April 28th is recognized as a National Day of Mourning. United Steelworkers Local 7106 Health and Safety Rep Ken Bateman explains the day the Day of Mourning is recognized in over a hundred countries and it’s a day to remember those employees who went to work and didn’t have an opportunity to come back and be with their families due to the fact they were either seriously injured or killed at work adding once again they take safety as their number one priority.
You’re invited to the ceremony at 7:30 tomorrow night at the Steelworkers monument in Flin Flon across from the Gateway followed by a gathering at the Steelworkers Hall on Main Street and at the Miner’s Cenotaph in Snow Lake at 1 o’clock tomorrow afternoon.
