Workers’ Memorial Day service to be held Monday at Capitol
BPC Staff Apr 26, 2019 | 8:17 pm
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131 wordsAll Latest News, Arts and Culture, Government Policy and LawIowans will gather to pay tribute to those Iowans who lost their lives in 2018 while on the job at the annual Workers’ Memorial Day ceremony on Monday at 11 a.m. The ceremony, which is open to the public, will be held at the state Capitol’s West Terrace lawn. In case of inclement weather, the ceremony will be held in the Wallace Building, 502 E. Ninth St., in the auditorium. Last year, 26 Iowans died from injuries sustained while working. Additionally, untold numbers of Iowans are injured from accidents in the workplace. Iowa Labor Commissioner Rod Roberts will be joined by Gov. Kim Reynolds, Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg, Iowa Workforce Development Director Beth Townsend, Mark Cooper of South Central Iowa Federation of Labor, and Charlie Wishman, Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO.