The United Steelworkers Local 7106 held a ceremony at their monument Tuesday evening to mark the National Day of Mourning.  Their former Health and Safety rep Tom Lindsey told those attending the day is held to remember those who died or were injured at work over the past year and their families but it has a second purpose.  He explains the whole saying for the day is mourn for the dead and fight for the living so if all we do is feel bad because people died but don’t try and do anything about it more people will die and more people will get hurt so the fight has to keep going and whether it’s the union fighting with the companies or workers themselves or trying to get governments on side to pass regulations and enforce them the fight has to keep going because that’s the only way we’ll prevent having to mourn more people next year.

  Wreaths were laid by various union and community representatives with messages emphasizing the need to make working conditions safe for everybody.