GMB National Safety Officer, John McClean, Construction union UCATT’ Mark Martin and Terry Britton recited an 'empty shoes' poem.
Bradford Area Safety Reps Association launched a new campaign at the end of October 2010
'We didn't vote to die at work'
International Workers Memoiral Day Bradford Commemoration will took place at the City Hall on Wednesday 28th April 2010 at 12 noon at the new memorial garden. see below for the speeches from the memorial.
Carol Duerden's speech
Mark Martin from UCATT speech. We manged to stop all construction site in the city centre for the memorial
Andrew Mawson Speech
Workers Memorial Day 2009
Bradford Area Safety Reps Association
Click here to download the flyer for Workers' Memorial Day 2009 - all welcome 12 noon outside Bradford City Hall, next to the Workers' Memorial Tree on Tuesday 28th April 2009.
Bradford Asbestos Support Group lobby of MPs at parliament on January 29th 2008 over the law lords' decision to stop compensation for pleural plaques victims.
Behaviour Based Safety - the alternative view - download the presentation Carol Duerden gave to the Hazards Conference 2007 here.
Zero Cancer - A new guide for Trade Union reps on how to stop workplace cancers - click here to download
Bradford Area Safety Reps Association The last BASRA event was the Worker's Memorial Day 28th April 2007 - Chemicals and Cancer in the workplace seminar.
