Elected officials, labor groups honor Workers Memorial Day

EVERETT — Local elected officials and labor leaders gathered in Everett on Wednesday to honor Workers Memorial Day, which commemorates workers who have been killed or injured on job sites over the previous year.

Workers Memorial Day, first observed in 1989, also serves as a way for labor groups to advocate for safer working conditions on job sites. The local commemoration was organized by the Snohomish and Island County Labor Council, a group of dozens of local labor unions.

“Today, we honor the dead, and we will continue to fight like hell for the living,” Snohomish County Council Chair Megan Dunn said at the event Wednesday.

At the commemoration, labor representatives read the names of the 108 workers across the state of Washington who died in workplaces last year. Six were from Snohomish County.

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