Today is recognized as a National Day of Mourning. United Steelworkers local 7106 President Tom Davie explains they get together once a year on April 28th to pay respects to workers who are killed and injured on the job. He says they have a ceremony at their monument down by the Vic Inn with some speeches, wreath laying and after they go back to the Steelworkers Center and have a get together, coffee and just talk about what’s going on.
The ceremony gets underway at 7:30 tonight.