{"id":4848,"date":"2021-04-27T19:40:38","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T19:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=4848"},"modified":"2021-04-27T19:40:38","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T19:40:38","slug":"uk-fack-statement-international-workers-memorial-day-28-april-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=4848","title":{"rendered":"UK: FACK Statement  International Workers&#8217; Memorial Day 28 April 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Families Against Corporate Killers (FACK) Statement<\/p>\n<p>International Workers&#8217; Memorial Day 28 April 2021<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is fundamentally wrong that a wife should need to write heartbreakingly about her 6th year on the grief rollercoaster, missing her beautiful angel husband so much with every passing hour of her life.<\/li>\n<li>It is fundamentally wrong that a mum should be marking the 18th year since her 17-year-old son was taken from her, the pain she feels, never healing, instead festering like an open wound.<\/li>\n<li>It is fundamentally wrong that a daughter should wish her dad a happy 56th birthday, while lamenting that he will be forever 37.<\/li>\n<li>And it is fundamentally wrong that a fianc\u00e9e should go from choosing wedding cars to instead sitting in<br \/>\na funeral cort\u00e8ge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We FACKers are therefore at a loss to understand why we are even having to seek to convince the International Labour Organisation that health and safety should be recognised as a fundamental right at work&#8230;!?<\/p>\n<p>Because of course it should!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hazardscampaign.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/FACK-iwmd21-final-statement.pdf\">Read the full statement here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/iwmd21\">#iwmd21<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this post<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-4848\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=4848&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-4848\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=4848&amp;share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-4848\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=4848&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pocket\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-pocket sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=4848&amp;share=pocket\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pocket\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=4848&amp;share=jetpack-whatsapp\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on WhatsApp\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=4848\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20UK%3A%20FACK%20Statement%20%20International%20Workers%27%20Memorial%20Day%2028%20April%202021&body=https%3A%2F%2F28april.org%2F%3Fp%3D4848&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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