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IBEW Local 21 Archived News Stories
April 2007
Many employers, in a race to the bottom in the global economy, have been pushing to cut wages and benefits and loosen protections. With fewer and fewer workers having the protection of unions, more workers are afraid to speak out and raise job safety concerns, fearing retaliation and firing.
On April 28, the unions of the AFL-CIO observe Workers Memorial Day to remember those who have suffered and died on the job and to renew the fight for safe workplaces. We will fight to make workers’ issues a priority and to keep and create good jobs in this country. We will fight for the freedom of workers to form unions and, through their unions, to speak out and bargain for safe jobs, respect and a better future. We will demand that the country fulfill the promise of safe jobs for all workers. It’s time.
Read the new 2006 AFL-CIO Death on the Job report. (Download the full report in PDF format, 4.2 MB.)