HIGHLANDS and Islands MSP Emma Roddick has vowed to support local woman Joyce Davies in her campaign to have a memorial stone dedicated to those who have died at work established in Lerwick.

The SNP parliamentarian was in the isles during the weekend and joined Davies and others marking International Worker’s Memorial Day on Sunday, 28 April.

She said: “Sunday was a beautiful day organised by Joyce who has been campaigning on this issue for many years, driven with such passion after losing her father at a young age.

“I look forward to continuing to work alongside Joyce, folk locally, Shetland Arts, and Scottish Hazards to support the recognition of the cause in the isles and for a Memorial Stone to be established in Lerwick – a place for folk to come and pay their respects and remember loved one.”

Joyce Davies, local campaigner for Scottish Hazards added: “Shetland Arts lit up our main Arts Centre, the Mareel, purple it was beautiful, even in the wind and rain.  They hosted the entire day which I am very thankful for.”

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