[IER] On Workers’ Memorial Day, unions and bereaved families demand Covid inquiry

[Ben Sellers]

News brief - 29/04/22                                                                           View this email in your browser 





On Workers’ Memorial Day, unions and bereaved families demand Covid inquiry


The TUC and Covid Bereaved Families for Justice yesterday called for the public inquiry into Coronavirus to focus on what could have been done to prevent worker deaths.
The call comes as workers around the world marked International Workers’ Memorial Day in memory of those who have died from a work-related illness or injury.


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FACK Statement: International Workers’ Memorial Day 28 April 2022
"We say that families deserve justice."

- By Louise Adamson on behalf of Families against Corporate Killers (FACK)


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The wage disparity between disabled and non-disabled workers widened last year
New data shows that people with disabilities were paid nearly 14% less than their colleagues.


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Morning Star STUC fringe meeting calls to ‘defend and extend’ workers’ rights
“It’s important to get that in the public domain and talk about how we lost our rights and how that relates to the cost-of-living crisis.”


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