Workers’ Memorial Day: ITF comment

He concluded: “As we always say, we must remember the dead and fight like hell for the living.”

ITF general secretary Steve Cotton commented: “Far too many workers are still dying in preventable accidents. Transport workers run a daily gamut of risk, on land, at sea and in the air. We are dedicated to putting in place the conditions and standards that protect them. Unions are at the forefront of this struggle and in proposing new models of working – such as safe rates – to win it.”

To find out more about the day and what unions are doing to mark it visit http://28april.org

To find out more about safe rates visit http://goo.gl/hhGLYc