Workers Memorial Day Facebook Live observance is Tuesday

Dear Brothers and Sisters:

Next Tuesday, April 28th, is Workers Memorial Day.  Normally CLCs, together with local unions and supporters, conduct Workers Memorial Day commemorations around the Commonwealth.  But given the current circumstances, there will not be any gatherings of this type this year.

However, we are still planning to conduct a statewide Workers Memorial Day commemoration, using technology that will allow us to conduct an event safely, and we would like to encourage everyone to join us on April 28th at 2:00 p.m. (Eastern) for a Facebook Live event.

Please use the link below to join us on Facebook.  While we intend to commemorate those workers that have lost their lives in the previous year (2019), we will also be commemorating those workers and union members that have passed away as a result of COVID-19.  Those unions that have suffered losses as a result of the current pandemic can forward the names, union affiliations and any background information they deem appropriate to me via email, so we may include them in our Workers Memorial Day commemoration.

I hope you can join us on April 28th at 2:00 p.m. so that we can “Mourn for the dead and fight like hell for the living!”

Please let me know if you have any questions or need additional information.

In Solidarity, Bill.

The link below is for the Facebook Live Video for the 2020 Kentucky Workers Memorial Day event: https://www.facebook.com/aflcioky/posts/2883273591788744