April 28th is recognized as a National Day of Mourning. United Steelworkers Local 7106 Health and Safety Rep Ken Bateman explains the day is recognized in over 100 countries as the day to remember those employees that went to work and didn’t have an opportunity to come back and be with their families due to the fact that they’re either seriously injured or killed at work adding once again they take safety as their number one priority.
The ceremony will be held at 7:30 Thursday night at the Steelworker monument in Flin Flon across from the Gateway and at the Miner’s Cenotaph in Snow Lake.
