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Minute’ s Silence and Workplace Events  Many workplaces around the country, including the Midlands, are organising a commemoration, with the permission of employers where possible, ranging from a simple minute’s silence to a short, socially-distanced, meeting appropriate to that workplace.
Please join in, wherever you are, whatever you can do.
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 Corby Workers Memorial Day Plaque Tuesday, the 28th of April, is International Workers Memorial Day. We usually hold an event in Corby to commemorate but because of Government guidelines this will not happen this year.
Calls have been made by unions to hold a minutes silence to honour those key workers who are putting their lives at risk fighting the Covid-19 pandemic. This event is Cancelled due to coronavirus Every year the branch commemorates Workers Memorial Day (info on 2019 event is here). This year we will be holding it on Saturday April 25th at 11.00am next to the steelworker statue in Corby town centre or in the Corby Cube if the weather is bad. We have speakers and invite other unions to attend. We also present a cheque to the Mesothelioma Research Fund which does a lot of good work helping those who have contracted this killer disease, usually caused by breathing asbestos at work, and funding research into a cure. We raised over £2000 for the fund last year and over the past few years we raised over £15000. We will add more information about this years event soon
 GMB Northants Branch Secretary: Gordon Glassford successfully organised again this year the 2019 Corby Commemoration to mark International Workers Memorial Day.   WORKERS MEMORIAL DAY 2019
Each year GMB Northants organise an event in Corby to mark Workers Memorial Day, this year it will be at 11am on Saturday 27th April 2019 at the [Steelworkers Statue, James Ashworth VC Square, Outside] The Cube, Corby  Steelworkers Statue Corby Corby International Workers Memorial Day Commemoration event happened on Saturday the 28th April 2018. We had hoped to hold the event outside beside the Steelworker statue at The Cube, Corby; however the weather got the better of us and the event took place in the Council Chambers inside The Cube. Workers Memorial Day is an annual event that commemorates the tragic deaths of workers in the workplace, all over the world workers and their representatives conduct events, demonstrations, vigils and a whole host of other activities to mark the day. The day is also intended to serve as a rallying cry to: “remember the dead, but fight for the living” 
 2017 WMD
Each year GMB Northants Community Branch marks the Workers Memorial Day Commemoration with an event in Corby Northants. For 2018 the event will take place on Saturday the 28th April 2018 at 11.00am next to the Steelworker Statue in Corby town centre
***We hope to hold the event outside by the Steel Workers Statue, but if it is raining, we will be in the Council Chamber inside The Cube.***
Speakers at the event will include:
 The Corby Workers Memorial Day Commemorations went very well on the 29th April 2017, with speeches from Gordon Glassford, John McGhee, Ron Mendel, Bert Schouwenburg and Andy Sawford plus a donation presentation to June Hancock Mesothelioma Fund of £1525 and music from Gordons Volunteer Band Here are some pictures of the event The original plinth laid in 1993 in Coronation Park in Corby. This was where we used to meet to commemorate Workers Memorial Day. We now meet at the Steelworker statue by the Cube in Corby Town Centre. This years event will take place on Saturday, April 29th at 11.00am, more #IWMD Corby Event details here
This years event in Corby to mark Workers Memorial Day (WMD) will be on Saturday the 29th April 2017 at 11am
Each year GMB Northants hosts the event at The Cube in Corby, outside by the statue if weather permits. The event starts at 11am and we will have a band playing followed by speakers and a presentation, followed by a small buffet SPEAKERS TO INCLUDE: ANDY SAWFORD – FORMER (AND MUCH MISSED) MP FOR CORBY JOHN McGHEE – LEADER LABOUR GROUP NORTHANTS COUNTY COUNCIL BERT SCHOUWENBURG – INTERNATIONAL OFFICER GMB RON MENDEL – NORTHAMPTON TUC FOLLOWED BY A LIGHT BUFFET WE WILL BE ENTERTAINED BY GORDONS VOLUNTEER BAND All GMB Northants Members and the general public are welcome to attend Find the Corby IWMD 2017 Event on Facebook #IWMD |
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