{"id":882,"date":"2016-04-22T13:00:38","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T13:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=882"},"modified":"2016-04-22T13:12:52","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T13:12:52","slug":"usa-reclaim-labor-reclaim-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/28april.org\/?p=882","title":{"rendered":"USA: Reclaim labor, reclaim lives!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Join Worksafe, Street Level Health Project, and Centro Legal de la Raza for an evening of action and remembrance.<\/strong><\/p>\n

4:30 PM — Lake Merritt Amphitheater
\n<\/strong>Meet and march downtown
\n5:30-6:30 PM — City Hall
\n<\/strong>Rally & Memorial program<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s Worker\u2019s Memorial Day<\/strong>event, Reclaim Labor! Reclaim Lives!<\/a>is dedicated to honoring all the day laborers<\/strong>, immigrants<\/strong>, and low wage workers<\/strong> whose lives have been lost due to unsafe working conditions. We\u00a0will come together in mourning and solidarity, and highlight the importance of the continuing fight for workers\u2019 rights.<\/p>\n

\"WorkersMemorialDay_simple\"4:30pm<\/strong>: Meet at the Lake Merritt Amphitheater (between 12th Street and 1st Ave. on Lake Merritt Blvd. in Downtown Oakland<\/em>) and then march to City Hall (1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza<\/em>).
\n5:30pm<\/strong>: Short memorial program featuring workers, labor, government agencies, and advocates.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0moment of silence will be observed to mourn workers who passed in the workplace in the prior year.<\/p>\n

News release English<\/a>\u00a0\u2022 Spanish<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u2022 Website<\/a><\/p>\n

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