24 April 2019
Blacktown City Council will stage a solemn ceremony to mark
the International Day of Mourning for workers who die or are
injured in the workplace.
Mayor Bali, Councillors and senior Council staff will join
Unions, Workcover and members of the community for the
annual commemoration.
“It is important that all workers should leave home confident
they will return to their families and we mourn the deaths of
those killed in workplace accidents,” Blacktown City Mayor,
Stephen Bali MP said.
The memorial will be held at Blacktown Showground,
Richmond Road, Blacktown, on Sunday 28 April at 10 am
alongside the memorial sculpture erected by Blacktown City
Council in 2017.
Mayor Bali said the commemoration service marks an
important national day of reflection.
“The International Day of Mourning is a time when we
remember, pause and commemorate workers who have
died,’ Mayor Bali said.
“We are too often reminded of the horrendous and tragic
outcomes of unsafe workplace incidents and it is therefore a
time to remind ourselves to look after one another.
“It is a time to ensure that safety remains one of the highest
priorities within our workplaces and an opportunity to
highlight the preventable nature of most workplace incidents
and ill health.”
If you would like to attend the ceremony, please RSVP as
soon as possible via email
The commemorative plaque and workers’ memorial sculpture
at Blacktown Showground.
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