The Greater Terre Haute Branch of NAACP, the Central Wabash Valley Building & Construction Trades Council, and the Eugene V. Debs Museum invite the public to attend a Workers Memorial Day service on April 27th, 2024 from 2:30-3:20 PM at the Debs Museum, 451 N 8th St, Terre Haute.
The program will feature music, remarks from community and union leaders, and a reading of names of local workers who lost their lives after sustaining workplace injuries. The program will include proclamations from the Office of the Mayor, the Vigo County Council, and the Terre Haute City Council. Light refreshments will be provided and a short museum tour will follow the program.
Workers Memorial Day was established by the AFL-CIO in 1989 to recognize and honor the thousands of workers who lose their lives on the job every year –– more than 5,000 deaths annually in the United States alone. Workers Memorial Day also commemorates the establishment of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Workers Memorial Day is recognized around the world and draws needed attention to the urgent and ongoing fight for worker health and safety protections in every industry.
Located in the 1890 home of Eugene and Kate Debs, the Debs Museum explores the life and legacy of Terre Haute’s groundbreaking labor organizer, connecting working class history to the struggle for economic justice today. Debs recognized health and safety as a core demand of workers in the labor movement and allied political struggles. The Greater Terre Haute Branch of NAACP and the Central Wabash Valley Building & Construction Trades Council support safe working conditions for all and universal dignity in the workplace.
