Killed, injured workers honoured at Nanaimo ceremony
NANAIMO — Most people take coming home safe to their family after a day at work for granted, but the reality is more than 100 people in B.C. didn’t last year.
Workers who have been killed or injured on the job were honoured Friday, April 28 as part of the annual Day of Mourning. A large crowd turned out at Nanaimo’s waterfront plaza for an emotional ceremony.
“It always shatters me to hear the number of those who are injured and killed on the job is not going down,” Sue Creba, who was visibly emotional, told NanaimoNewsNOW. “I have heard some of these personal stories before and every single story is a person who should have come home but didn’t.”
Creba said she felt workers and ordinary people in B.C. aren’t valued because government and lawmakers aren’t reacting quickly enough to protect them. “I hope people today will think about how lucky they are if they’re in a safe workplace, but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t fight for the many that aren’t.”