We were privileged to be invited once again, along with the Blackhall NUM banner, to attend the International Workers' Memorial Day service at Christchurch in Hartlepool and remember those workers who have lost their lives and are not recognised on any other formal occasion.
The service itself consisted of moving and emotional speeches from national and regional trades union officials and included calls for stronger health and safety legislation to help prevent deaths in the workplace and also more effective measures to eliminate illness and disease caused by dangerous working practices.
The service ended outside Christchurch with a wreath laying ceremony during which we placed a wreath on behalf of those many thousands of workers worldwide who each year lose their lives unnecessarily through accident and work-related illness.
Remember the dead, fight for the living
