SERVICE, MARCH THIS SATURDAY
Local workers, families, unions, labour organizations, politicians, supporters, community partners and employers will be coming together for the National Day of Mourning, held every year on April 28 in Canada and in more than 100 other countries.
The Windsor and District Labour Council invites everyone to join them this Saturday for all or part of its annual observances. At 11 a.m., everyone will congregate at St. Augustine of Canterbury Anglican Church, located at Wyandotte Street East at Westminster Boulevard. Jada Malott, a local teenage activist, will lead the observance in the sanctuary of the church.
“This will be the first observance since our champion, mentor, advocate and teacher of health and safety and injured workers, Rolly Marentette, passed away from illness. We will honour him, also,” says Mike Jee, chairperson of the Windsor and District Labour Council’s National Day of Mourning Committee. Afterward, everyone will march from the church to Coventry Gardens at 4714 Riverside Dr. E. between Thompson Boulevard and Pillette Road. Marchers and participants arriving to join them will gather at the Injured Workers Monument at approximately 11:45 a.m.
The Labour Council is offering carnations to participants, who will lay the flowers at the monument in memory of their loved ones, colleagues and union sisters and brothers.
All are welcome to the reception at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 12 at 2090 Brant St. in Windsor. It will begin at 12:30 p.m. For more information about the Windsor and District Labour Council and the National Day of Mourning, please contact Mike Jee at 519-252-8281.