Workers walk the downtown streets of Calgary from the WCB to the memorial at Calgary City Hall.

Workers walk the downtown streets of Calgary from the WCB to the memorial at Calgary City Hall.

Workers walk the downtown streets of Calgary from the WCB to the memorial at Calgary City Hall.

Aloma Mitchel speaks at the International day of Mourning ceremony. Her son died of a workplace injury.

We remember those hurt and killed on the job, as we

mourn our fellow workers, and fight for safer, healthier working conditions. The numbers are shamelessly rising, more workers were killed because of work each and every year. The day originally marked by the Canadian Labour

Congress in 1984 was nationally declared as the National Day of Mourning on Feb 1, 1991. The date, April 28, was chosen because it was the day that the first Workers Compensation Act in Canada (Ontario, 1914) received third

reading. Alderman Helene Larocque speaks at the International Day of Mourning for Workers Killed or injured on the job.

The City of Calgary Staff Memorial

TWU local 204 workers attend the International Day of Mourning memorial ceremony.

Workers lay wreaths at the City of Calgary Staff Memorial on International Day of Mourning, April 28th.

Peggy Askin, President of Calgary District labour Council speaks at the International Day of Mourning, April 28th 2007.

An Injury to one is an Injury to all.